I think you can all forget pd4live. after all, it's a commercial company.
When I asked Gerhard about it (a bit as a joke because I knew the answer),
he replied something like BLAHGRGAHGAGGGRRG!
which doesn't mean that a not-so-deep-but-similar integration can be made,
using osc, jack, or whatever you can do (never worked with Live). or
between pd and another program, and still get the same result. or program
the live part in pd, and you'll have pd4pd.
To Michal: i see your point on the "openness", and thanks for that link. i doubt Ableton will release it's source code, at least until they figure out
how to "open Live", as Gerhard mentioned, and still have enough income for 100 employees. It'll be a good day when Live users will be able to customize it's GUI as necessary. As far as Pluggo goes, it has been discontinued
but reappears in Max4Live :o, .To Hans: Jack is definitely a great tool but, like i said, i don't know how it handles midi, or how about OSC? i have to read more on the subject
before i can have an actual opinion.To justin: Can ardour be customized as a performance tool (which is abletons key feature IMO)
Thanks for your input, fellas.
Jeff