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diff --git a/doc/tutorials/footils/pddrums/pddrums.txt b/doc/tutorials/footils/pddrums/pddrums.txt index 07d6a0b8..c4ccb39e 100644 --- a/doc/tutorials/footils/pddrums/pddrums.txt +++ b/doc/tutorials/footils/pddrums/pddrums.txt @@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ Building Drums in PD :Autor: Frank Barknecht :Contact: fbar@footils.org + :Abstract: This quicktoot describes how PD can be used to build a simple drum synthesizer with graphical controls and a step sequencer. -.. contents:: +.. contents:: Small is beautiful @@ -58,13 +59,19 @@ inside, saved under the name "angriff-01.pd". .. figure:: angriff-01.png - angriff-01.pd, an unusable first version. + angriff-01.pd_, an unusable first version. + +.. _angriff-01.pd: angriff-01.pd Even this can be used as an object. Just create a new, empty patch (with "Ctrl-n"), put an object in it and call it "angriff-01", i.e. the name of our first drum patch without the .pd-suffix. -Using the unusable angriff-01.pd in another patch. +.. figure:: using_angriff-1.png + + Using the unusable angriff-01.pd in another patch. using_angriff-1.pd_ + +.. _using_angriff-1.pd: using_angriff-1.pd PD searches for something that matches the object "angriff-01" in several places: in the list of builtin objects like "noise~", in @@ -93,7 +100,9 @@ noise, the envelope and both multiplied together. .. figure:: drumcenter-01.png - Enveloped noise, drumcenter-01.pd + Enveloped noise, drumcenter-01.pd_ + +.. _drumcenter-01.pd: drumcenter-01.pd If you listen to this patch, it already sounds a bit like a snare, doesn't it? To make this sound a bit more variable we can use filtered @@ -103,7 +112,9 @@ at a cutoff frequency of 400 Hertz: .. figure:: drumcenter-02.png - Lowpass filtered and enveloped noise, drumcenter-02.pd + Lowpass filtered and enveloped noise, drumcenter-02.pd_ + +.. _drumcenter-02.pd: drumcenter-02.pd Now our patch is beginning to get a bit crammed and chaotic, so let's replace some chords with "send" and "receive" pairs, abbreviated "s" and "r". @@ -120,7 +131,10 @@ the surroundig patch and the subpatch. They work with abstractions as well. .. figure:: drumcenter-03.png - Cleaning up in the house, drumcenter-03.pd + Cleaning up in the house, drumcenter-03.pd_ + +.. _drumcenter-03.pd: drumcenter-03.pd + Let It Swing ------------------ @@ -134,7 +148,9 @@ frequency envelope as show in drumcenter-04.pd: .. figure:: drumcenter-04.png - Percussive oscillator, drumcenter-04.pd + Percussive oscillator, drumcenter-04.pd_ + +.. _drumcenter-04.pd: drumcenter-04.pd The right inlet of ``[osc~]`` is used here to set the start phase of the oscillator. If we wouldn't set it, it would be different everytime we @@ -163,7 +179,9 @@ for the short attack times used in drum synths. .. figure:: fastline.png - Two line~ segments started with delay, fastline.pd + Two line~ segments started with delay, fastline.pd_ + +.. _fastline.pd: fastline.pd This problem isn't trivial at all and it appears everywhere, one wants to contol messages in PD quicker than the signal blocksize allows, for @@ -178,3 +196,10 @@ counting from the current tick, the trigger should go off." We will now use the T3 break point envelope generator ``[t3_bpe]`` to generate faster envelopes. +.. figure:: t3-fastline.png + + Two line~ segments started with delay, t3-fastline.pd_ + +.. _t3-fastline.pd: t3-fastline.pd + +*to be continued...* |