Ok so i have just installed pd on panther, everything is up and running.

I have been wanting to learn to program for audio for a while now but I must admit I know nothing. I think I understand the concept but I want to get started on building simple patches.

can anybody suggest a good tutorial to get me started?

basically something that can guide me step by step to create some sort of noise making device.

try the help pd-drums.

I don't remember the way, but search with the name : pd-drums, footils, angriff, drumcenter. You will see the main folder.

So you have the tutorial alreday installed normally.

see the html tutorial

cool this helps

do you know of anywhere where i can get a glossary of commands and a brief description of what they do? I'm looking for this in the manual that came with it and there doesn't seem to be one.

1. right click on each object give the specific help
2. see Pd documentation, 5. reference the text file 0.INTRO.txt

for specific librairie included in Pd 0.37 extended installation :
3. see Pd documentation, 5. reference, help-zexy : 0.INTRO.txt
4. see Pd documentation, 5. reference, help-maxlib: 0.INTRO.txt

and if you want to learn to be the DSP master go here:
[url=http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques/latest/book-html/node1.html ]http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques/latest/book-html/node1.html

and learn from the master himself.