PureData packages and documentation for Universities

This page is intended as a little how-to for universities to install PureData instead of M*x/MSP in their computer labs.

A few links

• First of all, get a decent version of Pd. This one is gonna work out-of-the-box and provide most widely used objects.

  • In the page http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html, download the latest "Pd-extended Test Releases". Currently, the latest one for MacOSX is http://idmi.poly.edu/pdlab/Pd-0.39.2-extended-test5.dmg

  • Don't be afraid of the word test. This version is much stable now.

  • Follow the instructions in the package. You will need to copy a preferences file in your Library.

• The documentation : http://puredata.org/docs/

• A few very nice references : http://puredata.org/dev/pddp/PdUniversityCourse

• GEM documentation : http://gem.iem.at/manual/

This was a very quick start. Read the doc to learn more.

-- AlexandreQuessy 2006-09-19 23:58:10