after years of "pd-abstinence" and not doing anything dsp-related at all, i built a new patch in the past few days, which is roughly inspired by "space drones" from NI Reaktor. the patch can be used to create wind- and rain-like soundscapes or something like this...
my main intention was to get into pd again and learn a bit about data structures to visualize sound particles and figure out, how the [clone] object works, which - afaik - was'n available last time i patched with pd.
i built a similar patch years ago, but i remember that voice management was a real pain in the ass, so i had to use dynamic patching for this, etc.
now, there's still a lot to do:

• adjust parameters and their relations
• gain compensation for high filter q
• enhance visualisation of sound particles
• and a lot more....

you will need to get some external libraries in order to get the patch working, i guess mainly zexy, cyclone and else.... there's an additional compressor external (t_comp~) in the abs-folder which is the stereo compressor from the FAUST libraries. since i'm on linux i compiled the external for osx and win32 via the FAUST online editor and couldn't test them afterwards - i hope they work for you... EDIT: here's the DSP file, for those who want to compile it with Faust Works or whatever.... t_comp.dsp
however, suggestions on how to enhance the patch are welcome! thanks in advance for trying!

winds2.zip

EDITS:

• winds2_r001.zip
  a few changes in signal flow, added a master volume with vu meter, fixed a bug (double triggered notes), put reverb after compressor

• winds2_r002.zip
  now in one-window-mode

@toxonic I really need to try this out. This is interesting for more asian style music. Where rain and wind is used a lot as sounds. Thanks !

@Boran-Robert Thanks, i hope it works for you. By the way, it would make sense to put the compressor / limiter in front of the reverb, wouldn't it?

@toxonic In my opinion chaining multiple FX in a pipeline fashion can bring your patch to life But this could also lead to complicated dsp corrections. So it depends on what is your final desired output effect. I will also test multiple routings, so you can test to see in both ways after the reverb and before the reverb. I am just thinking about DX7 synthesizer. You can make crazy stuff because each block in the algorithm can be routed in many ways to create different touch to the sound.

redesigned a bit, now in single-window-mode. when displaying the visualisation, the GOP window will extend on the right side to show visualisation of the noise particles / voices.
see my main post for downloads (winds2_r002.zip).

Since i recently updated my linux mint 19.3 tricia distro on my pc, this patch crashes pd immediately on startup with error message "Signal 4" (tried with pd 0.50.0 and 0.51.4). On my notebook with the same distro but not updated for a while, it still works fine with pd 0.50.0.
Any ideas on the error message "Signal 4"?

@toxonic whatever it is, it's from [t_comp~]. I get an "illegal instruction" crash. in t_comp::compute

Maybe it has something to do with 64-bit vs 32-bit too?

Recompiling [t_comp~] will probably fix it
edit: I tried recompiling myself but that didn't work either, seems like a bug in the faust compiler

Hmm, i didn't encounter problems with that external. but i kicked out the whole compression unit, just to confirm, that it's the reason for crashing, but still it crashes with the same "Signal 4" error. On my notebook i have no problems running the patch.