This spring, Notam is launching a new online meetup for those interested in Pure Data (Pd) and Max. Pure Data (Pd) is a visual programming language developed by Miller Puckette in the 1990s. Pd is open source and works on Linux, MacOS, iOS, Android and Windows. Read more about Pd 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. Read more about Max here.
On 24 April, we'll be presenting with Timothy Schoen during our first online meetup of the season.
Link to the meeting: https://zoom.us/j/96186682482
Max & Pd meeting ID: 961 8668 2482
Presentation on 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.
The hosts
These meetings are led by Bálint Laczkó. Laczkó is a composer, music technologist and developer who has many years of extensive experience with Max. He has been using Max for sound design and composition since 2012, working with advanced programming, signal processing and synthesis techniques. He holds a master's degree in classical composition (2017, Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest) and in electroacoustic composition (2021, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo).
