hello, sorry for changing the subject a little - but does someone know what happened with the http://puredata.info site? Seems to be down since some days.
all the best, björn eriksson On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Julian Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Felix, > > Good to hear you have some joy with pd. > > Regarding reverb, there was a recent thread on the pd list about this > titled "reverb in pd" (check the archives) including one from Claude who is > one of the pd devs on Puredyne. The [rev1-3~] externals are also included > in Puredyne already. > > Not sure about the canvas colour stuff, sorry. > > Cheers, > > Julian > > > On 9 September 2011 18:52, felix nicanor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> Julian Brooks wrote: >> >> >> >> On 8 September 2011 13:29, felix nicanor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey Julian, thankyou for your welcome, >>> >> >> no problem. >> >>> >>> I am in Puredyne 911 carrot and coriander dvd version (installed, not >>> live) >>> >> >> Yes, me too. >> >> >>> and that probably shows me my first error: I wanted to install puredata >>> extended for karmic 910 (the down below ubuntu version in this link: >>> http://puredata.info/community/projects/software/pd-extended). >>> >> >> That version wont run on my 64b machine but I have Pde as well as Pd >> installed on this machine so it is possible. >> >> I have a memory of having to change a couple of parameters in the makefile >> to get it to work. But it did. Sorry I'm not more precise, it was a while >> ago and I don't do much compiling either. One of the pleasures of Puredyne >> is that it pretty much all works so it generally doesn't require much >> fiddling with. This can also be a negative too. >> >>> >>> Yes, I might like the preinstalled version as I understand that it must >>> be configured precicely and therefore stable and reliable, so I am willing >>> to give it a try. But I do not understand some problems and differences I >>> find. I add a path to my abstractions >>> (/home/felix/mysounds/mypuredata/abstractions) and I accept and it gives me >>> the same result every time: instead of selecting all the abstractions in >>> this folder, I don't know why it always choose this path to a folder inside >>> the one I choose: /home/felix/mysounds/mypuredata/abstractions/rottensound >>> (in which I only have a few abstractions classified under the "rottensound" >>> name. >>> >> >> Have you explored the '.pdrc' file? On my computer it's in /home/julian >> and you need 'show hidden files' turned on in the folder window. This is >> where your pd pointing is done I think. Check if your abstractions are >> being set to the wrong folder in the .pdrc, just correct/add-to the file and >> save out, reboot pd. >> >> Thank you, it works fine now, it recognizes it all. >> >> >>> The second problem is that I don't know how to install or even find the >>> abstractions that I am missing (freeverb is the one I noticed) >>> >> Still missing freeverb, but now that the screen has got cleaner it seems >> to be the only one missing. >> I found the source in >> http://puredata.info/community/projects/software/freeverb and now I want >> to learn how to compile it (the info should be in the documentation, I >> guess). >> >> , but I guess that both this problems should be posted in the pd list >>> instead (?), and I believe that this last one might not be difficult to >>> solve anyway (hope I'm right). >>> >> >> You should be able to find those easily online but I am also aware that Pd >> still has no satisfactory way of telling you what externals you are >> missing. I would recommend checking that all the available libs in Puredyne >> are definitely booting and then see what, if anything, you are missing. >> >> How should I do it? Must I try each one in the /usr/lib/pd/extra folder? >> Anyway it seems that my patch is quite vanilla. The only external used is >> freeverb, and this is because I still don't know how to do a reverb by >> myself (using only what puredata provides) >> >> >> I have compiled a few libs recently and it was pretty painless(pmpd for >> example), although there are a few that defeated me (cyclone). As someone >> has mentioned previously it is possible to just transfer some libs from >> program to program and across different computers but I guess it should in >> no way be seen as a sensible solution. >> >>> >>> Something relating Puredyne that I don't get is how do you install a >>> debian package, I mean, as I tried xubuntu before for a month or two, and as >>> I realize Puredyne is based in it, how is it that Puredyne does not have the >>> automatic installing proccess when clicking on a .deb file, just asking for >>> the needed packages? >>> >> >> You have the 'gDebi' package installer? Sometimes I add things that I >> think everyone already has, Ed Kelly recommended having the 'xfce cpu >> govorner' which is very handy for example. One of the design aims of >> Puredyne is to be much lighter than Ubuntu, sometimes that streamlining >> makes for a more involved interaction with the OS. >> >> No, I see it is missing. I'll install it now, but I will continue fixing >> the already installed pd version. Thank you for the info. >> >> I feel that not having it was lucky, as I am getting confortable with not >> needing a probably not configured, supefluous and redundant pde installment. >> >> A difference I would like to understand is that in the extended version I >> was able to change the colours of the canvas, wires and such by tweaking the >> pd.tk file in the /usr/lib/pd/bin folder. Now, this version of pd is more >> like the vanilla one, is it so? the interface colours are defined in a way I >> do not understand. Do you? >> >> about the Puredyne design aim, I really like it, for sure. >> >> >>> Also, when I right click in the download manager in firefox and choose >>> "open containing folder" why is it asking me to choose a program to open it >>> with? what should I do then? >>> >> >> Ah yes, that is irritating isn't it. Your files will be in the download >> folder /home/blahblah/download, I think. >> >> Yes it is, but not a great deal. If you happen to find how to fix it >> please let me know. >> >> >>> Anyway, I am new to Puredyne (first 36 hours), and again, I am also new >>> to linux itself (some months), so forgive if my questions are not >>> intelligent ones. I'll appreciate a lot the gidelines. >>> >> >> Hope you like it - it's really worth persevering with I reckon. I too am >> very much Linux-light and perhaps some more knowledgeable list'ers can weigh >> in to help with your specific problems. If not, apparently the irc channel >> is where you can find some of the devs, some of the time. >> >>> >>> Thank you again and best wishes to you too, >>> >> >> Your welcome and kind regards, >> >> Julian, you are extremely helpful. Thank you a lot, really >> >> Felix >> >> >> Julian >> >> >> >> >> >>> Felix >>> >>> Julian Brooks wrote: >>> >>> Hey Felix and welcome to the list, >>> >>> Well firstly I would say that you should check/search some of the >>> previous threads - my memory is that there is one from a month or so ago >>> that walks you through the process (though I haven't tried it myself). You >>> should also include which version of Puredyne you have and also which >>> version of Pde you want to install. >>> >>> Also are you aware that the pre-installed version of Pd has many of the >>> major libs pre-packaged and it may be simpler to just add something if it >>> isn't already included. There is also a big bunch of abstractions as well >>> as external libs so have a good explore. >>> >>> All good wishes, >>> >>> Julian >>> >>> On 8 September 2011 02:56, felix nicanor <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, I am new to Puredyne and want to install Pd extended, but it doesn't >>>> show in the repositories and does not work installing the .deb file (I must >>>> say that I am new to linux too, just in case). >>>> Could anybody help me in this issue? >>>> Thank you all and a big HELLO to everybody in the list! >>>> --- >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >>>> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> [email protected]http://identi.ca/group/puredyneirc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> [email protected] >>> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >>> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >>> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> [email protected]http://identi.ca/group/puredyneirc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> >> >> >> --- >> [email protected] >> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >
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