Re: [PD] Fwd: pd gui: partial interface freeze

2014-02-13 Thread Joe Newlin
I've had the same problem frequently with GUI-heavy patches. For what it's worth, minimizing restoring the window will display updated GUIs, but the pixels will continue to be frozen until I minimize restore again. After removing about 90% of the GUI objects from one particular patch that did

Re: [PD] realtime MIDI on Windows - best practices for efficiency?

2013-11-15 Thread Joe Newlin
Thanks for all that. [speedlim] seems to have solved everything. Joe On Nov 15, 2013, at 4:21 AM, András Murányi muran...@gmail.com wrote: Just to refine Ingo's answer little bit: On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Ingo i...@miamiwave.com wrote: 3 things come to my mind spontaneously:

[PD] realtime MIDI on Windows - best practices for efficiency?

2013-11-14 Thread Joe Newlin
I have a big patch I use for realtime manipulation of live sound inputs. Often when adjusting pots and sliders on a USB MIDI controller, I get audio dropouts. I've tried putting all of the MIDI objects in a separate patch running in another instance of PD, polling the inputs at intervals using

[PD] [PD-announce] PD piece at Long Beach, CA Soundwalk this Saturday

2013-10-04 Thread Joe Newlin
If anyone is in Southern California, the 10th annual (and possibly final) Soundwalk sound art exhibition in Long Beach will be this Saturday from 6:00-10:00 pm. My piece for this year's event, titled Solipse, was created entirely with PD and is described thusly: The listener hears a unique

[PD] u_samplekit2 text file formatting

2013-09-14 Thread Joe Newlin
Hello, I'm trying to use the u_samplekit2 abstraction from rjlib, and having trouble getting it to work. The help file says that the directory containing the samples must also contain a text file named index.txt that maps filenames to numbers. But it does not say how exactly one is supposed to

Re: [PD] u_samplekit2 text file formatting

2013-09-14 Thread Joe Newlin
Okay, so I solved the issue myself by using the absolute directory path in the open message, and it was an issue with [textfile] within [u_dumpfile] not receiving the correct path in the open message. On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Joe Newlin jtnew...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm trying

Re: [PD] Dust equivalent to Pd

2013-07-19 Thread Joe Newlin
Robot Cowboy did exactly this: http://svn.robotcowboy.com/robotcowboy/trunk/pd/rc-patches/rc-dust.pd El Jul 18, 2013, a las 1:03 AM, Alexandre Torres Porres por...@gmail.com escribió: Hi there, started using Super Collider recently and been trying to implement some of its stuff in Pd.

[PD] Electroacoustic songs with PD

2013-07-07 Thread Joe Newlin
Hey all, I just released a 3-song EP (and they are indeed songs) entirely recorded/synthesized/performed in PD: http://joenewlin.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-shimmering-under-the-surface I arranged the the pieces in Audacity, just to be consistent in using open-source tools from start to

Re: [PD] IBM PureData

2012-11-08 Thread Joe Newlin
interminable boredom machine On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 8:58 AM, i go bananas hard@gmail.com wrote: illogical bandwidth modulation? intermittent bass magnet? inlet bypass mechanism? isolating beat masher? industrial bitcrush monster? indie band mutilator?

Re: [PD] glitching tools

2012-10-27 Thread Joe Newlin
There's this: https://github.com/badgeek/fux_videoglitch I was never able to get it to compile (on Windows) but that may have more to do with my lack of understanding of compilers. On Oct 27, 2012, at 2:04 PM, David Schaffer schafferda...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi there, I just watched

Re: [PD] Preset system in pd?

