PureData

PureData (PD) is an open source visual programming language created by Miller Puckette that is great with sounds, music, graphics, and much more.

Tutorial

• Installation
  • Download site, choose installer according to your OS.

• Basics
  1. Messages, Objects and Numbers (First patch)
  2. Bang, toggle and metro

• Oscillators
  1. Basic Oscillator (patch)
  2. Oscillator with amplitude and frequency control (osc2)
  3. Two oscillators with same frequency and different phase (osc3, Summing waves)
  4. From rhythm to pitch (osc4 Beating)

• Harmonic Series
  1. Interactive harmonic series (harmonic1)
  2. Square wave, triangular wave, suppressed fundamental (harmonic2); requires this (harmonic)

• Other Stuff
  1. Envelope envelope Pd patch
  2. Ring modulation ring modulation Pd patch
  3. Feedback feedback Pd patch
  4. Event Player eventplayer Pd patch, need this text file seq.txt
     • Sound files hi-hatsnaretomtom2
     • Some extra files snare2kickjunkhihat2

Resources

• Visit Software by Miller Puckette to download and learn more about PD.
• Theory and Techniques of Electronic Music by Miller S. Puckette
• Programming Electronic Music in Pd by Johannes Kreidler (Almost a decade old, but many things are still applicable.)
• FLOSS Manual
• File:Timer.pd
• File:Against.pd
• File:W1a-3samplerreverse.pd
• File:W1a-0pdbasics.pd
• File:Gpio.pd
• File:HCsr04.pd