Hello all, I've found this board very useful while doing my university project, I thought I'd show you what I've done with Pd. Any feedback at all would be really useful at this stage in the project. It'd also be nice to get some comments from you Pd guru's on how I've put it together.

See attachment, or failing that http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~kt503/3yp/KimsWaveguides.zip

My project is based on Digital Waveguide Synthesis (a type of physical modelling synthesis) which works principally on delay lines and feedback networks. My goal was to create a set of objects with which a user could build various types of plucked string models- essentially a basic modular framework.

There are a few pre-made patch demos in the object set which you can load up and fiddle with instantly, which should sound plucked and string-like: check out 'demo1.pd', or 'demo2.pd'. Sliders and number boxes affect sound, and I hope it is obvious what they represent. I suggest try changing delay lengths, input/output positions, playing with different excitations (click excitation) or scattering impedances.

For a quick guide to the theory have a glance at the readme. I haven't gone into great depth because I doubt there will be too many interested in it, but if you want to know more about how to use the objects, let me know and I'll try and explain it better.

Cheers! Kim