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Ricochet – an interactive sound and light installation made with Pure Data

humanpyramids — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:52:52 GMT

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share Ricochet, an interactive sound and light installation I made using Pure Data. It’s currently showing at Sonica Festival in Scotland.

Eight algorithmic bouncing balls generate notes when they hit the ground, creating shifting rhythms and polyrhythms. In the installation, the patterns also control 24 incandescent bulbs. Visitors can change how the balls move through a tactile interface, shaping the sound and light together.

The project started as a small Pd experiment after my father died. I was inspired by the Yamaha Tenori-On. Over time it became an instrument for the Critter & Guitari Organelle, then grew into this installation. I’ve also released a version of the Pure Data patch for others to explore.

Video of the installation:

Pure Data patch: https://humanpyramids.gumroad.com/l/ricochet-pd

Sonica exhibition: https://sonic-a.co.uk/events/ricochet-paul-russell

I’d love to hear what fellow Pd users think! Apologies in advance for how messy the patch is - lots of hangovers from previous versions that are hanging around waiting to be used.

Thank you for https://reallyusefulplugins.tumblr.com/products for the SH101 patch which is the basis of the bass sound!

Paul

Mini-album with Pd synth

hansr — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:36:24 GMT

@formuls Thanks! The Pd patches for Toetsingen are on https://www.hansroels.be/toetsingen.html

To clarify: I maintain the Mimba synth on github https://github.com/Haroes/mimba It has a stable and 'most recent' version. Additionally, for compositions and performances (like Toetsingen) I have made specific versions of Mimba. So, if you are looking for a documented and more or less 'tidy' version of Mimba, I guess the github stable version is the best choice.

Imaginary Bubbles 7.2, by H.H. Alejandro.

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Imaginary Bubbles 7.2, by H.H. Alejandro.

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT

Imaginary Bubbles 7.1, Sound Drawing Studies by H.H. Alejandro, *New link

H.H. Alejandro — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 01:59:42 GMT

Hello everyone! I leave you here some microtonal music, it is Imaginary Bubbles 7.1!, composition by H.H. Alejandro. it is a Sound Drawing. subscribe if you wish, have a listen! sound through pd. thanks!
I had posted this before but there was a reproduction error I don´t know why! here is a new link!

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H.H. Alejandro — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 01:55:36 GMT

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Arigatou sensei TOF

EEight — Fri, 22 May 2026 13:54:38 GMT

Imaginary Bubbles #7, Sound Drawing Studies by H.H. Alejandro.

H.H. Alejandro — Mon, 11 May 2026 00:59:36 GMT

Microtonal Music:
Subscribe!

Mac's Magic trackpad to Pd via OSC

MikeMorenoDSP — Tue, 05 May 2026 19:00:35 GMT

Hey pd people,
Just sharing some ideas to the conscious collective.
I managed to send the magic trackpad data to Pd via OSC.
Would be cool to have a pd external that does this.
I tried hidraw, but maybe I missed something.
I didn't publish the code yet, but the repos I used for reference are listed in the video's description.

Let me know what you guys think.
Cheers.

AV Soundscape // Mars // Patch available for download

jamcultur — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:08:05 GMT

This is awesome!

An attempt at recreating The Body Synths Metal Fetishist in Pure Data

evgeny — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:22:40 GMT

Oh, hello there! Thanks to your post I learned about this awesome website, because it showed up in youtube analytics:

Live-audio forever time-stretching

ddw_music — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:36:52 GMT

Short clip -- perpetual live-audio granular time stretching, inspired by Shepard tones. An afternoon to build in SuperCollider, but then I found PluginCollider's automation features to be not quite mature. So, today, rebuilt in PlugData (which was a long way 'round just to get proper DAW automation, but we do what we must).

hjh

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sv — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 09:28:04 GMT

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2026_01_03_23_55_34-Guns in Caracas

sv — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 06:18:04 GMT

Honestly? Am having a lot of difficulty making "sense" of the world these days.
Working on it though...this way: Hope. Play. Music. . . Peace.

2025_12_31_20_10_53-So you say you want a Constitution

sv — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 05:45:20 GMT

Some playing around with the current patch I am working on.

2025_12_02_04_31_05-Vicious Desire for Freedom-Rave at the Machine

sv — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:19:40 GMT

An improv with the akai mixer I am currently using as a percussion patch into 64 samples via clone.

2025_11_16_04_03_37-recording-0-There is no Last Concert

sv — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:54:36 GMT

Here too but with a different kit:

2025_11_05_01_37_40-recording-0-What THE F!!!...Something we can all agree on

snoozefest (2025)

EEight — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:02:07 GMT

Nice patch, not mine just resharing:

✧ presented at Insomnium Maximum (4/16/25)
✧ download the patch here: https://github.com/steph-jantz/snoozefest-pd

Live deconstruction in PD and Gem

unclewayback — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 17:48:29 GMT

Thanks for sharing, love the cute animal faces and sandy texturality! I haven't got into Gem yet but find this inspiring.

Electronic ensemble concert, graphics by Gem

ddw_music — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 07:53:49 GMT

Finally posted video from my electronic ensemble class's concert last June. Pd didn't figure into the audio side, but 2 out of 3 pieces used Gem for the graphical backdrop.

It was a fun night, hope you enjoy!

Link goes directly to the third piece; the playlist includes the other two.

hjh

2025_11_01_13_21_30 Wanna make the Earth a better place? Love better, not more.

sv — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 19:19:39 GMT

This a randomized piece in which, toward the end, I changed When to randomize settings, ie. not set to What.

p.s. I think it sounds really organic.

"Rainbow Tones" interactive installation short clip

ddw_music — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 03:28:04 GMT

Here's a short clip of an interactive installation piece (I guess more of a prototype?) that was shown last weekend.

Audio: SuperCollider (+ VSTPlugin for the piano and guzheng)
Graphics: Pure Data + Gem
UI: Open Stage Control (with heavy CSS gradient abuse -- iPad batteries really don't like rendering 13-14 new gradients, 9 times per second)

Musical decisions are made by flipping bits in a 40-bit word, and mapping various segments of the bits onto sequencing parameters.

At some point, I'd like to do an explainer video, but not today.

hjh

Made with using Pure Data

sonnyobrien — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:50:00 GMT

very nice!

Will you remember when?

sv — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 06:47:04 GMT

ex. The East Wing came down.

Livecoding Electronic Music in Pd: Techniques & Tools (Pd Max Con 2025)

MikeMorenoDSP — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 15:56:41 GMT

Hello pd people,

I recorded my workshop on how to "livecode" electronic music in Pd.

Enjoy!

Pd visualiser for Pd sequenced EP

le26muko — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:56:32 GMT

Here’s a little visualiser I made for my band’s EP. The music was also played using my Pd sequencer. Will hopefully make that public this summer. The sequencer, I mean.
The music is recorded live and completely improvised.
Music also on bandcamp.

zakonodarce.bandcamp.com

Enjoy.