Tag Archives: pd

Update on running Pd on the Raspberry Pi

Posted on 03/23/2014 by

Despite the initial excitement, running Pure Data in a dependable way with a USB soundcard has proved difficult. There is still hope though, and I wanted to share some of the information I recently gathered from Pd users on the … Continue reading →

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Real-time guitar effects with Raspberry Pi, Pd and Arduino

Posted on 01/27/2013 by

Here’s a video demonstrating real-time guitar effects processed on a Raspberry Pi running Pure Data. The effects are triggered by a home-made Arduino-based stompbox. I have already written a general introduction on how to set up your RPi and install … Continue reading →

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Use the value from a pot connected to Arduino in Pd

Posted on 01/21/2013 by

(Update : a reader (dbfreq, see his messages in the comments) found a bug in the patch. There was a typo in the route object in the arduino abstraction. The file available for download has been fixed, but I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Polyphonic synth using phase vocoder in Pure Data

Posted on 04/04/2012 by

A reader has been asking me to put this patch online for a while now, so here it is : some kind of polyphonic synthesizer for electric guitar! It doesn’t require any midi pickup or any particular hardware, except a … Continue reading →

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Guitar effects chain with Pure Data

Posted on 03/05/2012 by

I’ve been asked recently to make patch that would let the user edit the effects chain in Pd. It’s like a patch bay for guitar effects. This is currently limited to 4 effects, but it’s working quite well and it’s … Continue reading →

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Simple guitar tuner using Pd

Posted on 02/17/2012 by

A reader recently asked me if I could post a guitar tuner patch. Here it is! It is based on the [sigmund~] object that comes with Pd vanilla. It does pitch tracking, which means that it analyses the frequency of … Continue reading →

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Step-vibrato effect for guitar with Pure Data

Posted on 01/18/2012 by

Here’s a wonderful effect that can be used with a guitar (listen to the sample at the bottom) or just any instrument. I don’t think it can be done with any existing stompbox, analog or digital (please correct me if … Continue reading →

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