PinkNoise 1/f noise


PinkNoise.ar(mul, add)

PinkNoise.kr(mul, add)


see also: WhiteNoise, BrownNoise, Randomness


Generates noise whose spectrum falls off in power by 3 dB per octave.

This gives equal power over the span of each octave.

This version gives 8 octaves of pink noise.


// compare:

{ PinkNoise.ar(0.3) }.play;

{ WhiteNoise.ar(0.3) }.play;



// pink noise as a frequency modulator

{ SinOsc.ar(PinkNoise.ar(100, 200)) * 0.1 }.play;


// filtered pink noise

{ BPF.ar(PinkNoise.ar(0.1.dup), MouseX.kr(40, 17000, 1), 0.2) }.play;