Hello all,

I wonder what sorts of other audio software you all use in addition to Pure Data,.. and your experiences with using them in concert with, and/or in comparison to, PD.

Thanks in advance for all responses.

... and keep well all ~ Shankar

pd and analogue synths

Not working for a long time with both programs, so don't count on me much:
Pd + Quartz Composer (with the Kineme stuff of course)

@LarsXI said:

ableton live is actually quite nice if you're willing to put up with the commercial bullshit aspect.

http://gabe.is-a-geek.org/composite/

It's in a pre-alpha state, but the project is very ambitious.

@mod said:

pd and analogue synths

Post some recordings!

I'm not really making getting stuff that i really want to play to other people at the moment.

will post some when i do though

I use ProTools, Soundhack, Reaktor, primarily... and learning Pd and Metasynth. I love everything I use, or I wouldn't use it! I used to use Ableton, Cubase, Nuendo, Audacity, and some other stuff... haven't played live in over a year and have since sold off all my hardware/analog stuff.

@ichabod said:

And recently I've started using Rosegarden to control Pd patches through JACK. It's a lot of fun.

I made a PD patch that output midi through chns 1-5, i. e, [noteout 1 ... 5].
I try to record them on Rosegarden (RG). But all channels are sent to one midi track on RG. All that I want is to rec them separetly on each RG track.

Any help will be appreciated!

I use it all, love it all for different reasons. Ableton, PD, Max, Pro-Tools, Audacity - I have a 2 suitcase analogue modular, a few polys, and drum machines about.

PD and MIDI Yoke or the IAC bus work well for Ableton remote control. Ableton has Max4Live so that's simple, Pro-Tools I just use for straight up recording nothing fancy or too creative.

that's a sort of a cycle that i use:

pd patch for drum sound layering --> ardour for effects on the sounds --> hydrogen for beat sequencing --> pd for beatloop playback, sampling/looping and synthesis --> ardour again for recording the session

• occasionally i use audacity to cut out some samples real quickly.