Hello,

I've been interested in programming my beats through Pd for awhile now, and I've finally got the time to do so. I just got Pd a few days and Im wanting to know where to start when it comes to creating a generative beat patch in Pd.

* plan it out on paper first, and then go through pd's help menu to find what sort of objects you will need to do what you want. if you get stuck with something, ask here and you'll usually get an answer to your problem within a half a day or so.

* maybe have a look at the RTC library (google, "pure data rtc" or something like that)

* here's some basic objects you will almost certainly need:

for randomizing: [random] [select] [trigger] [metro]

for sound storage and playback: [soundfiler] [tabplay~] [tabread4~] [dac~]

add this bit to your patch so you don't have to turn audio on when you start pd every time:

[loadbang]
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[;
pd dsp 1(

good luck

thank you for your response. anything and everything helps and this is a great way to start.