2012-09-30 Thread Joe Newlin
Frank Barknecht's sssad is great: http://puredata.info/downloads/sssad You can even differentiate between global local preset, so that you could, for example, load a global preset that instructs subpatches to load particular presets. You can search the list archives for Frank's responses to

Re: [PD] Android device for PdDroidParty

2011-12-29 Thread Joe Newlin
I've used PdDroidParty with a Samsung Galaxy, and while the audio latency is noticeable, the overall sound is decent, the touch interface is responsive and everything seems to work fine. JN On Dec 29, 2011, at 9:10 AM, batinste dwanaf...@yahoo.fr wrote: Hi PDers I'd rather avoid iStuff

Re: [PD] integer (mis)calculator

2011-12-09 Thread Joe Newlin
Thanks Roman, Mathieu et al for the illuminating replies. On Dec 8, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Mathieu Bouchard ma...@artengine.ca wrote: Le 2011-12-08 à 00:13:00, Joe Newlin a écrit : Can someone explain what's going on in the attached example? I'm getting 7.1 minus 7 equals .099. I need to split

[PD] integer (mis)calculator

2011-12-08 Thread Joe Newlin
Can someone explain what's going on in the attached example? I'm getting 7.1 minus 7 equals .099. I need to split two-digit integers, so this result is giving me problems. Thanks, JN -- www.joenewlin.net www.twitter.com/joe_newlin miscalculator.pd Description: Binary data

[PD] emulate mouse click with msg

2011-11-18 Thread Joe Newlin
I'm experimenting with dynamic patch creation and GEM and I would like to be able to send a draw line message to objects in thousands of subpatches. I came across this, which mentions sending a click message, apparently to coordinates within the subpatch:

Re: [PD] emulate mouse click with msg

2011-11-18 Thread Joe Newlin
Nevermind! The solution was obvious: create a receive object in each subpatch send the draw message to all of them at once after they are created. On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Joe Newlin jtnew...@gmail.com wrote: I'm experimenting with dynamic patch creation and GEM and I would like

[PD] pix_coordinate confusion

2011-11-15 Thread Joe Newlin
The pix_coordinate help file says that pix_coordinate remaps the S, T texture values ... What do S and T refer to? Thanks, JN -- www.joenewlin.net www.twitter.com/joe_newlin ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -

[PD] Two RjDj questions

2011-10-31 Thread Joe Newlin
Hi Frank, I am trying to re-work some of my patches using rjlib so that I can share them with the world more easily. In one, I am using the [moog~] filter. What rjlib object would most closely approximate this? Also, I'm having trouble with some of the synths (like s_chip s_czz). I was

Re: [PD] GEM 0.93.1 crashing on Windows 7 64-bit

2011-10-30 Thread Joe Newlin
-Olivier Boulant po.boul...@free.frwrote: Hi, In the GEM folder if you have gem_imageMAGICK.dll then trash it, move it out or Pd or rename it. It's the one causing you grief. Cheers Pierre-Olivier On 30/10/2011 07:41, Joe Newlin wrote: With Pd-extended 0.42.5 and GEM 0.93.1. I have

Re: [PD] GEM 0.93.1 crashing on Windows 7 64-bit

2011-10-30 Thread Joe Newlin
you might want to install the imageTIFF, imageJPEG, imageSGI and/or imageQT plugins, depending on which filse you want to read. Thanks! I'm now going to try to figure out what you mean by that - i.e. where these plugins are located and how to install them, but if anyone cares to explain that here

[PD] error compiling plugins on Windows 7 64-bit WAS: GEM 0.93.1 crashing on Windows 7 64-bit

2011-10-30 Thread Joe Newlin
Hi, When I try to compile imageJPEG and imageQT using the MINGW compiler I get an error: undefined reference to 'WinMain@16'. Am I missing something? Thanks, JN On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Joe Newlin jtnew...@gmail.com wrote: you might want to install the imageTIFF, imageJPEG, imageSGI

[PD] Pd-extended error messages - 20111007 on Windows

2011-10-08 Thread Joe Newlin
Hans et al, I'm getting these error messages in the terminal window when using certain abstractions. This is on Windows 7; Pd-0.43.1-extended-20111007-windowsxp-i386. Seems that the abstraction loads fine initially. Error #1: sorry, don't remember precisely what I was doing when this happened.

