I'm new to Pure data.. I want to make a sequencer for iOS which is something like Rebirth from propellerhead - the 808, 909 drum machines (I think I will have samples to start with) and a 303.. but with more polyphony so chords can be done.
Is Pure data ( PdLib ) in combination with objective-C for this a good idea?
Any recommendations where to start?
I'm planning to read this book that might give me some more inspiration and guidance
Making Musical Apps: Real-Time Audio Synthesis on Android and IOS
Peter Brinkmann
I know some objective C, C++, Java and allot of HTML5 with PHP/SQL stuff etc and been tweaking knobs on synthesizers for 20 years or so (since I was a kid).
. The book also actually contains the statement "...but having a Pd patch output MIDI events only makes sense if the patch is supposed to control external MIDI hardware, such as a synthesizer. That is a rare use case for mobile apps." which was sort of ridiculous in 2012 when the book was written (there were probably a dozen iOS MIDI interfaces then) and is completely ludicrous now, as there are probably over a hundred, not to mention Audiobus, which I think actually came out late 2012. The good news is that there's surprisingly little you need to do to interface between Pd and Obj C and if you build the "GuitarTuner" app in the book you'll have pretty much everything you need to know from an Obj C standpoint.