Re: [microsound] pd live

[Andrey Savitsky <savitsky3000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.
If you are working with PC plathform - PD is the best equivalent to MAX/MSP.
But if you have Mac and could use MAX don`t even try to find something
better.
Actually, PD is almost the same, and it`s nice to use in a live.
But unfortunaly it`s not so wide supported in the web like MAX and if you
not a programmer,
than should be ready to spend a few monthes to study a PD-system.

related:
http://www.pure-data.org/ answers:

***
What is the difference between Pd, MAX/MSP, and jMax?

Pd is ultimately a redesign of an earlier system that is still in commercial
development: MAX/MSP. In fact, the real time audio synthesis portions of
MAX/MSP incubated in the Pd project. Pd also has a younger, prettier sister:
jMax. All of these projects were masterminded by Miller Puckette and others
at IRCAM in France.

Can I use Pd to run patches written in Max/MSP?

The short answer is no. If you have the guts, you can try it. Save the Max
patch as a .pat file. Rename it to end in .pd, then try to load it into Pd.
In this way we got the metro help page from Max to run in Pd. Although the
syntax of the .pd and .pat files is extremely similar, Pd is missing a lot
of objects (in Max "externals") that come with Max.

Can I use Pd to run Max/MSP externals?

Max/MSP externals run only on Macs running Max/MSP. However, if you have the
source code, it is notoriously easy to port a Max/MSP external into a Pd
object. See the Pd documentation for details.
***

andrey
http://hhtp.narod.ru






----- Original Message -----
From: "cray" <amnesia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 13:34
Subject: [microsound] pd live


Hi all


I know this may have been answered a million times before but......

Any of you use PD in a live situation?

How different are the patches to a Max/MSP patch?

thanks in advance


Cray
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