My point exactly. I currently am using it more as a learning tool.
Whenever I start looking at something new I need to be able to have a focus in order to really learn the ins and outs of the program/language. For PD that focus has been, lets start with some things whose logic I completely understand, and which will let me explore PD capabilities, so my first 2 big patches were a step sequencer (control signals) and a 3op polyphonic FM synth (audio signals), once these 2 are done the next problem I am setting for myself is, what project can I do to explore Data structures, and I think for me that is going to be some sort of sample/sequence arranger, akin to the arrange window in cubase or logic. I'm sure my end product will be more than what I am expecting, and completely different from the commercially available stuff, but my goal really is to know Data structures, which I am sure I will accomplish.
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