I'd like to trigger one of 12 MIDI note values each time an object is struck but I don't want the same value to be triggered twice in a row. What is the best way to go about this?

At the moment I'm just using [random 12].

Thanks.

[urn] would be better for this I think.

@audiolemon said:

[urn] would be better for this I think.

Thanks for your reply.

I wasn't aware of [urn] before but I get the impression that it is not what I'm after. I phrased my title badly - repeating numbers are fine but not the same number twice in a row. So 1-2-1 is fine but 1-1-2-2 is not.

I'm trying to develop a way of digitally triggering foley footsteps using a wii fit balance board, each footstep triggers one of 12 footfall samples and hearing the same sample twice in a row feels kinda unrealistic.

Maybe [prob] would suit you better.

two other ways

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/random-almost.pd

@Gromit said:

two other ways

Thanks, method A in your patch works a treat.