[PD] networked multi-channel PD cluster

[David Sabine]

(Someone please tell me if this is post all wrong and terribly
uninformed...I'm new to this list.)

Hans-Christoph,

In terms of networking the many computers together and getting all your PD
patches to communicate, I think you could use Open Sound Control, or perhaps
the netsend and netreceive objects (native PD objects).

I found an OSC (open sound control) object and reference at
http://barely.a.live.fm/pd/OSC/

(Don the speed of your computer and the intensity of your installation, you
could consider running all the audio outputs from a single computer -- with
a multi-output soundcard. For example I've seen Digidesign hardware or
Sonorus hardware with 8 analog outputs.  HOWEVER, I don't know whether PD
supports more than 2 audio outs yet ??(can somebody else answer this?)-- but
I know SuperCollider and MAX for the Macintosh do.)

Dave Sabine
dave at davesabine.com
http://www.davesabine.com/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans-Christoph Steiner" <hans at eds.org>
To: <pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 9:16 AM
Subject: [PD] networked multi-channel PD cluster


>
> I am working on a sound installation in an old train tunnel and I am
> using PD to control everything.  But since I am a PD neophyte, I want to
> ask the list for direction.  Basically, my plan is to use about 8
> computers spaced down the length of the tunnel, each with two speakers.
>  They will be networked together and running either OS X or linux.
>
> Here is how I envision it:
>
>
> (L) (R)   (L) (R)   (L) (R)   (L) (R)   (L) (R)      [speakers]
>  \  /      \  /      \  /      \  /       \  /
> master     slave     slave     slave     slave
>   |---------| |-------| |-------| |-------| |---...  [ethernet]
>
>
> All of the computers will share a pool of samples via the network.  I
> would like to control all of the PDs from the master computer.
>
> For the first aspect of the installation, I would like to be able to
> trigger any sample on any/all computers and even move samples down the
> tunnel.  The second aspect, I would like to be able to control granular
> synthesis on these computers.
>
> Does anybody know anyone who has done something like this before?  With
> PD?  Any advice you want to offer to get me going in the right direction
> would be grreatly appreciated.  I am just starting with PD, but am
> familiar with most of the concepts since I have a background in Csound
> and programming.
>
> .hc
>
> --
>
> "Man has survived hitherto because he was to ignorant to know how to
realize
> his wishes. Now that he can realize them, he must either change them or
> perish."
>
> -William Carlos Williams
>
>
>
>     Hans-Christoph Steiner            http://works.steinertours.com
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