I'm thinking about working with a friend to make music based on input data he creates from a scenario modelling application. The out put will be numbers which I hope to use to feed an scillatr in PD as a test. As a newbie I don't know what type of numerical data sources PD will accept - can it talk to other programs that generate numerical data in real time?
Many Thanks,
Redstevo

Short answer? Yes.

Pd is very good at that, look into [udpreceive], for instance. The real question is: what kind of data can your friends application send, and over what type of socket/protocol?

Thanks nestor, will talk with him soon and look into the socket issue. Good news!