On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:58:48 +0100 padawan12@obiwannabe.co.uk wrote:
It's a year since I wrote my first Puredata music, so ..
Wow, thanks for all the very kind words peeps.
An important goal has been proven for me. They were designed to share. I keep seeing Pd as vital part of what MPEG4-SA was always supposed to be, but never really achieved; a way of delivering music as code for clientside evaluation. Presumably they play OK for everyone, that's just the upshot of writing only in "Miller Vanilla" and avoiding any externs not in the most basic distros. Comparing this to my old way of working on TV music, I would have to keep track of so many file formats, midi, VST plugins, or worst of all on Protools when everything was stored in one monster proprietry blob along with redundant data. It tied me and my colleagues to a particular studio setup, or required hours "exporting and importing" between applications. Everything revolved around mixes, samples, crystalised and clinically trimmed to the beat loops. Yuck! This way everything stays as fluid *data* right until the last moment, so it can even be parameterised in situ, which is exactly what is needed for games or interactive application music.
And I'm touched that some people rather like the musical result, not just the technical production.
Anyway, that remix represents a sort of yearly review of progress, progress I owe entirely to this list and all of your advice and critical wisdom. This piece of music belongs to the Pd community. Cheers all,
Andy