Using noise sampling for correlated randomized pitch in grunk collection sfx

src/player/grunk_collection_sfx/grunk_collection_sfx.gd

@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ extends AudioStreamPlayer
 
 @export var counter_decay := 40.0
 
+@export var pitch_variance := 0.15
+@export var noise_rate := 0.01
+@export var noise: Noise
+
 var _counter := 0.0
 
 @onready var cooldown: Timer = %Cooldown
-@onready var debug_meter: ProgressBar = %DebugMeter
 
 
 func _ready() -> void:
@@ -26,9 +29,18 @@ func on_grunk_collected(delta: float) -> void:
 		delta -= _counter
 		_counter = interval
 		var delay := randfn(delay_mean, delay_st_dev)
-		get_tree().create_timer(delay).timeout.connect(play)
+		get_tree().create_timer(delay).timeout.connect(play_random)
 	_counter -= delta
 
 
 func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 	_counter = move_toward(_counter, 0.0, counter_decay * delta)
+
+
+func play_random() -> void:
+	var noise_sample := clampf(
+		2 * noise.get_noise_1d(Engine.get_process_frames() * noise_rate), -1, 1
+	)
+	pitch_scale = 1.0 + (pitch_variance * noise_sample)
+	print_debug("noise: ", noise_sample)
+	play()

src/player/grunk_collection_sfx/grunk_collection_sfx.tscn

@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
 [ext_resource type="AudioStream" uid="uid://cof6pg6yadsac" path="res://assets/sfx/tools/collect5.wav" id="1_y7it3"]
 [ext_resource type="Script" uid="uid://dwt66u7ua1to4" path="res://src/player/grunk_collection_sfx/grunk_collection_sfx.gd" id="5_ihwko"]
 
-[sub_resource type="AudioStreamRandomizer" id="AudioStreamRandomizer_y7it3"]
-random_pitch = 1.2
-streams_count = 1
-stream_0/stream = ExtResource("1_y7it3")
+[sub_resource type="FastNoiseLite" id="FastNoiseLite_y7it3"]
 
 [node name="GrunkCollectionSFX" type="AudioStreamPlayer"]
-stream = SubResource("AudioStreamRandomizer_y7it3")
+stream = ExtResource("1_y7it3")
 volume_db = -6.0
 script = ExtResource("5_ihwko")
+noise_rate = 1.0
+noise = SubResource("FastNoiseLite_y7it3")
 
 [node name="Cooldown" type="Timer" parent="."]
 unique_name_in_owner = true