froggeric
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1 year ago I am cancelling this change.
I have now done a lot more work on writing a properly balanced variable shuffle algorithm. The end result introduces quite a lot more complexity. On a full shuffle, this means a lot more computational process; in practice though, that is barely noticeable. On a partial shuffle, it is a lot less computational request.
I think the best option is to leave the current shuffle function as it is now, and I will add instead a new variableShuffle function.
Existing functionality and behaviour is preserved. But a second optional factor parameter, between 0.0 and 1.0 controls the level of randomness applied to the array. A value of 0.0 is pure order. A value of 1.0 (default) is pure randomness with the same result as before. This can be useful when only a small amount of randomness needs to be added to the track order. I actually use it in some of my programs with a factor of 0.05.