-----Original Message----- From: Josh Steiner [mailto:josh@vitriolix.com] trying to turn pd into cubase is kind of a dead end and misses the point of pd really. i mean, you should be able to do anything you'd want to within pd, but it will always be utterly different in work flow and general character than dedicated sequencers.
My point exactly. I currently am using it more as a learning tool.
Whenever I start looking at something new I need to be able to have a focus in order to really learn the ins and outs of the program/language. For PD that focus has been, lets start with some things whose logic I completely understand, and which will let me explore PD capabilities, so my first 2 big patches were a step sequencer (control signals) and a 3op polyphonic FM synth (audio signals), once these 2 are done the next problem I am setting for myself is, what project can I do to explore Data structures, and I think for me that is going to be some sort of sample/sequence arranger, akin to the arrange window in cubase or logic. I'm sure my end product will be more than what I am expecting, and completely different from the commercially available stuff, but my goal really is to know Data structures, which I am sure I will accomplish.
m.