[PD] Pd-extended 20011007 auto-build crashes with MIDI input

2011-10-08 Thread Joe Newlin
Tested with Korg Nano Kontrol then with Akai LPK-25 as MIDI Input Device 1 (and only) on Windows 7. Pd immediately crashes when any MIDI input is sent. No patch necessary to crash, it will do it with just the PD message window open, though it will also crash with a patch open, e.g. testtone.pd.

[PD] sqrt~ problem in Pd-extended?

2011-10-07 Thread Joe Newlin
Nightly auto-build Pd-0.43.1-extended-20111004-windowsxp-i386 on Windows 7. example: \doc\7.stuff\soundfile-tools\6.vocoder.pd, \extra\vanilla\sqrt~-help.pd etc. It looks like this was a known bug in the past and fixed at some point, having now returned? Is there a workaround? Thanks, --

Re: [PD] Pd-extended 0.43 builds are working again

2011-10-04 Thread Joe Newlin
is not working currently. Its not building right on Windows and Mac OS X 10.5. Everything else should work, let me know if otherwise. .hc On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:37 AM, Joe Newlin wrote: Hans, I was able to get [declare -path] to work after a little trial and error with path name syntax

[PD] how to load libraries in Pd-vanilla

2011-10-02 Thread Joe Newlin
So, Pd-extended abruptly started behaving weirdly with my soundcard, which led me to test out PD-vanilla to see if I would have the same problems, and I discovered that I could get ridiculously low audio latency with Pd-vanilla, which is extremely good fortune because I often use Pd for processing

Re: [PD] how to load libraries in Pd-vanilla

2011-10-02 Thread Joe Newlin
2, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Joe Newlin wrote: So, Pd-extended abruptly started behaving weirdly with my soundcard, which led me to test out PD-vanilla to see if I would have the same problems, and I discovered that I could get ridiculously low audio latency with Pd-vanilla, which is extremely good

Re: [PD] how to load libraries in Pd-vanilla

2011-10-02 Thread Joe Newlin
-extended 0.43 nightly build? I just upgraded the portaudio to the latest release, so that might help your latency issue. .hc On Oct 2, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Joe Newlin wrote: So, Pd-extended abruptly started behaving weirdly with my soundcard, which led me to test out PD-vanilla to see if I would

Re: [PD] A committe of local hosts(LA residents) [Re: pd_LAunch: A Week of exhibits/workshops/performance events in LA April 25 -30]

2011-03-11 Thread Joe Newlin
I definitely would want to be a regular in the LA patching circle. Would love to see what my neighbors are doing with PD. And I'm actually acquainted with Theron - we met a couple weeks back at CrashSpace. JN On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Joseph Deken dek...@sdsc.edu wrote: Hi Joe Newlin

Re: [PD] pd_LAunch: A Week of exhibits/workshops/performance events in LA April 25 -30

2011-03-10 Thread Joe Newlin
Hi Joe et al, I live in the area and would like to participate and help out in any way I can. -JN On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Richie Cyngler glitch...@gmail.com wrote: Sounds awesome! Please keep us updated. If the stars align I may actually be in the area at this time (I'm normally in

[PD] Los Angeles area PD users group (second attempt)

2009-06-18 Thread Joe Newlin
I emailed the list a while back to try to organize a patching circle in the LA area to do some brainstorming problem-solving to generally share ideas and approaches. But there wasn't much of a local response at the time. In the meantime, I've been helping a couple of new PD users get started,

[PD] rough beat quantization attempt

2008-12-15 Thread Joe Newlin
The attached patch is my attempt at beat quantization. I'm curious how others have approached this. JN quantize.pd Description: application/pd ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -

Re: [PD] still not understanding local sssad in abstractions using variables

2008-12-08 Thread Joe Newlin
I seem to remember reading that recently. Anyway, that did the trick. Thanks. Now I can finally arrange songs by sequencing sssad preset loading. JN On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Frank Barknecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo, Joe Newlin hat gesagt: // Joe Newlin wrote: I downloaded

