[PD] live input processing patch

[Ian Smith-Heisters]

> 
> Whitman uses fiddle~, so that seems like a good start. The spectral
> processing stuff might use the FFTease stuff from Christopher Penrose
> (MAX/MPS only), but you could probably do interesting stuff with the FFT
> ugens in Pd.

fftease is for Pd too: http://grrrr.org/ext/fftease/

> 
> Sean Costello
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "marcus estes" <marcus.e at gmail.com>
> To: "PD List" <pd-list at iem.at>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 2:59 PM
> Subject: [PD] live input processing patch
> 
> 
> 
>>I've been approached by an acoustic instrumentalist to develop a PD patch
>>designed to process live input from a microphone. It's not my intention to
>>wholly reconstruct the timbre of his instruments; I'm probably more
>>interested in time-domain modulation than frequency.
>>
>>That said, does anyone have any broad suggestions for an interesting
>>approach to this
>>project? I'm not very fluent in PD's FFT capabilities, so I'm probably
>>limited in that aspect by reusing patches from the docs. At the moment,
> 
> I'm
> 
>>more inclined to think along the lines of a multi-lined delay system, with
>>certain time-windows held for looping and slight modulation.
>>
>>I'm a big fan of the Keith Fullerton Whitman album "Playthroughs," and I
>>understand that most of the album was produced by processing guitar sounds
>>through Max/MSP patch. I wish that contemporary electronic musicians were
>>more willing to publish their patches openly; I'd love to see what he used
>>to create those sounds.
>>
>>I'm also a big fan of Derek Holzer's Particle Chamber patch. By increasing
>>the sample playback length to a few seconds, the sounds retain their
> 
> timbre
> 
>>just enough, while the jittery, polyphonic playback creates a very
>>interesting reinterpretation of the source material.
>>
>>I have considered re-tooling the Particle Chamber for use with a live
> 
> input,
> 
>>but that seems a bit tricky. Has anyone else tried such a feat? In
> 
> general,
> 
>>I'd be interested to hear other's ideas and experiences with live input
>>patches. If you've already done some work with this, please post your
>>patches! I promise not to rip you off too blatantly, or if I do, proper
>>accreditation will be given to the living-room-sized audience I have in
> 
> mind
> 
>>for the piece.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>Marcus
>>
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