I am not very good at programming (I've only played abit with proccessing [processing.org]), but want to look into Pure Data.

The thing is that I don't quite no where to start and I am not even sure what is possible in Pure Data. Can I for example output an audio signal from Ableton Live or any other sequencer to Pure Data, process the signal and route it back to the sequencer?

I guess this is possible for Midi data when using midi yoke, but I don't quit know how to do this with audio data.

I think I am really gonna follow this through, but in order to get somewhere I want atleast first know how to set up PD with an Sequencer properly.

Any help is welcome.

Thanks

getting audio in and out of Pd is going to require hardware--unless you know of some type of 'audio loopback' software that can emulate hardware. if you have audio coming from your sequencer, you'll have to output it with a soundcard and input with another soundcard into Pd. you may be able to eliminate the need for multiple sound cards if you have one with multiple ins/outs.

remember you can use a sequencer to control Pd with midi data, and generate your audio with Pd alone, but still have synced to you sequencer (however, this would require working out some latency issues, probably).

good luck.
--zac

thanks zac.

I guess it's time to start saving up for a good soundcard.

i've been saving up for a soundcard too--but it's really tough when you also have a student loans, rent, groceries, and a million other things you're saving up for.

does anyone out there have recommendation on good sound cards to use with Pd? i kind of like the MOTU 828mkII's and the m-audio firewires; although i haven't done much with them yet.

--zac

You could use JACK for audio input in PD if you are on OSX. Don't know if Ableton supports JACK though.

Cheers,
George

You can run Pd as a VST plugin, http://crca.ucsd.edu/~jsarlo/pdvst/

I personnaly use SoundFlower for OS X.
It's great, It's free and it's made by our good friends at Cycling74.

"Soundflower is a MacOS X (10.2 and later) system extension that allows applications to pass audio to other applications. Soundflower is easy to use, it simply presents itself as an audio device, allowing any audio application to send and receive audio with no other support needed. Soundflower is free and open-source."

More info and download here : [url=http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower.html ]http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower.html

Good luck,

jf