@mod This is a nice patch, sounds good, although I see this is set up to load existing files: can you recommend a way to customise it so it accepts incoming audio as a live feed?

Thanks!

Thanks! Gonna check this out now.

OK, I ran

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove puredata

And then started all over again from the beginning, doing exactly the same thing, and this time it worked! Very strange.

All this aside, the good news is that all of the ELSE library now seems to be working! Phew, what a trip. I'm so grateful to everyone here for walking me through this.

@whale-av thanks for all your support.

I'm looking in usr/bin and both wish and wish8.6 are there already!

I wonder why it's not finding it...

sudo apt install wish confirms:

pi17@pi17:~ $ sudo apt install wish
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'tk' instead of 'wish'
tk is already the newest version (8.6.11+1).
tk set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

I must confess this is starting to get a bit beyond me, it seems this build is not as simple as it promised!

OK, I followed the instructions in the readme doc:
file:///Users/bencoleman/Downloads/pd-0.55-0/doc/1.manual/x6.htm

Did the full install procedure, first the linux specific steps, and then the general autotools build steps

And although I see Pd listed under sound and video applications in the drop down menu as though it is installed, it will not open. If I try and open it in the terminal with the command 'pd' or 'sudo pd' I get the following message:
sh: 1: wish: not found

Can anyone help me understand what is happening? Is there a way for me to verify that pd 0.55-0 works on Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye), which is the OS running on my new Pi 4B?

I'm a bit stumped! Thank you for any and all help.

Thanks all, I've been using Pd for some time now but haven't ever tackled a build. I will give this a try. If anyone can point me to any resources on a step by step build, I'd be very grateful!

EDIT: OK, I downloaded the source code at the link provided by David, and I see the install instructions document in there- I will start there.

Thanks for both your responses and help.

Hi @porres - I just downloaded Pd to my pi two days ago using the terminal command "sudo apt-get install puredata" - I assume that the latest version available for my pi was downloaded at that point? I guess I've always assumed that it's the latest version when I download software to my pi this way.

To verify that I have the latest I used the "sudo apt-get upgrade puredata" command in the terminal and got the message "puredata is already the newest version (0.51.4-1)"

Is Pd 0.51.4-1 the most recent version for a Pi4B, I wonder?

@whale-av thanks for the reality check! I have also been giving the directory name in the object itself (and this is also how they are named in the help files for each object), but they still won't work. When I declare the library I get this message in the Pd window:
/home/pi17/Documents/Pd/externals/else/else.pd_linux: /home/pi17/Documents/Pd/externals/else/else.pd_linux: undefined symbol: pdgui_vmess

Hello! I hope you will indulge this familiar game of trying to get external libraries to load. It's not my first time, but seem to frequently bang up against a new hurdle every few months.

It's a brand new raspberry pi, on which I have downloaded PD 0.51.4 and I have used Deken to install else.

Some of the else objects are working great, for example [adsr~] or [quantizer], but many other objects in the same externals library are not found, for example [quantizer~] or [keyboard] rendering a lot of the objects useless (as many of the objects contain and rely on these other else objects). If some of the objects are working then the library is found, right? Why would some be working and not some others?

I have added a specific path to the else library in preferences. I'm using [declare -path else] and [declare -lib else] objects in my patch and it's not making any difference.

I'm at a loss- does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you!

Hello folx!

I'm searching for a pre-fabricated patch/patches (in a bit of a time crunch) that will give me some good options for the real time extreme processing of mono audio coming in from an adc object.

I've found a bunch of great effects patches but many are based on opening and processing rendered files- I need it to be happening live, on the fly.

Looking to go as weird and broad as possible in terms of the effects. I will be automating them as they'll be running unattended as part of an installation project.

If anyone has any patches they like and could point me to them, or are prepared to share patches they've designed, that would be so appreciated. Thanks!

Also, I neglected to detail the actual gear I'm using, which was not helpful!

I'm running a raspberry pi with an arduino nano, hence the use f the pduino arduino object in the patch. The 3 switches are wire to the digital pins 2, 3 and 4 of the nano, with the internal pull-up resistors enabled on these pins.