In this second week a the Expanded Studio Practice unit we’ve started using the audio programming visual language called Pure Data. This is a popular software, intuitive to use, and it’s also free of charge; for those reasons is the selected coding application for this unit.
In this first lesson we have been building the most common waves oscillators; sine, sawtooth, square and pulse width. Here is a screenshot with the final layout of the first exercise performed in class.
Personal Creative Praxis
- Build each of the synthesis techniques and explore other possibilties (e.g. wavetable synthesis)
- Build the 4 stage sequencer
Here I’m going to add some pictures and videos of the patches that I’ve been creating on my first experiments with Pure Data
Different Oscillators
4 Stage Sequencer
Possible Drone Machine
This patch could be later converted into my device for this unit, a Drone Machine. It features two configurable oscillators; and additive sinters oscillator and an AM oscillator. It also includes a filter and various volume control per oscillator and also a master volume, here I’m attaching a demo of its functioning.