[PD] ANN: pdmtl abstractions library 1.0

Kyle Klipowicz kyleklip at gmail.com
Tue Mar 27 18:53:03 CEST 2007


Thanks for this initiative!

~Kyle

On 3/26/07, Alexandre Quessy <listes at sourcelibre.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>  The Pure Data Montréal Abstractions library 1.0 is out ! Try it while
> it is fresh. ;)
>
> See http://wiki.dataflow.ws/PdMtlAbstractions for download and install
> informations. It is in the process of being added to pd-extended build
> system. It is currently under abstractions/pdmtl in the Pd CVS. Many
> thanks to http://goto10.org for the subversion development server
> which we use. (WARNING : the structure, name and usage of these
> abstractions are very likely to change in the next versions)
>
> The main concept in this library of abstractions is to group the
> abstractions by their function rather than their author. It is an
> answer to the disorder in the large amount of abstractions and
> externals for Pure Data. We propose this organic classification system
> as a solution for reorganizing the huge mass of code in the Pd
> externals and abstractions. See http://puredata.info/dev/PdLibraries
> for a discussion around this topic. The library also proposes methods
> for unifying the usage of GOP (graph-on-parent), audio samples and
> much more. It is also intended as a wrapper for very useful externals
> for Pd that are often named badly or not well know.
>
> Pure Data (see http://puredata.info/ ) is designed to offer a wide
> range of low level objects. That is why we believe that higher level
> abstractions must be created and standardized for their use by
> beginners and advanced users as well. This accelerates the learning
> curve and makes it very fun and fast to use. The algorithms are hidden
> in the abstractions but are still very easy to read, as an abstraction
> can be opened and modified.
>
> The library contains abstractions of Thomas O. Fredericks (such as the
> sample_id format), Alexandre Quessy (such as the Muzaq musical
> abstractions) and Patrick S. Coulombe (the Lem ongoing audio patches).
> Even if the library uses the name "Montreal", it is open to the
> participation of people from anywhere and could even aim to become the
> standard format for Pd externals and abstractions names, avoiding name
> clashes and users' confusion. See the discussions on
> http://puredata.info/dev/PdLibraries to understand a bit further how
> this represents our suggestion as a solution for the organization of
> the Pure Data extensions.
>
> Any comments, patch contributions, threats or congratulations are welcome !
>
> --
> Alexandre Quessy
> http://alexandre.quessy.net
>
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