You can scale it with the maths operator objects. Try connecting a [- 2] to the output of [random].

lh

I've given that a try but am still receiving a little trouble. No output will give any minus value... here is my work so far:

Thanks for the patience. Nick

There needs to be a space between the -minus- sign and the number.

lh

Or you can solve it like this:

Perfect, thanks to both of you! Great help N

I know this is pushing it now but how would I randomise the metro values? I should probably carry on with the next few tutorials but 'you don't ask, you don't get'. I have tried placing a a scaling object and random object before the metro but I am having trouble configuring it... here is what I have got. If you guys are getting sick of me it would be really usefull if you could just direct me to the right tutorial..

you can set to metro time interval by sending values in metro's right inlet. So all you have to do is add another "random" number generator that is triggered by the metro's output: