I was working on some patches with bandpass filters that were initially [vcf~], but I ended up deciding not to vary the center frequency, so I replaced them with [bp~]. Now I find that [bp~] sounds different; e.g., a [phasor~ 100] going through a [bp~ 440 3] sounds different from one going out the left outlet of a [vcf~ 3] with [sig~ 440] going into its center inlet. What's the deal? How do I replace a non-varying [vcf~] with a [bp~] that sounds the same?

Here's something that took me too long to make, and this specific recording of it isn't perfect, but what the hell. You may recognize the chord progression from this version.

It's a combination of sequenced and generative modules. I made it all in Pd, with the kick drum and bass synth and maybe some other stuff borrowed from obiwannabe, a couple of effects modules modified from hardoff's DIY2 library (phasers, flanger, wetfilter, specdelay), and a compressor adapted from Johannes Kreidler's limiter. I hope you like it.

(edit: also I haven't listened to it on any other speakers to see if it's mastered properly, but once again, what the hell.)
(edit 2: replaced the mp3 with another recording where the solo doesn't distort)

I'm used to Linux, so can anyone explain to me how to write file path names in Windows so I can load sound files to tables or to [readsf~]? Also, I think I remember reading that spaces in pathnames don't work, so how do I specify that a file is in same folder the patch is in? Thanks!

How do I do it? [pan~] works, but I'd like to know how to do it with vanilla Pd objects so I can figure out what's happening mathematically (or conversely, to know what has to happen mathematically so I can build it).

I've been working on something really glitchy and digital-sounding, but I got sick of hearing it, so I made a cheesy jazz version. I used obiwannabe's jazz drum patch (modified slightly), a walking bassline generator I programmed, and the same walking bassline generator modified a bit for the vibraphone (which is really samples of a Mellotron because I was too lazy to find good vibraphone samples or finish my banded waveguide percussion patch).

I'm thinking more like a real vacuum cleaner than a typical techno hoover sound, but still tonal enough to play melodies. I imagine that obiwannabe's motor patch could be modified with some kind of comb filters or parallel oscillators to get more of a mechanical suction sound, but I'm not sure how... Has anyone done anything like this before? Basically I'd like a nice little voot-voot-voot-voot timbre to play as one instrument in a composition.

I was messing around with the adc~ object, and I can get sound from my computer's microphone input, but not from the line in. How can I get it to work?

I just recorded this little waveguide feedback experiment: http://www.lubbertdas.org/feedbackdrones.mp3 (it's like 16+ minutes long with no musical development, so don't say I didn't warn you).

Most of it could probably be done with analog instruments and equipment, but I promise I'll incorporate it into something more digital-sounding at some point.

How come when I subtract .357 from .358, I get 0.00100002? The errors are several orders of magnitude larger with some numbers.

How do I cleanly upgrade my current installation of pd-extended to the new one? I'm on Ubuntu Studio Gutsy.