Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-26 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-11 à 13:09:00, Max a écrit : And that's not the end of the vicious cycle. Students who saved their money to buy a Max license are often unwilling to accept that their work could have been done as easy in Pd, and sometimes even better and/or easier. Often they use and stick to Max

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread João Pais
And that's not the end of the vicious cycle. Students who saved their money to buy a Max license are often unwilling to accept that their work could have been done as easy in Pd, and sometimes even better and/or easier. If you think of free software as an ethical issue like I do and are

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-13 à 10:46:00, João Pais a écrit : and you're only talking about the aesthetical/workflow features. to bring up a subject that I am paying attention only now, try out to see how high you go with [expr pow(2,$f1)] until you loose resolution - 20 in pd, but 30 in max5 (the coming up

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-13 à 08:05:00, Mathieu Bouchard a écrit : Neither binary nor decimal representation is more precise than the other, it's just that their precision never matches exactly. 20 bits is slightly less than 6 decimals, whereas 16 decimals is slightly more than 53 bits. Thus you can only

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread Martin Peach
But whatever the theoretical precision of a float, I think the thing that makes Pd floats less precise than Max floats lies in the use of the %g format specifier to print them out, which can result in a lower precision than the float is capable of. This makes it possible to use maximum

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread Charles Goyard
Hi, João Pais wrote: see how high you go with [expr pow(2,$f1)] until you loose resolution - 20 in pd, but 30 in max5 (the coming up of Pd double precision will help this, but it's a work Katja is doing alone). High moral feeling (i.e. the we're better because we're free logo) isn't enough

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread João Pais
and you're only talking about the aesthetical/workflow features. to bring up a subject that I am paying attention only now, try out to see how high you go with [expr pow(2,$f1)] until you loose resolution - 20 in pd, but 30 in max5 (the coming up of Pd double precision will help this, but

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread João Pais
João Pais wrote: see how high you go with [expr pow(2,$f1)] until you loose resolution - 20 in pd, but 30 in max5 (the coming up of Pd double precision will help this, but it's a work Katja is doing alone). High moral feeling (i.e. the we're better because we're free logo) isn't enough for

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-13 à 16:10:00, João Pais a écrit : I already have an abstraction in pd to automatically set the offset to play segments with tabread4~. But if I need e.g. to play indices 1 to 10111, which are read from an array, and then rescaled in the meantime, how is it possible to

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread Patrice Colet
, Ben Baker-Smith bbakersm...@gmail.com Envoyé: Vendredi 13 Janvier 2012 19:35:28 Objet: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Le 2012-01-13 à 16:10:00, João Pais a écrit : I already have an abstraction in pd to automatically set the offset to play segments with tabread4~. But if I need e.g

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Le 2012-01-13 à 16:10:00, João Pais a écrit : I already have an abstraction in pd to automatically set the offset to play segments with tabread4~. But if I need e.g. to play indices 1 to 10111, which are read from an array, and then rescaled

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-13 à 11:14:00, Jonathan Wilkes a écrit : From: Mathieu Bouchard ma...@artengine.ca For [tabread~], yes, because they're below 16777216. With Katja'sdouble-precision Pd does this problem go away? If it does what I think it does, Katja's build reduces the problem by a factor of

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-13 à 09:06:00, Martin Peach a écrit : But whatever the theoretical precision of a float, I think the thing that makes Pd floats less precise than Max floats lies in the use of the %g format specifier to print them out, which can result in a lower precision than the float is capable

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread martin.peach
I think Pd uses %g which probably means %.6g by default, but it looks more like %.5g. You're right, the precision is only lost when the patcher is written out somewhere. In the attached patcher clicking on [1( calculates pi, which gets printed to a number box and the screen in 5 digit

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread martin.peach
Here's a more complete example of the precision thing. Martin #N canvas 364 685 450 300 10; #X msg 32 18 1; #X obj 32 44 atan; #X obj 32 68 * 4; #X floatatom 92 85 15 0 0 0 - - -; #X obj 111 164 sin; #X floatatom 160 181 15 0 0 0 - - -; #X obj 111 214

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-13 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-13 à 20:12:00, martin.pe...@sympatico.ca a écrit : In the attached patcher clicking on [1( calculates pi, which gets printed to a number box and the screen in 5 digit precision as 3.14159, but the subsequent [sin] object gives a value much closer to zero than when you click on

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-12 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
- Original Message - From: Max abonneme...@revolwear.com To: Jonathan Wilkes jancs...@yahoo.com Cc: Richie Cyngler glitch...@gmail.com; pd list pd-list@iem.at; Ben Baker-Smith bbakersm...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-11 Thread Max
). -Jonathan From: Richie Cyngler glitch...@gmail.com To: Jonathan Wilkes jancs...@yahoo.com Cc: Ben Baker-Smith bbakersm...@gmail.com; pd list pd-list@iem.at Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Not a bad point... but, or more likely because

