[PD] in/out count

2009-06-04 Thread potax flan
yo this is doing my head in but i guess it's not rocket science... trying to figure out a system to keep track of how many people are in a room at any given moment. already have 2 sensors doing the physical work and sending bangs to pd, but then i get stuck... ii have 2 bangs – one for the left

[PD] core distribution for audio/GEM?

2009-05-01 Thread potax flan
Hi all, in a patch i'm writing which uses audio objects and simple GEM processes, i get audio clicks whenever GEM is rendering stuff. Since i'm doing this on a fairly new dual-core mac, i was wondering, is there a way to separate processes or even patches (gem/audio) so that each core takes care

[PD] get lines from textfile

2009-04-22 Thread potax flan
i'm trying to read an XML file and get certain lines, using [textfile] but i'm stuck as i dont know what message to send it to retrieve the lines i want maybe there's a better object for the job? best p ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and

[PD] *weird* characters

2009-03-11 Thread potax flan
hi using [textfile], i want to concatenate long strings of *unusual* characters (like the triangle or Delta character you get by pressing ALT, caps, d). maybe there is an alternative to [textfile]? Is there a way to handle these characters in pd (have them in a message, then add them to textfile

Re: [PD] GEM: the sound is gone!!

2009-02-13 Thread potax flan
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Olivier Heinry oliv...@heinry.fr wrote: in the meanwhile, the laziest can use gems.movies~ from the pdmtl abstractions tried it but i'm missing [phasorshot~] where can i download it? best ___ Pd-list@iem.at

[PD] chaotic attractors in [expr]

2008-12-17 Thread potax flan
hi i am looking for info on how to implement chaotic attractors and iterated functions using [expr] can you point me in the right direction or post some basic example patches to use as a start point? thankyou po ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list

[PD] semicolon message to select output device?

2008-09-18 Thread potax flan
is there a way to automatize the process of going to preferences audio settings, and choosing from the available output devices, using a semicolon message like [; pd blabla 2( ? i have -listdev in my startup, so when d boots i see a numbered list of whats available. so i reckon its doable, right?

Re: [PD] lossius externals osx port

2008-09-18 Thread potax flan
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I think that creb has some exponential envelope objects. thanks, i will look into it .hc On Sep 15, 2008, at 8:15 PM, potax flan wrote: . the web page is there but fetching the files is indeed

Re: [PD] lossius externals osx port

2008-09-15 Thread potax flan
archive.org: http://annoyingtechnicaldetails.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/downloading-gz-files-from-archiveorg/ .hc On Sep 13, 2008, at 6:30 AM, potax flan wrote: i was looking for the pd port of trond lossius's max externals, for os x on his page the link goes to http://test.pilot.fm/pd/externs

[PD] lossius externals osx port

2008-09-13 Thread potax flan
i was looking for the pd port of trond lossius's max externals, for os x on his page the link goes to http://test.pilot.fm/pd/externs/ but that page is down. does anybody have a working link? else, anybody that could email me the file? much appreciated

[PD] rock, paper, scissors

2008-08-04 Thread potax flan
hi i tried to do a recreation of the classic rock, paper, scissors game in pd. attached is the easy part :-) i got stuck in the interesting part, the one where the results from each chain (hand, if you will) must be compared, to see who wins. before building a super complex and rube golberg-like

Re: [PD] rock, paper, scissors

2008-08-04 Thread potax flan
thanks! that makes sense. although i think your results table was not accurate - i reckon it should be: 0 - 0 = 0 even 0 - 1 = -1 right 0 - 2 = -2 left 1 - 0 = 1 left 1 - 1 = 0 even 1 - 2 = -1 right 2 - 0 = 2 right 2 - 1 = 1 left 2 - 2 = 0 even so: #N canvas 0 22 523 526 10; #X obj 58 15 tgl

Re: [PD] GEM + eee, segmentation fault

2008-07-28 Thread potax flan
just installed debian lenny on the eeePC and gem works fine. just ran a few basic tests but i get NO segmentation faults when destroying gemwins. just thought i'd share this. p On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 12:38 AM, potax flan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: try setting the environmental variable

Re: [PD] GEM + eee, segmentation fault

2008-07-02 Thread potax flan
try setting the environmental variable GEM_SINGLE_CONTEXT to 1 before starting pd/Gem and tell us what happens. still crashes and reports: GEM: stop rendering socket receive error: connection reset by peer (104) Segmentation fault ___

[PD] tips for a slow machine?

2008-07-02 Thread potax flan
i'm trying to make the eeePC (xandros, 1gb ram) to be the genius setup that i envisioned. first, i am aware this is a limited machine, but i plan to do basic synthesis on it. nothing too complex. i'm hiding as much GUI elements as i can in subpatches, i start pd with -rt flag, and i turned the

[PD] GEM + eee, segmentation fault

2008-07-01 Thread potax flan
Running GEM on eee (1 gb) crashes Pd whenever i destroy a gemwin. Terminal reports Segmentation fault. any tips? any flags that will make GEM behave better? thanks ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -

Re: [PD] GEM + eee, segmentation fault

2008-07-01 Thread potax flan
try setting the environmental variable GEM_SINGLE_CONTEXT to 1 before starting pd/Gem and tell us what happens. where do i set that variable? thanks ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -

Re: [PD] GEM + eee, segmentation fault

2008-07-01 Thread potax flan
try setting the environmental variable GEM_SINGLE_CONTEXT to 1 before starting pd/Gem and tell us what happens. still crashes and reports: GEM: stop rendering socket receive error: connection reset by peer (104) Segmentation fault ___

