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== General Outline ==
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= Still need to prepare =
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=== Demo(s) ===
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* keyboard demo?
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* color tracker?
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* banana demo?
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* color tracker demo?
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= Bring =
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* Amplified speakers
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* Dongle for VGA
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* Laptop and power supply
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* Makey clone
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* PS3eye
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* power strip?
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= Kick it off =
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* [https://vimeo.com/tag:cyrille+henry/page:4 Cyrille video]
 
* polysynth with Makey?
 
* polysynth with Makey?
 
* video scratcher?
 
* video scratcher?
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* Cyrille's stuff?
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= What is Pd? =
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* Marco's stuff?
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* Dataflow or patching language
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* Created by mathematician/violinist: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Puckette Miller Puckette]
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=== What is Pd? ===
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* While Miller can be credited for popularizing the idea of dataflow, Pd itself follows models of other languages intended for sound synth
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* Dataflow
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* [https://cycling74.com/products/max/ Max/MSP] is the big corporate cousin, actually the older brother
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* Created by mathematician/violinist: Miller Puckette
 
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* While the idea of dataflow was new, the language itself follows models of other languages intended for sound synth
 
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* Max/MSP is the big corporate cousin
 
 
* Open Source/cross platform
 
* Open Source/cross platform
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* Pd-vanilla vs. Pd-extended
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* [http://puredata.info/ Pd-vanilla vs. Pd-extended]
 
** Audio only vs. openGL (Gem) and friends
 
** Audio only vs. openGL (Gem) and friends
 
** Matrix manipulation (iemmatrix)
 
** Matrix manipulation (iemmatrix)
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** Actively developed
 
** Actively developed
 
** Linux only
 
** Linux only
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=== Overview of Pd-extended: ===
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= Overview of Pd-extended: =
 
''I will sloppily use the terms 'Pd' and 'Pd-extended' interchangeably unless I don't''
 
''I will sloppily use the terms 'Pd' and 'Pd-extended' interchangeably unless I don't''
 
* Pd is a dataflow language and uses the metaphor of connecting objects to each other.
 
* Pd is a dataflow language and uses the metaphor of connecting objects to each other.
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** [http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/images/7291976986464054.JPG?0.6019339706458597 another modular synthesizer]
 
** [http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/images/7291976986464054.JPG?0.6019339706458597 another modular synthesizer]
 
* Pd also uses the metaphor of an instrument
 
* Pd also uses the metaphor of an instrument
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** Combining the [http://goodrichviolinshop.com/dave_0744adj.jpg instrument maker] and [http://www.newrepublic.com/sites/default/files/kid-violin.jpg instrument player]
 
** Edit and performance mode
 
** Edit and performance mode
 
*** Switching between the two modes (ctrl-e)
 
*** Switching between the two modes (ctrl-e)
 
*** Know at any time which mode you are in by looking at the cursor.
 
*** Know at any time which mode you are in by looking at the cursor.
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=== Example1: audio ===
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= Example1: audio =
 
* Build 'A' with [osc~] and [dac~]
 
* Build 'A' with [osc~] and [dac~]
 
** Show canvas help, then interactive object help
 
** Show canvas help, then interactive object help
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* Add volume control *~, number box
 
* Add volume control *~, number box
 
* line~, snapshot~
 
* line~, snapshot~
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** audio streams (sig~) vs. control
 
* bang~
 
* bang~
 
* add freq slider with line~
 
* add freq slider with line~
 
* make a note
 
* make a note
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=== Example2: audio ===
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= Example2: audio =
 
* audio scratcher
 
* audio scratcher
 
** arrays
 
** arrays
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*** use tabread and tabwrite to show that it really is an array
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*** use [tabread] and [tabwrite] to show that it really is an array
 
*** substitute [table]
 
*** substitute [table]
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=== Example: video ===
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= Example: video =
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* <code>vblank_mode=0 glxgears</code>
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vblank_mode=0 glxgears
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* Hello World video
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* 60 fps (and prove it with toggle, then a counter)
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* [fullscreen 1(
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* add [osc~] and [snapshot~]
  
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=== Concepts ===
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= Concepts =
 
* Hot and cold inlets
 
* Hot and cold inlets
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** [+ 3]
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** feed one number to 2 [+] objects
 
* subpatches
 
* subpatches
 
* abstractions
 
* abstractions
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* building your own objects
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** [s] and [r] (and [s~] and [r~])
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=== Going On ===
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** numbers, sliders, etc. getting messages
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* Wichita Patcher's Circle
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* building your own objects in C
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* Local demos
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* single threadedness [pd~], and [netsend] [netreceive]
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* audio:
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* cuda
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    osc~, array, volume, metro, bang
 
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    video:
 
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        camera
 
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        projector
 
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        screen
 
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        power
 
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        [pix_film], [pix_video], pix_buffer read/write
 
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    control stuff: a counter
 
