[PD] a simple example to get me started/newbie

[Josh Kinberg]

There is a pretty good beginner's tutorial here (you can view it online or 
download a PDF version):

http://pd.iem.at/pdwiki/index.php?PdTutorial

I'm new to PD as well, so I'm still playing around with the examples quite a 
lot. That would be my suggestion for trying to familiarize yourself with PD 
(or any programming language). Go over examples as much as you can, tweak 
them around and see what does what. Try combining examples together and see 
what happens. There are tons of examples in the Docs folder that come with 
PD, and you can always copy-paste them into your projects. Also, a great 
trick is to right-click (control-click on Mac) on any PD object and select 
"help". This will bring up another PD window with some instructions on how 
to use that object. If you right-click on an empty area on the PD canvas and 
select "help", it will bring up a new window with a glossary of PD objects.

Hope that helps some.

--Josh

>From: smoerk <smoerk at gmx.de>
>To: MchZanes2 at aol.com
>CC: pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at
>Subject: Re: [PD] a simple example to get me started/newbie
>Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 00:08:36 +0100
>
>did you check the "compute audio" checkbox?
>
>MchZanes2 at aol.com wrote:
>>                Hello. I have no backround in programming, so trying to 
>>get past the audio test has been frustrating. I heard the test tones and 
>>the white noise in that test; I'm able to get the command prompt up (run 
>>C:pd/bin/pd.exe) as well as open up a new file from the main window. My 
>>ISP recognizes TCP/IP as a possible internet connection, so THAT appears 
>>to be turned on, though I'm "dial-up";  I keep reading and re-reading the 
>>manual and all relevant info. from other sites but nowhere can I find 
>>someone with a "simple example"  to give a "wah-newbie" like
>>me something to sink his teeth into. (If the examples in doc\2.control 
>>examples thru 5.reference are supposed to "sound", then what EXACT 
>>procedure do I need to follow to get that to happen? The same for the 
>>examples in the main manual, I get no sound generated from these examples 
>>either, though test tones work).
>>
>>                Any help is appreciated. Thanks.  My  OS is WinXP.
>>
>
>
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