On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 02:57:58PM +0000, Adam Sampson wrote: > John Anderson <ardour@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Seems like the best option is JMax, or pd, or something like > > that. But they seem like long steep learning curves. > > Pd might look that way, but it's actually pretty straightforward to > use; its simplicitly means there's not a lot you need to learn to be > able to drive it, and its online help is pretty decent. I found that > sitting down for an afternoon with Pd and Miller Puckette's book > (available online at http://crca.ucsd.edu/%7Emsp/techniques.htm) was a > good introduction. If you're just after playing with some filters and > delays then it should do the job nicely. > I found PD to be pretty idiot-proof. I haven't been able to screw it up yet. Very easy to use, figure out, and modify. I was just playing with ParticleChamber last night-- nice async granular patch for PD. I modified it to accept MIDI CC's very easily. I needed some weird pads and was able to tweak real knobs and push real buttons, and got some good stuff going in short order. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
