hello everyone,
I've been using PD for a while but have only just started writing music which is substantially based around PD-generated/sequenced/processed sounds. i thought you might like to hear some of it:

http://sciencegirlrecords.com/maxwaters/

cheerio then
max

the general process was to first write and record all the raw material, melodies, chord sequences etc, and then get going in PD. PD was used mostly for close-in sequencing like drums, bass lines etc, a lot of generating random variations on the melodies and rhythms, and general audio mash-up, drums especially. then all the final "large-scale" sequencing was done with Cubase.

mirror with a memory probably had the least PD input - the beginning was generated largely randomly from a couple of source melodies but that's about it. this probably doesn't count, but the casio-y sounds (if we're thinking of the same bits) were made from an old analogue synth which has this excellent ring modulator. i wrote a little calculator in PD to figure out what the resulting overtones would be from a combination of two pitches, and then composed the end chord sequence based what was possible.

hex49 had the most PD going on, the entire opening was sequenced with a load of line objects. it's hard to write large-scale structures in PD, it seems more suited to small loops and gradual change. will keep plugging away at it though!

glad you liked the music. strange that you should mention the drums in that track, as i was thinking the same thing myself. i decided in the end that it sounded sexier* "bedded in" to the synths and bass and whatever.

*yes i know