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-10 Thread TAD BISAHA
The opus could be written with a place for creativity, it depends on the musician. I agree, the artist keeps the control, theoritically. What's happening when many artist (a grand majority in fact) cease acting this artistic 'nature '? Must the bulkys (the neo-archaic), to shout to the world

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-10 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Hi list! I got a more clear response from the organizers on this issue than anything I've seen in this thread so far - here it is: Hi Ben, thanks for your Interest in our Call. We accepts only patches made with Kyma or Max/MSP due the fact we

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-10 Thread Richie Cyngler
To avoid technical issues we choose the plattforms we already use in our work or we are very familiar with. This is the only reason. If the selected composer can assure us to be available for the concert the can be used any piece of software/hardware. I hope this helps. Many thanks

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-10 Thread Richie Cyngler
on either Max/MSP or Kyma to composer the piece in the first place). -Jonathan - Original Message - From: Ben Baker-Smith bbakersm...@gmail.com To: pd list pd-list@iem.at Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Hi list! I got

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-10 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
bbakersm...@gmail.com; pd list pd-list@iem.at Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Not a bad point... but, or more likely because they are supporting only those artists able to afford such things as expensive software, travel and food. On Wed, Jan 11

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-10 Thread Pagano, Patrick
, January 10, 2012 6:24 PM To: Richie Cyngler Cc: pd list; Ben Baker-Smith Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF No, there really are music students out there looking at what they need in order to be successful, and when most of the voices around them are aggressively (and often ignorantly

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-10 Thread Richie Cyngler
...@gmail.com; pd list pd-list@iem.at *Sent:* Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:53 PM *Subject:* Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Not a bad point... but, or more likely because they are supporting only those artists able to afford such things as expensive software, travel and food. On Wed, Jan 11, 2012

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-10 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
From: Pagano, Patrick p...@digitalworlds.ufl.edu To: Jonathan Wilkes jancs...@yahoo.com; Richie Cyngler glitch...@gmail.com Cc: pd list pd-list@iem.at; Ben Baker-Smith bbakersm...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:33 PM Subject: RE: [PD] no pd?? WTF

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-09 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
On 06/01/12 23:11, Charles Henry wrote: 2012/1/6 Jonathan Wilkesjancs...@yahoo.com: - Original Message - From: alexa...@lurk.org To: András Murányimuran...@gmail.com Cc: Pd - listpd-list@iem.at Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Ha, I got

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-09 Thread TAD BISAHA
A cat? You don't like the cats? however, at all times cats make what they want, as Steve Jobs... obviously he liked what he made, no? By staying only in the field of the independent persons like developer or artist. Every day, a lot of people like what they do, I hope so. I'm perhaps wrong, but

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-09 Thread ydego...@gmail.com
In fact, there's no off, no underground, no revolution, no counter-revolution, no anti but there's a place for the off, it's the place for the pushed and oppressed guys, they chose this place. But Offland is a part of the Inland (we mustn't forget that...). what is this confuse

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-09 Thread TAD BISAHA
Thanks for your mature answer dad which shines however less than the moon this evening. Did you see it? Probably not, too archaic for you. A point only, you lend me too much power. Do not forget, I am nothing for you. Do not be afraid, breathe. I'm nothing, just a pair of mislaid ear in the stone

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-09 Thread Patrice Colet
De: TAD BISAHA tadbis...@gmail.com Cc: PD List pd-list@iem.at Envoyé: Lundi 9 Janvier 2012 13:24:22 About production and creation, when a musician for exemple play a second time, just a second time, one of his own opus, can one still name the result a creation? The opus could be written

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-06 Thread hans w. koch
the funniest thing imho is, that their call talks about the ecosystem paradigm and quotes as its main proponent agostino di scipio who himself once said: I also work with PD. [...] works of mine have been performed by colleagues who work with software I tend to avoid (like Max/MSP). (i found

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-06 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-06 à 11:08:00, hans w. koch a écrit : the funniest thing imho is, that their call talks about the ecosystem paradigm and quotes as its main proponent agostino di scipio who himself once said: I also work with PD. [...] works of mine have been performed by colleagues who work with

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-06 Thread hans w. koch
thats why i included the footer with the original reference...still takes some reading, though. i thought that was an acceptable balance between proper sourcing and my laziness :-) hans www.hans-w-koch.net Am 06.01.2012 um 19:24 schrieb Mathieu Bouchard: Le 2012-01-06 à 11:08:00, hans w.

