Hello,
I've made my first pd instrument. It's a 16 (I think...) op FM patch with selectable wave types run through a voltage controlled filter, with delay and reverb. I created a GUI for it, but I usually control it with a Behringer BCF-2000 midi controller. I find it somewhat useful for abstract tones and texture - can sound pretty rough or subtle depending on how it is set. In any event, I've been playing it for a few weeks now and I've gotten some nice things out of it, disturbance-esque Sachiko M. tone type things.
Required libs: freeverb~ for the reverb section, can easily be disconnected though.
It's available for download at: http://art.sewanee.edu/mccoy/pdpatches/fmbox.zip
Comments and suggestions welcome... Is anyone else doing similar things to this (non-generative instruments/envs for live performance)? I'm looking for more ideas :) I have experimented with adding amplitude envelopes to each of the 4 main sources but it turned a little bit drone-like and feedback sounding for my taste.
Also, if anyone knows, on an optimization note: do send~ and receive~ cause any difference in cpu-time compared to just straight connections?
Kevin