PID2008 Intro to Pd
This introduction to Pd is in the form of a series of Pd patches.
- Save the lecture (a series of Pd patches archived here: pd_lecture.tar.gz) in your personal directory (in our examples the
'~/clarence'directory): OS X might automatically save it to your Desktop. So, you may have to move it first to'~/clarence'- Extract files like this:
~> mv ~/Desktop/pd_lecture.tar.gz ~/clarence
~> cd ~/clarence
~/clarence> tar xzf pd_lecture.tar.gz
- Start Pd by clicking on the Pd icon on the Dock.
- Read and try the patches.
- Look through the Pd Examples from the 'Help' Menu.
A collection of STK Physical and FM synthesis objects are now available in Pd. Check out the following objects:
- BandedWG~
- BeeThree~
- BlowBottle~
- BlowHole~
- Bowed~
- Brass~
- Clarinet~
- Flute~
- FMVoices~
- HevyMetl~
- Mandolin~
- ModalBar~
- Moog~
- PercFlut~
- Plucked~
- Resonate~
- Rhodey~
- Saxofony~
- Shakers~
- Simple~
- Sitar~
- StifKarp~
- TubeBell~
- VoicForm~
- Whistle~
- Wurley~
Links:
- http://www.puredata.org/ -- the Pd Community Site
- http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Pd_documentation/ -- Official Pd Documentation
- http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/pdrp/latest/doc/ -- Pd Repertory Project; Patches that can run selected pieces of the live electronic music repertory using Pd
- http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm -- Theory and Techniques of Electronic Music by Miller Puckette; online (and print) book with examples in Pd
- http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html -- Pd-Extended installers; Pd with lots of externs