Re: [PD] more eee trouble (on xandros)

2008-06-27 Thread potax flan
, 2008, at 4:59 AM, potax flan wrote: hi im trying to install extended using hans' deb package and xandros (i know ubuntu and debian are better but i do wanna keep this) when i launch pd from the terminal i get: /usr/lib/pd/bin/pd-gui: error while loading shared libraries: libtk8.4.so.0

Re: [PD] more eee trouble (on xandros)

2008-06-27 Thread potax flan
thanks for your long and detailed answer kevin, i added repositories, pinned the system, managed to install tk8.4 and now pd (extended 0.40.3) loads with gui and all but it's missing libs still. pdp, pipid and gem. i will need gem (i know the eee is not the perfect machine, but it's really minor

[PD] more eee trouble (on xandros)

2008-06-26 Thread potax flan
hi im trying to install extended using hans' deb package and xandros (i know ubuntu and debian are better but i do wanna keep this) when i launch pd from the terminal i get: /usr/lib/pd/bin/pd-gui: error while loading shared libraries: libtk8.4.so.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or

Re: [PD] extended on asus eeePC?

2008-06-12 Thread potax flan
i downloaded Hans' .deb installer but when i run it from the xandros desktop (choosing the option install debian package or something like that) i get an error message and it doesnt go far. both synaptic and apt-get give me a non-extended pd to install, which i tried, but i really need extended,

[PD] extended on asus eeePC?

2008-06-11 Thread potax flan
heya just got a shiny new asus eeePC i am fairly new to linux, and looking for the easiest most friendly way to install pd-entended (i dont need it to be the latest version, althou that'd be great). tips for a linux newbie? thanks pp ___ Pd-list@iem.at

[PD] array to text file

2008-06-10 Thread potax flan
im sure this is fairly obvious but i never tried to do this before and im a bit lost: how can i save the contents of an array to a text file, so that i can use them again later? i rather load txt files in a table than have several tables because im assuming that will be less cpu intensive. ami

[PD] motu ultralite change dac~ output

2008-06-06 Thread potax flan
when i play thru my motu ultralite, output from dac~ goes to channels 1 and 2, instead of L and R i could maybe change that behavior on the card, but other apps send it to L / R already so i rather tell pd to do it. can i send a semicolon message to the system for that or do i need to go into

[PD] Sony HDR-HC5 + gem

2008-05-30 Thread potax flan
Hey Any tips on how to make GEM get input from a firewire Sony HDR-HC5 ? Best, p ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management - http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list

[PD] stereo - 8 channel

2008-03-28 Thread potax flan
are there any abstractions or objects to spatialize stereo (or mono, for that matter) sounds to 8 channel? if not, where should i start looking to make something like that? ta ___ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -

Re: [PD] vbap on Pd-extended (osx)

2008-03-06 Thread potax flan
any ideas on this? been away from pd for some days, but still havent got it working thankyou! On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 4:55 PM, potax flan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok i'm starting to feel dumb i tried with [import vbap] + [import iemmatrix] and [declare -sdtpath extra/iemmatrix] + [declare

Re: [PD] vbap on Pd-extended (osx)

2008-02-28 Thread potax flan
ok i'm starting to feel dumb i tried with [import vbap] + [import iemmatrix] and [declare -sdtpath extra/iemmatrix] + [declare -sdtpath extra/vbap] the result is still the same. even thou i guess import/declare should work the same as adding vbap and iemmatrix to the startup flags, how do i do

[PD] vbap on Pd-extended (osx)

2008-02-26 Thread potax flan
i can't seem to load rvbap-demo.pd without getting errors (see below) i'm on Pd-0.40.3-extended (20080117), and running osx 10.5.2 on intel help? define_loudspeakers 3 -45 0 45 0 0 45 180 45 ... couldn't create define_loudspeakers 2 -45 45 135 -135 ... couldn't create mtx 8 3 ... couldn't

Re: [PD] vbap on Pd-extended (osx)

2008-02-26 Thread potax flan
i imported both libraries (see log below) but still no luck define speakers and mtx_*~ are still m.i.a. ideas? define_loudspeakers 3 -45 0 45 0 0 45 180 45 ... couldn't create define_loudspeakers 2 -45 45 135 -135 ... couldn't create mtx 8 3 ... couldn't create mtx_*~ 8 3 20 ... couldn't

[PD] vbap on Pd-extended (osx)

2008-02-25 Thread potax flan
howdy, i can't seem to load rvbap-demo.pd without getting errors (see below) i'm on Pd-0.40.3-extended (20080117), and running osx 10.5.2 on intel help? define_loudspeakers 3 -45 0 45 0 0 45 180 45 ... couldn't create define_loudspeakers 2 -45 45 135 -135 ... couldn't create mtx 8 3 ...

Re: [PD] usb based dmx (and pd)

2008-02-23 Thread potax flan
by the way, i plan to do this form a mac running 10.5 pp On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 1:12 AM, potax flan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey list, any of you using pd to control lights over dmx? i'm looking for a fast and reliable controller that i could use with pd. how about usb based ones

[PD] audio prefs messaging?

2008-02-13 Thread potax flan
hi list is there a way to send a semicolon message to pd that tells the system to use a specific sound output device and number of output channels? it's not too hard to go to the menu and select it from there, but it'd be so handy this way. and while we're at it, whats the best bet for