Pure Data guest lecture for Tulane University @acreil
Pure Data guest lecture for Tulane University  @acreil
Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 55 minutes ago
0:00 background and context within electronic music history
9:52 workflow considerations for patch and abstraction development
11:45 random modulator abstraction (bmod and bmod~)
13:37 filter bank abstraction (fbank and fbank~) and lecture1.pd patch
22:11 control laws
25:40 pitch shifters
28:13 pitch shifter abstraction (pitchshift~)
30:55 another pitch shifter abstraction (pitchshift3~)
38:01 delay patch
40:18 lecture2.pd patch
46:35 summary

Thanks to Rick Snow for inviting me to do this. This covers some background information about what I think PD's advantages are and how it can be best used, tips for developing and using abstractions, and two example patches. I tried to throw in a lot of technical and historical information.

Links to music mentioned in this video:
Salvatore Martirano: youtube.com/watch?v=lcDpZ6RJb3I
François Bayle: youtube.com/watch?v=lYSEtGhHLyw

The filter banks at 17:58 are the Albiswerk 502/72 (top, for low and high frequencies) and 502/74 (bottom, for mid-range frequencies)
The pitch shifter at 25:54 is the Publison DHM 89 B 2
Detailed information on the SalMar Construction can be found here: archive.org/details/hardwaredesignof677fran/mode/2up

A full description of the second patch patch is here: youtu.be/Nhy1n8Bxm3M

Download the patch here: dropbox.com/s/9ul0t5y2eobeaf4/lecture2.zip?dl=0
A recording of the finished patch is here: youtu.be/aLIqXrJqPqo

The finished recording from the first patch is here: youtu.be/XjZbp8aQGwA
The patch and description will come later.
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Pure Data guest lecture for Tulane University

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