Scheduling and Sequencing Musical Events in Pure Data with Scheme for Pd

Iain Duncan

doi:10.33871/23179937.2021.9.2.19

Abstract

Scheme for Pd is a newly released open-source external for Pure Data, enabling scripting Pd with s7 Scheme Lisp. In this experience report, the author introduces Scheme for Pd and demonstrates its use for scheduling and sequencing musical events in s7 Scheme.

Highlights

T. Scheduling and Sequencing Musical Events in Pure Data with Scheme for Pd. Revista Vórtex, Curitiba, v.9, n.2, p
In June 2021, I released the first version of Scheme for Pd, an open-source external to enable scripting and livecoding Pure Data (Pd) with Scheme, after working for two years previously on a version of the same for Max
I believe this opens new ways of working with Pd, and this experience report is meant to serve as a brief introduction to the project and a highlight of one particular problem area that I feel it solves elegantly

Summary

Introduction

T. Scheduling and Sequencing Musical Events in Pure Data with Scheme for Pd. Revista Vórtex, Curitiba, v.9, n.2, p. Pure Data and Max share a fundamentally different model - in Pd we program by dragging an object to the canvas, and that visual object on the canvas represents an instantiation of an object, which was created by factory functions in the object’s C source code.

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Conclusion