[PD] Approaches to "show control" platforms

[Simon Wise]

On 17/11/14 04:53, Pagano, Patrick wrote:
> I would love to see this idea expanded or developed. The issue i have run
> into over and over again is that pd would need to be CUED from patch to patch
> so one could design a linear show. I have not seen this possible the way it's
> designed. For this reason i use Isadora,

I often trigger one patch from another, on the same machine or other machines 
... or trigger many patches from a single simple master patch used to run a 
show, with just the cues and/or follow-ons plus maybe an overall volume or such 
that gets sent to all the patches. Essentially it is very easy to make a single 
interface patch to do the kinds of things Isadora and others have as a built-in 
GUI layer. I usually use [netsend], it is almost as straightforward as [send] 
locally, and fairly trival onto a local network. But there are other options. 
The fact that I can trigger to and from scripts in exactly the same way, using 
pdreceive, is great.

I have not used Isadora for many many years .... I switched to Pd exactly 
because I was frustrated with the limitations the built-in workflows, GUIs and 
assumptions imposed, and the frustrating inflexibility of OSX ... Isadora is 
designed for and tested with a particular workflow and if that matches your own 
workflow then it may be a very sensible choice for you, likewise for choosing 
OSX ... one big advantage of that built-in approach is exactly that it is 
limited to the commonly needed features and hence it is always familiar, and 
requires less configuration and less under-the-hood knowledge than a more 
general and flexible system.


Simon