diff --git a/plugins/ladspa_effect/caps/interface.cc b/plugins/ladspa_effect/caps/interface.cc
index f660f7ba6..d0c97e831 100644
--- a/plugins/ladspa_effect/caps/interface.cc
+++ b/plugins/ladspa_effect/caps/interface.cc
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@
 #define N 38 
 static DescriptorStub * descriptors [N];
 
-static inline void
+/*static inline void
 seed()
 {
 	static struct timeval tv;
   gettimeofday (&tv, 0);
 
 	srand (tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec);
-}
+}*/
 
 extern "C" {
 
diff --git a/plugins/ladspa_effect/tap/tap_pinknoise.c b/plugins/ladspa_effect/tap/tap_pinknoise.c
index 4738f2867..4a55628e4 100644
--- a/plugins/ladspa_effect/tap/tap_pinknoise.c
+++ b/plugins/ladspa_effect/tap/tap_pinknoise.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ __attribute__((constructor)) _init() {
 		exit(1);
 
 	/* initialize RNG */
-	srand(time(0));
+//	srand(time(0));
 
 	mono_descriptor->UniqueID = ID_MONO;
 	mono_descriptor->Label = strdup("tap_pinknoise");
diff --git a/src/core/drumsynth.cpp b/src/core/drumsynth.cpp
index 6d84c5697..df02d52c0 100644
--- a/src/core/drumsynth.cpp
+++ b/src/core/drumsynth.cpp
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ int DrumSynth::GetDSFileSamples(const char *dsfile, int16_t *&wave, int channels
   { a = 1.f; b = -NT / 50.f; c = (float)fabs((float)NT) / 100.f; g = NL; }
   
   //if(GetPrivateProfileInt(sec,"FixedSeq",0,dsfile)!=0) 
-    srand(1); //fixed random sequence
+    //srand(1); //fixed random sequence
  
    //read tone parameters
   strcpy(sec, "Tone");
diff --git a/src/core/main.cpp b/src/core/main.cpp
index 6aecbc216..8594ef146 100644
--- a/src/core/main.cpp
+++ b/src/core/main.cpp
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ int main( int argc, char * * argv )
 
 		delete ss;
 
+		// re-intialize RNG - shared libraries might have srand() or
+		// srandom() calls in their init procedure
+		srand( getpid() + time( 0 ) );
+
 		// we try to load given file
 		if( file_to_load != "" )
 		{