Hi all —

I’m currently writing a paper on the Pure Data framework behind an instrument I’ve built (youtu.be/9fTjfAB4PN4), and I’m looking for documentation or examples of other instruments or workstation-style Pd (or even Max/MSP) environments.

In particular, I’m interested in how other systems handle the functional relationships between components like:
•mixing/panning
•CV or control signal matrices
•sound-generating modules (eg synths) and/or audio effects (eg reverbs)
•preset management systems

Can anyone recommend projects, documentation, or repositories that explore these kinds of architectural choices? I've found individual solutions (eg preset management systems) but looking for info on more holistic system design...

Thanks

Nice instrument!
Just pasting the youtube embed here:

@bklindgren I have strictly used mtl abstraction to build some custom instruments running on Pure Data.

https://github.com/patricksebastien/mtl

https://github.com/patricksebastien/heavybox/tree/master/puredata

thanks for sharing! I watched the Vimeo demonstration, very cool. I tried install it but unfortunately tof & maxlib do not have apple silicon builds... but i'm looking through the individual files and getting a rough idea of it... is there any documentation that could help me better understand the project?

@bklindgren said:

thanks for sharing! I watched the Vimeo demonstration, very cool. I tried install it but unfortunately tof & maxlib do not have apple silicon builds... but i'm looking through the individual files and getting a rough idea of it... is there any documentation that could help me better understand the project?

No, it is a very old project (almost 15 years old). I am sure you know about it but a good project to look at is: https://github.com/porres/pd-else

@EEight yes, ELSE is very impressive. Thanks for the suggestion. From what I understand ELSE is more of an extension of the Pd paradigm. I'm more looking for examples of how Pd is used to develop a framework or architecture for an instrument or workstation that may imposes a certain type of workflow. An example might be Automatonism, which uses Pd to create a modular synth style workstation. I appreciate your help @EEight

@bklindgren Maybe this one: https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15019/bop

@EEight Yes, this is exactly the kind of project Thanks for bringing my attention to it.