On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 05:30:02PM -0400, Martin Peach wrote :
michael gardner wrote:
hello.
hi
i just subscribed to this list and hope it is quite active. i recently discovered Pd through my interest in Max/MSP. unfortunately i dont have the funds neccessary to really get involved with it at the moment, and it looks like Pd would be a good alternative.
i also started using pd the same way. my mac was dying and no fund for the max/msp update and thought i will give linux/pd a try. and i don't think i will go back to max/msp again;)
is Pd a good application for live audio performance?
It's good but I find you need to work at avoiding glitches , just as with Max and most other computer-based realtime audio generators.
i use pd mainly for live audio performance, also thinking of starting to make visuals with it too. i am happy using it in performances. i mean, it depends a lot on how big is the patch. but in my example, i had a p3 laptop running pd with the realtime option and sometime with jack and never had bad glitches, unless i was been silly with it.
since i know absolutely NOTHING about Pd, and dont know anyone that does, where can i find some useful information in regards to getting started and getting a feel for it? i absorb complicated technical information quite well, but i dont have a background in anything similar.
for me, in the beginning, i started by porting my max patches into pd to get to know how pd works and what's the difference between the 2.
Try Miller's book on line especially this chapter "intro to pd": http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques/latest/book-html/node13.html Also once you have pd installed go to the doc directory and check out the patches in there.
also, there is irc channels for pd related chat at
server: irc.freenode.net channel: #dataflow server: irc.goto10.org channel: #data
all the best:)
chun
Martin
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