I've merged all this stuff into http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/LA_SynthesisTools I have copied many of your comments literally. Please, let me know if you don't like them or want to do some changes. Otherwise, feel free to edit it. I did this because I wanted to take notes of your comments and give them to the others who may be interested. I hope it can be useful. En/na MarC ha escrit: > I think that many interesting things had been said in this thread. > I've set up a Wiki to post some of this info there. If somebody want > to help me... you'll be welcome! > > http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/LA_SynthesisTools > > (need to register with name+email, sorry for the inconvenience) > > En/na Dave Phillips ha escrit: > >> Frank Barknecht wrote: >> >> [re: learning Pd] >> >>> After you read the html, go through the documentation patches once. >>> They are numbered for a reason: follow that order, and don't skip the >>> "2.control.examples" part just because you want to do audio stuff >>> immediatly. These examples are very important, too, to get the bigger >>> picture. All Pd patches can be edited, changed, copied etc. Doing >>> this is *the* way to learn Pd. >> >> In all things Pd, Frank is my guru, but I'm a devotee of the "plunge >> & sink" school of using computers for making music: Dive into what >> looks interesting, work there for a while, let things branch >> naturally, follow them to other interesting places in the system. I >> think Pd lends itself equally to rational and irrational approaches >> to learning and using its system. >> >> Best, >> >> dp >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >