Open main.pd and just listen. If this patch uses more than 100% CPU on you computer, open [pd water_sound_generator], then [pd water] and delete as many [water.pd] instances as you need (but the more you delete them, the less realistic sound you hear).

See comments inside water.pd to understand how it works.

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/shore.zip

This is a really neat, and peaceful patch~. I also really like the documentation within the [water], it is quite cool to see what all is going on in these high level, to me, advanced patches. Thank you for sharing it with the community.

Somewhat related to this patch: do you use pd more for things such as this, like the idea of making a water sound generator and then conceptualizing it; or more for creating a somewhat quasistructured composition which could be considered to be a 'track'?

Thanks for encouragement, austin_ep! I can share two ideas which, to my mind, helped me the most. The first one: before making this patch I listened various water streams and seashore sounds thoughtfully. Watched their waveforms and spectra, slowed down, listened again. This analysis took about 20 hours (80% of all time spent on this patch), until got clearly aware of what exactly I was going to recreate. It's impossible to make desired sound keeping your fingers crossed, not having clear understanding of it, but hoping that your dim ideas will take form during the process (mine didn't ). The second idea: I made a blank [water.pd], copied it many times, and then, listening to all copies at the same time, I improved [water.pd] step-by-step. I didn't listen what single [water.pd] sounded like, because it didn't matter how realistic single abstraction was (as far as complicated sounds are concerned).

As for your question: although this patch was a sort of training (I wanted to test myself if I was able to make any sound from scratch for 2-4 days) at the moment I'm trying to make accomplished track where all samples are generated in Pd. I'll share them here: https://soundcloud.com/freezemode Previously, I made music just like every electronic musician did - using synths, vst-plugins, etc. But the idea of making music not playing with synths (made by other people), but directly "transferring" sound from imagination into audio, made me studying Pd for several years.

Although, I (unintentionally) made one patch which could be considered to be a 'track'. It's called 'The Cave of Creation' and posted here: http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-5080-meditation-background-generator

While reading through Andy Farnell's book, I can definitely say that I have become better at conceptualizing an object that I would like to make and then breaking it down into its elements. Even one of the very first tutorials where you emulate a fire sound, it is incredible once you stop and think of what elements actually make up a certain sound. Going through for the fire and creating a crackle, a roar, all of the elements individually and them eq'ing piecing them together to get your finished sound.

Having all of the water abstractions was brilliant! It is quite a great idea to just layer them up to create an evolving and more dense texture. No kidding on your other patch, it is actually one of my favorite patches I have found on here, and I didn't even snap that it was also from you!

I really align well with what you had said about previously composing like any other electronic musician did - using synths, vst-plugins, etc. That is exactly what I had done before finding pd. There is something about figuratively getting your hands dirty with the inner workings of the sound/music that you are about to create that makes me just love pd. Granted, I'll still take a track into ableton if it needs a little bit of love that I don't know how to give it using just pd (which is actually quite a number of things as of now :P,) but pd really gets me thinking in a whole new abstract way that I really like.

I have followed you on the soundcloud and look forward to seeing more of your work! Thank you for the super response, its great to hear from other individuals that share the same interests. Thank you as well for sharing the fruits of your hard work, it is much appreciated!

Cheers!