one totally newbie question. ive been going thru the 11 page tutorial online as well as the number examples in the pd folder. conceptually im not grasping some things. can pd be used as a sequencer - for itself or other machines? i get the whole making patches thing, but how do i play them (thinking like patches on a synth)? and/or do i play them from pd only?
thanks for your patience. corey
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On 9/7/01 2:42 PM, "Secret Agent Gel" sagel@damnfine.org wrote:
one totally newbie question. ive been going thru the 11 page tutorial online as well as the number examples in the pd folder. conceptually im not grasping some things. can pd be used as a sequencer - for itself or other machines?
yes it can. But do you really want to start designing a sequencer now? well, if you do, you need the MIDI objects. Right-click on the canvas will pop up a window with a list of objects included in the distribution (I think it's always up to date...). Check the MIDI section. Those are objects that will let you talk to a MIDI device and read from it. And then you use those in combination with all the 'control' (the ones without '~' by their name) to construct the logic of sequencer. A good idea is to look at [qlist] and [textfile], they might be useful in your sequencer design. also zexy lib has an extern called msgfile which is [textfile] enhanced... perhaps even more useful.
i get the whole making patches thing, but how do i play them (thinking like patches on a synth)? and/or do i play them from pd only?
conversely, if you want to use PD as a sound 'module' and control it with an external MIDI controller then you build your nice sounds/dsp routines and use midiin notein ctlin etc as triggers/controllers.
Sorry, can't help you with MIDI setup. I don't yet have a MIDI interface to use with PD.
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