I have used jMAx, pd and Max/msp. Jmax i used briefly (not nearly as long as i spent trying to compile it :-)..It is limited but there are a few nice extensions for it. pd, i have been cracking at for about 5 years, Max/msp about three. The only drawback is that pd and portaudio seem to be stalling on usb-audio multiins outs (at least from my very limited perspective.) But remeber pd and jMAx are free as well as csound whilst Reaktor and Max/msp are pay programs so i would exclude them immediately from comparison. I woudl have to say msp dominates because of the superior audio support, but hopefully that will change soon..
cheers~
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On Mon Jun 30 16:43:56 EDT 2003, "J. Scott Hildebrand" jshildebrand@ucdavis.edu wrote:
right now i'm writing a report on the effectiveness of Pdfor use in spatial audio. i'm also somewhat comparing it to its competition; csound, reaktor, and of course the various versions of MAX. it's been very hard trying to understand the current state of things, for example which is more widely used and has more people working on it?
i've read a lot about the various incarnations of MAXincluding jMAX, MAX/MSP, Pd, and all the old stuff like MAX/Opcode, MAX/FTS, Patcher, ISPW stuff, etc.
have any of you tried several different things and have anyuseful comparison info? how are the expansions in jMAX and MAX/MSP comparable to the expansions in Pd like GEM and GriPD? thanks,
scott
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