Hello. I have no backround in programming, so trying to get past the audio test has been frustrating. I heard the test tones and the white noise in that test; I'm able to get the command prompt up (run C:pd/bin/pd.exe) as well as open up a new file from the main window. My ISP recognizes TCP/IP as a possible internet connection, so THAT appears to be turned on, though I'm "dial-up";  I keep reading and re-reading the manual and all relevant info. from other sites but nowhere can I find someone with a "simple example"  to give a "wah-newbie" like
me something to sink his teeth into. (If the examples in doc\2.control examples thru 5.reference are supposed to "sound", then what EXACT procedure do I need to follow to get that to happen? The same for the examples in the main manual, I get no sound generated from these examples either, though test tones work).

               Any help is appreciated. Thanks.  My  OS is WinXP.