Today I installed Pd-extended on my new Linode VPS (Virtual Private Server) for my PuréeData project.  Since it’s a VPS, I only have ssh access.  Here’s how to do it:

sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list

hit ‘i’ and paste to the end:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse

## for Puredata
deb http://apt.puredata.info/releases lucid main

Then you should be able to do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pd-extended

Voilà! Let me know if this works or doesn’t work for anyone!

Here’s a binary of the iemguts externals for Puredata built for x86 Darwin.  For future reference, all you have to do to build this from source is “make pd_darwin”.  To use it, unpack the zip to ~/Library/Pd/iemguts.  You can then start or restart Pd and get the objects like [iemguts/canvasconnections].

PuréeData is a browser-based PureData interface for a remote, central server that allows live, collaborative patching for anyone, anywhere.

Using Pd’s internal messaging system and an accompanying python script, PureéData allows anyone with a browser to modify a public, shared patch running on a server and listen to the results live over an OGG audio stream.

The project is currently in development and is freely available on GitHub.  PureéData is in part adapted from code by Jeraman.

The Phrygian Étude is a “chain letter” musical experiment in PureData that is composed of YOUR commits!  So fork the Étude, modify the patch (following certain rules), and push it back to us.  When the time is ripe, we will then play back each stage of the composition—commit by commit—as a live performance!

EggBeater uses the intuitive power of rhythm to let anyone control the playback of music. Shaking this small, wireless device in regular patterns can automatically adjust the tempo and timing of loops. Just start playing the EggBeater just as you would a traditional shaker, and listen as the song slows down as you slow down, or speed up as you do!

EggBeater uses an accelerometer coupled with an XBee radio to send your movements to PureData, where they detect your downbeats and rhythmic tempo. The software can then control playback within PureData or send OSC or MIDI messages to other platforms.

Here’s a short video courtesy of Lee-Sean:

So the other week I had downloaded Davide Morelli’s ANN external for Puredata and discovered that the binary didn’t work, which I’m guessing was compiled for PowerPC.

Today, with Hans‘ help, I successfully recompiled it for Intel macs.  Enjoy!

I created this PureData patch for our Dataflow Programming sound design homework assignment: The dark and dangerous Engine Rooms of Her Majesty’s Airship “Himmel!”

It uses a modified bubble pattern controller from the Obiwannabe bubble tutorial.  And all together it sounds like this:

Download the patch and pattern controller.  Enjoy!