Random voltages can produce interesting effects in a synthesizer. Traditionally, this is created by a circuit called "sample and hold" of "S&H". In a sample and hold circuit, a voltage is sampled from noise and sent to affect another circuit. There is no telling which voltage will be sampled.
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