PD Main Window Looks Wonky

seedpress

Folks,

Hello. I'm new to Pure Data, though I've done some programming in Faust. The PD manual has got me confused right from the start; regarding the main window, the manual states "There are peak level and clip indicators for audio input and output." The main window that loads for my installation is lacking those indicators, as well as the DIO errors, compute audio, and peak meters buttons.

Here is a screenshot from the manual:

Now here is a shot of what I'm seeing:

Note that I am running a Windoze version of pd 0.43.3 v, which is also Pure-enabled, pd-pure 0.15 (pure-0.55).

What's up with this?

Thanks,
seedpress

Maelstorm

You see those number boxes under "in" and "out"? Those are the indicators.

Personally, I think the "manual" that comes with Pd isn't very useful to newbies. It mostly just deals with things like data types and command line arguments, not actually using Pd. You'd be better off learning from something like this:

http://pd-tutorial.com/
http://www.flossmanuals.net/pure-data/

Or by just going through the tutorials in the help browser.

seedpress

My screen doesn't have the in or out box. That's the point of my post. I guess that screen has been replaced since version 0.43. Just learned that elsewhere.

Anyway, thanks for the answer. I wonder, though, are the peak level and clip indicators for audio input and output, and the DIO errors, compute audio, and peak meters buttons available elsewhere in the menus, or have they completely disappeared? They appear to be gone, as I've searched for them to no avail; however, maybe I missed something.

Also, the Floss manual has the same old picture of the main window.
Thanks for the useful links.

Maelstorm

Ah, sorry. Totally misunderstood you.

The screenshot from the manual is for pre-0.43 versions of Pd. This is what more what it should look like (this is Pd-extended on Windows 7):

Compute Audio has been relabeled to DSP. The DIO is something that just lights up and prints errors when they happen. I don't know why you don't have meters, though. The most recent version is 0.43.4, though. So maybe you can try upgrading.