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| 1 | +# Brownian Motion — TouchDesigner Component |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +[](https://github.com/REMvisual/touchdesigner-brownian-motion/releases/latest) |
| 4 | +[](https://github.com/REMvisual/touchdesigner-brownian-motion/releases) |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +Ornstein-Uhlenbeck brownian motion for TouchDesigner. A Script CHOP that generates smooth, mean-reverting procedural noise — perfect for organic camera drift, floating objects, generative motion, and anything that needs to feel alive. |
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| 11 | +## What It Does |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +Unlike random noise, Ornstein-Uhlenbeck motion always pulls back toward center — so you get natural, bounded wandering instead of unbounded drift. A critically-damped spring filter smooths the output for silky motion at any speed. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +- **Mean-reverting** — stays within your defined range, no runaway values |
| 16 | +- **Spring-smoothed** — critically-damped filtering removes jitter |
| 17 | +- **Per-axis control** — enable/disable X, Y, Z independently |
| 18 | +- **Deterministic** — set a seed for repeatable motion |
| 19 | +- **Sequencer-friendly** — all parameters are animatable |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +## Parameters |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +| Parameter | Description | Default | |
| 24 | +|-----------|-------------|---------| |
| 25 | +| **Speed** | Time-scale multiplier (0 = frozen) | `1.0` | |
| 26 | +| **Amplitude** | Output multiplier (0 = no motion) | `1.0` | |
| 27 | +| **Range Min / Max** | Output bounds | `-100` / `100` | |
| 28 | +| **Reversion** | Mean-reversion strength — higher = snappier return to center | `2.0` | |
| 29 | +| **Roughness** | Spring smoothing (0 = very smooth, 1 = raw noise) | `0.5` | |
| 30 | +| **Affect X / Y / Z** | Per-axis enable toggles | All on | |
| 31 | +| **Center** | Bias toward min or max of range | `0` | |
| 32 | +| **Seed** | Random seed (0 = non-deterministic) | `0` | |
| 33 | +| **Independent Axes** | Each axis gets its own noise stream | On | |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +## Install |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +1. **[Download the .tox](https://github.com/REMvisual/touchdesigner-brownian-motion/releases/latest)** from Releases |
| 38 | +2. Drag into your TouchDesigner project |
| 39 | +3. Wire the CHOP output to whatever needs motion |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +## Requirements |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +- TouchDesigner **2023.11000+** (any recent build) |
| 44 | +- Windows or macOS |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +## License |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +[MIT](LICENSE) — use it however you want. |
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