Hi all

when trying to load the external list-abs with deken I get the error "unable to add %s to search paths". Some of the objects work, but others don't (for example, list-extend ...couldn't create)

If I load the .pd files for the non-working ones, they do open, but without the proper file name - instead it displays a seemingly random name like LIC308~1.PD instead of list-extend.pd

Then, if I try to make [list-extend] in that patch it will load as normal. It's as though pd can't find a lot of these objects. Anyone seen this before?

thanks in advance

Great, thanks David. I've been working on this patch as part of a research project and need to submit it in an easy-to-use format... I was thinking of making some sort of batch file to load all of the libraries (if that's even possible)

Thanks so much for this - Ended a nightmare I've been having with a dynamic-patching superpatch

I'm still recovering from Pd-extended ending

Hi all

I need to edit a big patch made in Pd-extended so that it can open in Vanilla. There are quite a lot of libraries used, and I can see how these can be searched for and then added to the start path.

I need the patch to open in Vanilla on other computers with minimal fuss as others will be using it, so I was wondering what the mosty efficient way of connecting these libraries might be. In extended, [import] could be used to add downloaded libraries - is this no longer a feature? (doesn't seem to be in Vanilla). Would my best option be to include the external libraries in a folder with the patch and then use the library name when loading every external object, e.g. [tof/pmenu] instead of just [pmenu]?

Thanks in advance for any advice. I've been slow to finally move over to Vanilla so I'm behind with solutions for external libraries

Thanks for these suggestions. I'll give them a try

Is anyone aware of any good Pd processes or patches for pitch analysis of a polyphonic signal? I know this is a notoriously tricky issue, and that there are FFT patches and objects like fiddle that handle monophonic analysis well. I have to identify some exact frequencies within a piece of microtonal music which contains drums etc.

Oh I see what you mean. iemguts/canvasargs and so forth. Thanks for your response

Hi,

On the wiki page for Pd it states that the language has no constructor function, which is a routine for creating new objects by accepting arguments as variables. Isn't that essentially the same thing as dynamic object creation? e.g.

[pack f f f...]
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(objectname $1 $2 $3 ...)
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[s pd-subpatch]

Please excuse my ignorance on this if that's a stupid question, which it probably is.

Figured it out. Left outlet of [popup] sends a bang on startup - I didn't realise. I take it that having 16 conflicting messages sent at the same time was causing it to crash

I should mention - it seems that the vanished code is still there, but is invisible. Some sort of GUI issue I take it. If you select all, copy and paste to a new window, the code returns. Odd