[PD] live input processing patch

Sean Costello seancostello2003 at comcast.net
Tue Feb 8 05:54:19 CET 2005


I did not know that is was available for Pd. Thanks!

Sean Costello

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Smith-Heisters" <heisters at 0x09.com>
To: "Sean Costello" <seancostello2003 at comcast.net>
Cc: "marcus estes" <marcus.e at gmail.com>; "PD List" <pd-list at iem.at>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [PD] live input processing patch


>
> >
> > 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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