Hey everyone! I've been a member of this list and a puredata list for some time now. I've been hoping that the magic of pd would just "sink" into my head. :) I'm very much a learn-by-doing person, as such "cookbooks" do me a lot of good. It would be nice if some such cookbook existed for pd. Most everything I see is "how to make a synth patch", which in my opinion isn't very useful b/c one could easily find a full-blown synth anywhere (a la ams, amsynth, whysynth-dssi, etc.).
What interests me most are the ways that people use pd that don't have anything to do with synthesis. I see references made to controlling motors, using it as a "glue" between audio applications, triggering, etc. Maybe pd can be used as a generic live interface to other synths? Complicated MIDI processing/routing? Alas, I've been unable to find anything that specifically talks about this. To make matters worse, I see _lots_ of posts asking about loading synths (dssi, vsti, etc.), but most of the answers revolve around "sorry, that feature isn't really mature yet..." So this is my call for help - if you have any information, bookmarks, etc. on this type of stuff, please let me know. I'd love to read up on it! :) Thanks, -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
