Hello! I am pretty new to PD and was wondering what the best way to go about installing externals is. I know vanilla has the Deken external manager, but Pd-L2Ork doesn't seem to have it. Anyone got any advice? Thanks!

Good afternoon,

I am very sorry to bother if the problem is trivial, but I am completely stuck and can't find my answers online (maybe I searched wrong, english is not my first langage, it's hard to formulate)

I downloaded puredata + purr-data, and I need to make it work with fluidsynth for a uni project.

I downloaded fluidsynth, which works normally (i can send notes, it plays them, no error messages or warnings)

fluidsynth in my terminal, everything is fine

When I launch puredata (or purr-data), and I try to configure the midi output i get this interface :

(sorry it's in french) It seems that purr-data does not detect the fluidsynth output (fluidsynth is in a terminal)

I also have this error message

https://preview.redd.it/7q751oq5fl7e1.png?width=542&format=png&auto=webp&s=dd996e76a7d21ca0e521253aae68fbd06f2838e0

I don't know what to do, has anyone dealt with such errors ? Do i miss a step in the configuration ?

Thanks a lot in advance (i really don't want to debug print music)

I am getting the following error when opening the pix_film examples from the Gem externals folder.

[pix_film]: unable to open file: ../data/homer.avi

It occurs when hitting the 'open' message

Is there some kind of dependency or library I am missing for video file formats or something? I thought this example would just work out of the box.

Below is the patch example...

https://preview.redd.it/aao0wad8wh7e1.png?width=794&format=png&auto=webp&s=931071e80b99a2b33e03ead0375bdb2742ec35f7

https://patchstorage.com/waveform/
hi everyone, I spent my last semester at uni developing an instrument with Pd. it's a groovebox with 6 synth modules and integrated GEM visualizer. there's randomization for each parameter section, or you can roll the dice to change everything. the goal was to design an interface for fast sequencing and fun performance. full feature-set / documentation in the zip readme. happy to hear any thoughts and recordings. cheers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_kedjBbDZc&list=PL4eBs8bANwF6SlSDy5uNX6vo9h7z7Gkhi

I’m brand new to using pure data and have been learning the basics but I’m wondering if there’s a good tutorial for making an audio sampler

Hey! I sending massage, because i need some help to a school work project for pure Data, and i am looking for someone that could help me. I would like to simulate sounds for a small art instalation, can you advice someone to help me in this project? I am willing to pay the hours of work. Thank you

Hey guys! Sound Codex is doing a beginners series on plugdata, give the guy some love!

https://youtu.be/EoOEZYn4xdA?si=3Fx44QL-SMSYT3O7

I'm trying to get into Pd but I'm visually impaired and the white background is not something my eyes can handle.

I've noticed that there are a few extra flavours besides Vanilla and I was wondering if they have some kind of GUI customisation.

Thanks!

I’m trying to do a project based on video pixel color (it’s in AVI) and it doesn’t make any sound. I’m totally new and I had a hard time understanding where i need to put the input/ output. I was following ChatGPTs instructions…

So, I've made a polyphonic synth and I'm trying to make a kind of chord bank so that there is a record toggle and 4 "chord banks." When the record is pressed, as well as one of the banks, the bank records midi input, which can then be sent to my polyphonic synth. It feels like I've tried everything, but I can't get it to work.

I’ve made a 4 voice synth and I have a master volume slider, but when I change the volume as the synth is playing, it creates a very annoying crackling sound.

So I learned on pd-extended... So vanilla has never felt quite right to me. At one point I was directed to pd-l2ork, and then the last time I got everything working to my liking I was directed to purr-data.

I've never messed with plug data.

I'm messing around with setting up an Ubuntu studio install (first time messing with Ubuntu in over a decade.) which one do you recommend I start with. Some of these plugdata features seem interesting, but does it contain what we USED to call the extended libraries?

What's easiest to get running in Ubuntu? I'm mostly an arch family user so I'm used to using the AUR or compiling.

Any insights would be much appreciated!

Hi, I'm fairly new to pd and getting used to it.

But I need to make two instruments for school One using FM and other using Additive Synthesis

Do you have any cool ideas for instruments? That are not only using the required modulation

I'm think about adding filters and maybe LFO's but I need to think something out of the "basic stuff" without it being to complex to make.

Any advice? Thanks!

Hey y'all I am a novice DSP enthusiast and am working on some experimental spectral stuff in Pure Data. I am currently learning how to apply windowing before an FFT function and am intrigued by the possible experimental and creative applications of window choice. It seems that from what I am able to research and understand, windowing is mainly to achieve functional ends and the resources I found online all seem application specific. However, I am wondering if there is anyone here who has found interesting results by applying unorthodox fft shapes as part of a creative decision? For some context, I am trying to develop a spectral audio effect and want to go down the rabbit hole of creative control.

Hi! I'm trying to get into Pure Data but I'm confused with all the talk about vanilla and plugins.

Is it OK to start learning with the vanilla version or is there a "standard version" that would be more suited to start learning and develop later on?

Is there a PD-based equivalent for jit.phys? Jit.phys is a library of Max/MSP objects that enables physics simulations: gravity, collisions, all manner of basic elements for simulating basic mechanics in motion simulations.

I've tried to look around for these (because I'd like to shift from Max to PD at some point soon) but I've always come up short. The only reason I still use Max is because of the physics simulation stuff.

Note: I'm not talking about physical modeling synthesis.

Basically title. I've fiddled with PureData and its offshoots - PureData-extended, PurrData, PlugData - on and off for a while now, emulated a synth I own, that sort of thing - but I'm unsure which one I should actually be using. I hear some are abandoned and some aren't, but I don't know which are most current or which have the best support for Linux and OpenSUSE.

In particular I've tried to use Gem recently, and no matter what version of PureData I use or how I try to install Gem I can't get it to work. If I wanted to try for live audiovisual response with PureData on OpenSUSE, what should I keep in mind or try?

Currently experimenting with the ESP32 while I wait for the version with ADC support. A few years back, I had success using BLE-Midi with a simple Bluetooth module, but only worked on macOS. Now I'm repurposing an ESP32 with built-in Bluetooth as a gamepad controller. I developed a Pure Data (Pd) object for this, and I'm happy to see that it works flawlessly across all systems and the connection is straightforward—no Bluetooth issues whatsoever!

https://youtube.com/shorts/VXuK7nZdoUo

I would like to share with you guys, for fun and some feedback, my latest work called BYON. It was made entirely with Pure Data and Processing.

My official fancy description of the project is: "BYON (or Bring Your Own Number) is an audiovisual piece with 1,000,001 movements. Little by little, these movements are being discovered, and whoever discovers a movement has the right to name it. Each movement consists of stereo music and video, both generated by computer code and based only on a numeric input. The music and video are unique for each number, ranging from (and including) 0 to 1,000,000. Yet, despite the seemingly random nature of the process, the sounds and visuals are not entirely chaotic. Through careful planning, coherence emerges across the movements, even in the absence of direct human control, making BYON an exploration of compromise with the unknown and an exercise in acceptance."

This is one of my favorite numbers so far, and I am uploading every new submission to this channel: https://youtu.be/ZLpDYavUFHI

If you want to discover and title your own movement, submit any number you’d like to see featured on this channel using this form: https://forms.gle/21mcnpsVA737aqTS7

A couple of people suggested that I added a BYON channel on my discord and we are experimenting with that. Link is in the video description as well.

Please let me know if you have any question or feedback.

I want to have code I made in puredata playing in a scene in Godot and I want to make it so that would I interact with an object in the engine, it effects parameters in the puredata composition. Is this even possible and of so how would I go about doing this?