[PD] Writing you own externals in PD How to?

[Geoff]

Okay :(
it was a nice dream though.

I have been thinking its probably worthwhile me downloading and  
installing linux onto my macbook purely to download the CCRMA stack  
of programs including PD and then working my way through Julius Smith  
books and accompanying papers then hopefully I will have the right  
versions/builds of everything to create physical models in PD and  
will be working with the system there is most information about.
CHeers

Geoff



On 17 Mar 2009, at 16:13, Andy Farnell wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:00:32 +0000
> Geoff <geoffspuredata at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> So I can actually build filters from smaller building blocks in PD,
>
>
> Yes, and it's great fun and very educational
>
>> I thought that this can be done in PD as a test exercise but not if I
>> want to create something that will actually work fast enough to be
>> usable as a synthesizer. I'm glad to have been wrong!
>
>
> Well, sorry if this is misleading. We are on the borderline of
> right and wrong. This is where we hit Pd limitations at the lower
> level of granularity. yes you can build any filter, but not
> as efficient as hand coding and compiling.
>
> This is the disparity between the wonders of Pd as a development
> tool and the reality of using its output.
>
>
>>
>>> Develop in Pd. For a vast majority of DSP development Pd with
>>> variable blocksize is a perfect tool if you could only work in
>>> dataflow THEN: hit "compile"
>>>
>>
>> Are there any tutorials on this any where?
>
>
> Only in my dreams I'm afraid. :)
>
> It's what I wish for. Right now the choice is
>
> 1) Flext - wipes your ass a bit, but still requires some
> arcane C++ knowledge - advantage builds for Max and Pd
>
> 2) Faust - generates fast but opaque code, very flexible
> platform targets, weird DSP algebra notation
>
> 3) Hand craft in C - most flexible, tedious setup of
> supporting structure.
>
> 4) Andy's IDE (imaginary development environment) - pros:
> perfect, cons: does not exist in reality.
> :)
>
> a.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Use the source