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-06 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-06 à 20:39:00, hans w. koch a écrit : thats why i included the footer with the original reference...still takes some reading, though. i thought that was an acceptable balance between proper sourcing and my laziness :-) hans I just meant to encourage you, to post the same things

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-06 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
- Original Message - From: alex a...@lurk.org To: András Murányi muran...@gmail.com Cc: Pd - list pd-list@iem.at Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Ha, I got a different reply earlier: We decied to avoid the use of Pd and SuperCollider

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-06 Thread Patrice Colet
De: alex a...@lurk.org Envoyé: Mercredi 4 Janvier 2012 01:12:14 Ha, I got a different reply earlier: We decied to avoid the use of Pd and SuperCollider for internal and technical resons and unfortunately we cannot change our policy. So please, if you are interested in the call, please

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-06 Thread Charles Henry
2012/1/6 Jonathan Wilkes jancs...@yahoo.com: - Original Message - From: alex a...@lurk.org To: András Murányi muran...@gmail.com Cc: Pd - list pd-list@iem.at Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Ha, I got a different reply earlier: We decied

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-06 Thread Charles Henry
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Patrice Colet colet.patr...@free.fr wrote: De: alex a...@lurk.org Envoyé: Mercredi 4 Janvier 2012 01:12:14 Ha, I got a different reply earlier: We decied to avoid the use of Pd and SuperCollider for internal and technical resons and unfortunately we cannot

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-06 Thread Chris McCormick
On 01/06/2012 02:11 PM, ydego...@gmail.com wrote: Chris McCormick wrote: On 01/05/2012 01:04 PM, ydego...@gmail.com wrote: Chris McCormick wrote: On 01/04/2012 03:36 PM, ydego...@gmail.com wrote: productivity? that's what we should hate... fuck yes! i define success as not working, and i

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-05 Thread Marco Donnarumma
this is extremely sad. Given that your post was kind enough :) M On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:51 PM, yvan volochine yvan...@gmail.com wrote: On 01/04/2012 12:01 PM, Marco Donnarumma wrote: Well, that's weird enough. I actually know those guys through different channels. This is not the

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-05 Thread Chris McCormick
On 01/05/2012 01:04 PM, ydego...@gmail.com wrote: Chris McCormick wrote: On 01/04/2012 03:36 PM, ydego...@gmail.com wrote: productivity? that's what we should hate... fuck yes! i define success as not working, and i live like a king. (nofx) hey chris, i'm droiding party, i see it as the

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-05 Thread ydego...@gmail.com
Chris McCormick wrote: On 01/05/2012 01:04 PM, ydego...@gmail.com wrote: Chris McCormick wrote: On 01/04/2012 03:36 PM, ydego...@gmail.com wrote: productivity? that's what we should hate... fuck yes! i define success as not working, and i live like a king. (nofx) hey chris, i'm droiding

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread Marco Donnarumma
Well, that's weird enough. I actually know those guys through different channels. This is not the first call they send, and, although they work in Max, I think this is the first time I notice such a counterproductive requirement. The weirdest issue imho is why BEK published this call on their

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread Olivier B
Oh oh oh... I just can't imagine there is an other motivation than their call to be buzzed... (sorry if it doesn't mean anything in english) I'm naive, for sure... but it's a survival question... :-p 01ivier 2012/1/4 Marco Donnarumma de...@thesaddj.com Well, that's weird enough. I actually

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread i go bananas
yes, it makes sense in English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCcMxb72TeY On 1/4/12, Olivier B lamouraupeu...@gmail.com wrote: Oh oh oh... I just can't imagine there is an other motivation than their call to be buzzed... (sorry if it doesn't mean anything in english) I'm naive, for sure...

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-04 à 12:01:00, Marco Donnarumma a écrit : The weirdest issue imho is why BEK published this call on their blog. Probably they just aggregate calls and news without reviewing the material. Note also that BEK doesn't mention any free software when they present their services. In

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-03 à 21:47:00, Pagano, Patrick a écrit : Here is btw another call about a Pd workshop BEK held back in 2005. http://www.bek.no/projects/35-visiblesoundaudibleimage?locale=en but that was 7 years ago... So, why don't you give more recent examples, to show some kind of continuity ?

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread yvan volochine
On 01/04/2012 12:01 PM, Marco Donnarumma wrote: Well, that's weird enough. I actually know those guys through different channels. This is not the first call they send, and, although they work in Max, I think this is the first time I notice such a counterproductive requirement. The weirdest

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread Mathieu Bouchard
Le 2012-01-04 à 17:51:00, yvan volochine a écrit : a couple of days ago I added a comment on USO blogpost [1] complaining about this decision (and I tried not to be too angry). as an answer they just disabled comments on this post... May you post a copy of your post here ?

