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Resources for Pure Data

1. https://pure-data.iem.at: The Pure Data Portal
2. http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html: The super-duper cutting-edge Pd-on-steroids installations
3. Pd mailing lists
4. Framestein: a great way to manipulate video using Pd on a Windows machine
5. Gem:Manipulate openGL and video with Pd. Runs on all platforms. Supported in class
6. PDP:manipulate video in Pd. Linux and OS X only?
7. PiDiP:Great video effects in Pd with Linux or OS X. requires PDP. To get an idea of what PiDiP can do, check out effectv. All (most?) of these filters are available in PiDiP.
8. Audio Prototyping with Pure Data
9. Make your own music software with Pure Data
10. Welcome to Pure Data

Mac OS X Installation Instructions

The Pd Installers page listed above has pretty good OS X installation instructions--if you're comfortable with OS X. In case you're not, here they are with a little more detail:

• Download: http://puredata.org/Members/hans/downloads/installers/Pd-0.38.4-extended-RC7.dmg
• To install, drag the Pd.app anywhere on your your hard drive to the Applications folder in the left pane of the Finder window.
• For newbies: to install Gem, pmpd, xsample, dyn~, and vasp support, copy the included org.puredata.pd.plist to ~/Library/Preferences (~ means your home folder). If you already have preferences saved, this would replace them.
  • Open a Terminal window by browsing through the Finder to Applications, then Utilities, then Terminal.app.
  • Type cp /Volumes/Pd-*/org.puredata.pd.plist ~/Library/Preferences
• This version now includes all of the needed libs (mp3lame, ogg, vorbis, flac, speex, etc.)

WinXP Installation Instructions

• Download: Pd-0.38.4-extended-RC7.exe
• Run the downloaded file. this will install Pd extended (Pd with extra features)
• After installation use the file manager to find C:\Program Files\pd\pd-settings.reg. Double-click this file. This is configure Windows for Pd.
• Replace comport.dll in c:\Program File\pd\extra with this file. This fixes a small bug that keeps Pd from talking to our friend the Logochip.

Pd help patches

put patches here that help explain concepts, objects, etc. in Pd

• file:understanding_metro.pd
• file:understanding_trigger.pd
• how to turn on and off audio signals. Introduces a few techniques, and the wrap~ object

Patches made in class

1. file:example_020606.pd: patch made in class on Feb 06, 2006

Pd Examples

Examples from TechArt Class

John's snail-mouth LogoChip demo with ultrasonic sensor

Introduction to Sound Synthesis fall '05

Pd Files from Introduction to Sound Synthesis Fall '05.

Particularly helpful in the above link is the directory called 'student assignments'. Inside that you will see a series of directories called 'week of..." and you can see what the students sent in each week of the class.
You can start with the early weeks for the simpler patches, then build up if you wish. Actually the students' earliest patches are in the subdirectory called 'assignment 1'

Direct link to student assignment directory

Steve Wilson midterm patches for Introduction to Sound Synthesis fall '05

download adsr.pd with the patches and save them all to the same directory. Then load them into Pd
In Internet Explorer right-click on the files and choose 'save target as'

1. vectory.pd
2. AddingMachine2.pd
3. EngineRoom.pd
4. HauntedHouse.pd
5. LonelyWind.pd
6. adsr.pd make sure this file is in the same directory, as the files above

Pd tutorials

1. Building Drums in Pd: This is a fairly speedy tutorial with a steepish learning curve.

Gem tutorials

1. Gem tutorial for Linux:Says it's for Linux but other than the filepaths will work with Windows and OS X.

extending Pd

1. installing an artificial neural network library in Linux