Hi folks, it's been a few years since I last used Pd, and I'm having trouble getting it up and running on Ubuntu 14.04. Does anyone have a decent tutorial that includes audio (ex. Jack) setup? I followed the instructions here but the resulting install starts up with a load of errors and no working midi or audio: http://puredata.info/docs/faq/debian

My google searching has mostly turned up recommendations to use some other audio-specific distro (KX) instead of Ubuntu, but I'm not interested in installing a new OS for a single application.

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

Hmm, I run pd-extended on Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu) without any problems. Are you having some concrete problems you need help with?

Take care,
Gilberto

Here are some tips:

Make sure you have JACK installed on your system, and also install a program named QjackCtl, which is a GUI for controlling JACK (very useful). When loading Pd, click on the tab "Media" and select "jack". I also recommend you to go to "Edit", "Preferences" and in the bottom, where it says "Startup flags", add -alsamidi. Now restart Pd.

You can then try to test sounds by clicking on the tab "Media", then "Test Audio and MIDI...". On "TEST TONES", select either 60 or 80 and see if you hear any sounds (make sure your DSP is turned on in Pd's main window). Do you hear any sounds?

As for MIDI, you will need to install some synth (I recommend Qsynth) and load some soundfonts, and then connect it to Pd via QjackCtl (open it, click "Connect", select the tab "ALSA", then make sure that Pure Data in the left pane is connect to FLUID Synth (that's how Qsynth appears in QjackCtl) in the right pane. If they are not connected, simply click on both, then click "Connect".

I hope some of this helps, if you need anything more concrete just write again.

Take care,
Gilberto

Hey thanks, these first two paragraphs got me on track. Much appreciated.