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread
2012/1/4 ydego...@gmail.com ydego...@gmail.com: xa! happy new year, you know revolution is behind, behind what ? una esquina maybe ou yeah shuvy...its around the corner :P what revolution with open source when people wants the same productivity hey? productivity? that's what we

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread yvan volochine
On 01/04/2012 07:22 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: Le 2012-01-04 à 17:51:00, yvan volochine a écrit : a couple of days ago I added a comment on USO blogpost [1] complaining about this decision (and I tried not to be too angry). as an answer they just disabled comments on this post... May you

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread ydego...@gmail.com
Chris McCormick wrote: On 01/04/2012 03:36 PM, ydego...@gmail.com wrote: productivity? that's what we should hate... fuck yes! i define success as not working, and i live like a king. (nofx) hey chris, i'm droiding party, i see it as the major kewl thing in pd these past years sooo great

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-04 Thread ydego...@gmail.com
ola, yeah sure..better with a beer :) for example tomorrow noon from 18.00 at hangar... useroselektor + live los ganglios (digi-punk) yeh allright, will check it although digi punk went to that too : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBVkjr4kRU hum it was better in 1995 i guess :

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
Interesting-- I've never seen something like that where proprietary software that costs money is a requirement for entry. Let's just call it stupidity and move on. -Jonathan From: servando barreiro servandi...@yahoo.es To: pd-list@iem.at pd-list@iem.at

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread Miller Puckette
Ugly. I'd suggest using Max and the pd~ object :) Miller On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 06:29:42PM +, servando barreiro wrote: I just readed this :  The electronic processing must be developed and implemented using Max/MSP or Kyma. (we will not accept patches developed in Pure Data or

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread
in my opinion conciously or unconciously, one of the most counterrevolutionary call4 ive seen in the last times salut x! 2012/1/3 Miller Puckette m...@ucsd.edu: Ugly. I'd suggest using Max and the pd~ object :) Miller On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 06:29:42PM +, servando barreiro wrote:

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
- Original Message - From: Miller Puckette m...@ucsd.edu To: servando barreiro servandi...@yahoo.es Cc: pd-list@iem.at pd-list@iem.at Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Ugly. I'd suggest using Max and the pd~ object :) Ha!  I forgot

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
@iem.at Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Ugly. I'd suggest using Max and the pd~ object :) Miller On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 06:29:42PM +, servando barreiro wrote: I just readed this :  The electronic processing must be developed

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread APO33
woow I can't believe this!! it is a clear message against piksel (used to be part of BEK) free software, specifically against some of the most creative ones!!! totally absurd, call for boycott!! or use pd~ object in max as miller said :-D cheers julien in my opinion conciously or

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread Björn Eriksson
Had to visit the link to see what it was all about... it´s easy to just have some fast opinion on things... and the first impression I had was that this was something BEK (in Norway) arranges, but it´s a call made on their blog from Milan/Rome for something happening in Italy.

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread Pagano, Patrick
Sounds like someone got a new kyma system... -Original Message- From: pd-list-boun...@iem.at [mailto:pd-list-boun...@iem.at] On Behalf Of Björn Eriksson Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 4:46 PM To: Pd - list Subject: Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF Had to visit the link to see what it was all

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread APO33
Hey Björn, you right on that one! mea culpa :-) cheers Julien call made on their blog from Milan/Rome for something happening in Italy. http://usoproject.blogspot.com/ . All the best, Björn Eriksson On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:15 PM, APO33 i...@apo33.org wrote: woow I can't believe

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread András Murányi
I thought it would be easiest to ask the guys behind the submission address (submissi...@synesthesiarecordings.com). Not that i got a real answer. If you have an idea how to follow up, I'm interested. Andras -- Forwarded message -- From: Federico Placidi

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread alex
Ha, I got a different reply earlier: We decied to avoid the use of Pd and SuperCollider for internal and technical resons and unfortunately we cannot change our policy. So please, if you are interested in the call, please send a more pertinent question. So apparently there are reasons but they

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread ydego...@gmail.com
just laughing of when j. defended bek ... oh how we laughed at awkwardness and inability... those who followed the thread will get it and happy new gear, you technomological people, me i don't give a shit sevy alex wrote: Ha, I got a different reply earlier: We decied to avoid the use of

Re: [PD] no pd?? WTF ????

2012-01-03 Thread ydego...@gmail.com
xa! happy new year, you know revolution is behind, behind what ? una esquina maybe what revolution with open source when people wants the same productivity hey? productivity? that's what we should hate... we'll talk of it again over a beer, compa .. i meant it. shuvy xä wrote: in my