Notam's Max and Pd meetup is a meeting for anyone interested in programming with Max and Pd. It's an informal get-together where Max and Pd users can share ideas, projects, techniques or just help each other out.

Pure Data (Pd) is a visual programming language developed by Miller Puckette in the 1990s to create interactive electronic music and multimedia works. Pd is an open source project with a large developer base working on new extensions. It runs on Linux, MacOS, iOS, Android and Windows. More information about Pd can be found here.

Max is a visual programming environment for creating art, multimedia, sound and music created by the company Cycling 74. It is one of the most popular tools for creating all types of digital art and has been an industry standard since the 90s. More information about Max here.

Whether you're interested in programming interactive design work, music, sound or images, this event is for you.

Presentation 24 April: Introduction to plugdata with Timothy Schoen: patching inside the DAW

plugdata is a new fork of pure-data, wrapped inside a JUCE plugin with a new GUI. It allows patching in practically any DAW, and brings Pd closer to Max by shipping more objects and a more modern GUI. This presentation will cover the basics of how to use plugdata to create your own effects and instruments, to use inside a DAW project.

Website: https://plugdata.org/

Timothy Schoen started working on plugdata in November 2021, while studying Music Technology at HKU Utrecht. Timothy Schoen started working on plugdata as a hobby project but it quickly grew into something bigger, largely thanks to the amazing Pd community. Timothy Schoen is especially aiming to make Pd more accessible and easier to learn, with the aim of creating an amazing tool for learning about creative programming.