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    Pd examples at Wichita Patcher's Circle
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= Fun Stuff =
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    motion tracking
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* pmpd (47 scanned synth)
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    color tracking
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* interfacing with the arduino and friends
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    pmpd
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* dynamic patching: Manuals -> pd-msg -> 1.msg_and_patch -> 1.2 create_patch.pd
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    interfacing with the arduino and friends
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= Pd in the wild =
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    Kinec
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* Pd is really 2 separate programs
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    Pitch shifting
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* libPd is the sound synthesizer separated from the interface
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    dynamic patching
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* libPd runs on iOS, Android. There's even [http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920022503.do a book] about using it on mobile devices.
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=== Open Source Alternatives to Pd ===
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* Pd vanilla is popular on rPi as an open-ended all-inclusive DIY effect box. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwJNeouLqgQ One example]
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* Pd's community of developers is small
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= Examples =
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* Pd performs well but there are more performant options if speed is critical
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* Steve's stuff
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* The programming style of Pd is unique. It makes for very fast prototyping. Still, you may hate it.
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= Resources for Going On =
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==== Processing ====
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== The World ==
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==== Open Frameworks ====
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* Reference help in Pd
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==== RTCMix ====
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* http://msp.ucsd.edu/ Miller's resources] (especially the book)
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* Pd [http://puredata.info/community/lists email list] and [http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/ forum]
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* [http://pd.klingt.org/pd_ring/info.html The weird, old Pd ring]
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== Local ==
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* [http://cratel.wichita.edu/cratel/PdVideoTutorial very basic video tutorials] by...wellll....modest forbids.
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* [http://makeict.org/wichita-patchers-circle/ Wichita Patcher's Circle] and our email list
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* [http://makeict.org/wiki/index.php/Wichita_Patcher%27s_Circle Local demos and resources from WPC]
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* me me me (me)
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= Alternatives to Pd =
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''not listed in any particular order''
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* [http://www.processing.org/ Processing]:
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** A text-based language based on Java.
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** This is great for visuals but its core does not support sound.
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** The tutorials and [http://www.processing.org/examples/ examples] are wonderful, with tons of interactive help
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** Open Source: runs on Linux
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** My own informal experience suggests this runs slower than Pd but I haven't verified this
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* Max/MSP
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** commercial cousin of Pure Data
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** Larger user base than Pure Data
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** Probably the documentation is better than with Pd
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** This is getting some attention at WSU School of Music (Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn)
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** will not run on Linux
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* SuperCollider
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** Text based, powerful for sound
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** Not sure if it supports video
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** Written originally for OSX and popular with the Mac
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* Csound
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** The grandaddy audio synthesis language
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** Supports some video with extensions.
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** If you miss the days of assembly language, this is your baby
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* Open Frameworks
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** Probably the fastest execution?
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** Good developer community
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** Runs on everything including your phone
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** Open Source: runs on Linux

Latest revision as of 13:37, 26 February 2015

Still need to prepare

  • keyboard demo?
  • banana demo?
  • color tracker demo?

Bring

  • Amplified speakers
  • Dongle for VGA
  • Laptop and power supply
  • Makey clone
  • PS3eye
  • power strip?

Kick it off

What is Pd?

  • Dataflow or patching language
  • Created by mathematician/violinist: Miller Puckette
  • While Miller can be credited for popularizing the idea of dataflow, Pd itself follows models of other languages intended for sound synth
  • Max/MSP is the big corporate cousin, actually the older brother
  • Open Source/cross platform
  • Pd-vanilla vs. Pd-extended
    • Audio only vs. openGL (Gem) and friends
    • Matrix manipulation (iemmatrix)
    • Physical Modeling library (pmpd)
    • Careful: not everything in Pd follows the Pd-vanilla model. :-/
  • Another alternative: Pd-L2Ork
    • Actively developed
    • Linux only

Overview of Pd-extended:

I will sloppily use the terms 'Pd' and 'Pd-extended' interchangeably unless I don't

Example1: audio

  • Build 'A' with [osc~] and [dac~]
    • Show canvas help, then interactive object help
    • talk about tilde
    • keyboard shortcuts
    • inlets, outlets, creation arguments
  • Add volume control *~, number box
  • line~, snapshot~
    • audio streams (sig~) vs. control
  • bang~
  • add freq slider with line~
  • make a note

Example2: audio

  • audio scratcher
    • arrays
      • use [tabread] and [tabwrite] to show that it really is an array
      • substitute [table]

Example: video

vblank_mode=0 glxgears
  • Hello World video
  • 60 fps (and prove it with toggle, then a counter)
  • [fullscreen 1(
  • add [osc~] and [snapshot~]

Concepts

  • Hot and cold inlets
    • [+ 3]
    • feed one number to 2 [+] objects
  • subpatches
  • abstractions
    • [s] and [r] (and [s~] and [r~])
    • numbers, sliders, etc. getting messages
  • building your own objects in C
  • single threadedness [pd~], and [netsend] [netreceive]
  • cuda

Fun Stuff

  • pmpd (47 scanned synth)
  • interfacing with the arduino and friends
  • dynamic patching: Manuals -> pd-msg -> 1.msg_and_patch -> 1.2 create_patch.pd

Pd in the wild

  • Pd is really 2 separate programs
  • libPd is the sound synthesizer separated from the interface
  • libPd runs on iOS, Android. There's even a book about using it on mobile devices.
  • Pd vanilla is popular on rPi as an open-ended all-inclusive DIY effect box. One example

Examples

  • Steve's stuff

Resources for Going On

The World

Local

Alternatives to Pd

not listed in any particular order

  • Processing:
    • A text-based language based on Java.
    • This is great for visuals but its core does not support sound.
    • The tutorials and examples are wonderful, with tons of interactive help
    • Open Source: runs on Linux
    • My own informal experience suggests this runs slower than Pd but I haven't verified this
  • Max/MSP
    • commercial cousin of Pure Data
    • Larger user base than Pure Data
    • Probably the documentation is better than with Pd
    • This is getting some attention at WSU School of Music (Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn)
    • will not run on Linux
  • SuperCollider
    • Text based, powerful for sound
    • Not sure if it supports video
    • Written originally for OSX and popular with the Mac
  • Csound
    • The grandaddy audio synthesis language
    • Supports some video with extensions.
    • If you miss the days of assembly language, this is your baby
  • Open Frameworks
    • Probably the fastest execution?
    • Good developer community
    • Runs on everything including your phone
    • Open Source: runs on Linux
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