Hi,
I'm really glad to announce the release of r_cycle, a project I've been
working on recently, initially presented at the end of last year in London
in the form of a workshop.
r_cycle is a Pd (Vanilla) library developed to work with Launchpads (old
and new) that can also be used for other purposes (of course it's open
source).
r_cycle allows users to interact with the Launchpad controllers and create
widgets on the device on-the-fly.
For example in your Pd patch you create a [KEYBOARD] object and this will
appear on the Launchpad, you delete the object in Pd and this disappears on
the Launchpad. You press a pad that is part of the widget and the object
returns some value in Pd.
The arguments of the object determine its characteristics (position, pitch,
color, etc.).
r_cycle doesn't only include "widgets" but audio and MIDI objects as well,
simple things that made my life easier and I thought would be worth sharing.
You can find more info here:
https://novationmusic.com/en/news/hack-making-music
and a simple introduction video here: https://vimeo.com/442976991
Cheers,
Mario
Dear List,
10 years after its first version, the Click Tracker
(http://j.mp/click-tracker) has gone mobile!
The Android App can now be purchased at
https://bit.ly/clicktracker-playstore.
Built usingPure Data and libpd, this app delivers the same results as
using the original software. For more information, see the website
https://bit.ly/click-tracker-mob or ask at clicktracker(a)posteo.org.
For the apple-people, an iOS version is being developped.
The original software is still available at http://j.mp/click-tracker,
or on facebook http://j.mp/clicktrackerfb.
Click Tracker is a program designed for composers, conductors and
instrumentalists working with modern music. The main goal of the
software is to prepare a click track of any score, no matter how complex
it is.
With best regards,
João Pais
ELSE 1.0 beta 29 with live electronics tutorial is out. This library
version needs at Pd version 0.51-0 or above! Most importantly, I fixed a
bug in [dir] where it couldn't load absolute paths in windows. I also made
nice improvements to [keyboard] and included a new GUI object for text
input (messbox), which is like an atom box (where you can insert data while
in run mode) but for any kind of message.
There's other stuff and breaking changes as usual as this is still a beta
project, so check the detailed changelog at
https://github.com/porres/Live-Electronic-Music-Tutorial/releases/tag/v1.0-…
- where you can download this and earlier versions. You can also get else
directly via Pd (in Help => Find Externals). This download also contains
the "Live Electronics Tutorial", in a version compatible to this version of
ELSE. Find the "Live Electronics Tutorial" folder inside the 'else' folder.
cheers
2nd bugfix release of cyclone 0.5 (released about a month ago) is out!
Cyclone 0.5-2 doesn't offer that much. It includes a couple of bug fixes
and adds a receive symbol to [scope~]. Inlets to [scope~] are now drawn
while in edit mode like in Max. A rudimentary/preliminary properties window
is also available for [comment], hopefully next release will have a fancier
final one.
This bugfix release is specially necessary for those who've been using
[comment] since cyclone 0.3 and even more since 0.5 - not much to worry,
just start using it soon and resave your patches. I won't get into details
of my plans and why, but this will be useful in the long run to improve
backwards compatibility.
Find all binaries and changelog here, this is already available via deken
as well for all platforms.
https://github.com/porres/pd-cyclone/releases/tag/cyclone_0.5-2
cheers