Re: [PD] still not understanding local sssad in abstractions using variables

2008-12-07 Thread Joe Newlin
variables to the SSSAD objects, which also has me a little confused. I'm approaching PD as an instrumentalist, not a programmer, so I appreciate your patience. JN On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 2:43 AM, Frank Barknecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo Joe, Joe Newlin hat gesagt: // Joe Newlin wrote: I've

Re: [PD] still not understanding local sssad in abstractions using variables

2008-12-07 Thread Joe Newlin
is changing [sssad number $0] to [sssad/sssad number $0] respectively with number2. Thanks, JN On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Frank Barknecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo, Joe Newlin hat gesagt: // Joe Newlin wrote: Thanks for that demonstration, Frank, and though I think the concept

Re: [PD] still not understanding local sssad in abstractions using variables

2008-12-07 Thread Joe Newlin
PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo, Joe Newlin hat gesagt: // Joe Newlin wrote: This still isn't working for me. I bang the File to set the textfile to a new file in the same directory as the MAIN patch. But when I bang Save I get this in the pd window: error: D:/+Audio_Sync/pd/sssad-ex-2

[PD] still not understanding local sssad in abstractions using variables

2008-12-05 Thread Joe Newlin
Hi, I've looked at the sssad examples and searched the list (including a discussion this week on the topic) and I still have questions about using sssad to save settings of GUI objects in a particular abstraction or subpatch while ignoring sssad objects used in other subpatches or abstractions

[PD] Los Angeles patching circle?

2008-11-05 Thread Joe Newlin
Inspired by the recent NYC effort, I thought I'd reach out to patchers in the L.A. area. I know there are swarms of Max/MSP people out here, but I'd be interested to see if any of the pd-list lurkers are my neighbors. Cal-Arts rats? Anyone? JN ___

[PD] Best PD+OS/Hardware combinations for low audio latency?

2008-03-30 Thread Joe Newlin
I want desperately to be able to process guitar in real time with PD. I have a Sony VAIO laptop and Edirol FA-66 Firewire soundcard. It seems that using Windows is not an option, since I get outrageously high audio latency with PD, and a search through the mail list archives suggests that the

Re: [PD] Best PD+OS/Hardware combinations for low audio latency?

2008-03-30 Thread Joe Newlin
that destroys the sound (in a bad way). And that's just for pure computer music, without even attempting to process a signal from the adc~. I'll try the linux suggestions next... JN On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Joe Newlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want desperately to be able to process guitar in real

Re: [PD] pd, windows ubuntu

2008-02-17 Thread Joe Newlin
OK. Got it. Thanks for helping me make sense of it. JN On Feb 17, 2008 12:01 AM, Frank Barknecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo, Joe Newlin hat gesagt: // Joe Newlin wrote: I tried running pd -verbose from the terminal, but got the same errors. It looks like at least some of the extended

[PD] pd, windows ubuntu

2008-02-16 Thread Joe Newlin
Hi, I'm new to both PD and Ubuntu. I've been mainly using PD on Windows XP, but I've been trying to use it on Ubuntu as well. I noticed that patches I've created on XP don't quite work correctly in Ubuntu. Why is this, and what can I do about it? Also, I'm having trouble getting PD in Ubuntu

Re: [PD] pd, windows ubuntu

2008-02-16 Thread Joe Newlin
. Locate errors by reading the console and using Edit-Find Last Error On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:35:23 -0800 Joe Newlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm new to both PD and Ubuntu. I've been mainly using PD on Windows XP, but I've been trying to use it on Ubuntu as well. I noticed

Re: [PD] pd, windows ubuntu

2008-02-16 Thread Joe Newlin
this before - try running pd with verbose (pd -verbose from the terminal) and see what you get as far as specific errors. This can and will be fixed - it's probably something simple :) km On Feb 16, 2008 8:48 PM, Joe Newlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I was using .40-2. So I installed