for starting with pd midi can be lots of fun.. provided midi is set up on your system (i'm using windows mostly, don't know about osx but i haven't sorted midi out on linux as yet)..

i get very good results using pd in conjunction with another midi sequencer which supports vst's.. generally i use hubis loopback to make the two apps communicate.. midiyoke is another one..

attached to this message is a simple sequencer.. you can hook this up to lots of pd synth patches and get them to make noises.. the tutorial pdf for max (available from cycling74.com) is also good for learning the basics of pd (in pd object names must be typed, in max they can also be selected from a list.. this is one difference.. also a few basic max objects are not in pd)

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