Miller Puckette, creator of Max and Pd, on how he’s patching his way to remote collaboration

Miller Puckette, the original creator of Max and Pure Data, has been working on keeping connected remotely, too. In this video, he reveals how he plays with a percussionist using Pd and Ableton Live, then joins Cycling ’74’s David Zicarelli to talk about the future of collaboration in modular environments.

LIRA-8 reimagines the LYRA-8 organismic drone synth in Pd, VST, AU free – donationware

The wonderfully mysterious analog LYRA-8 synthesizer world now has an unofficial digital cousin – and it’s free-or-pay-what-you-can for Pure Data (and cross-platform AU and VST).

Peter Kirn - December 30, 2020

Pure Data is running in the browser, for free Web-based sound patching

It’s just an alpha version, but it’s already impressive: the open source visual programming tools Pd is running in a browser window, even with externals.

Peter Kirn - October 30, 2020

One big, open standalone grid for playing everything: dadamachines composer pro

Peter Kirn - May 9, 2019

Post folk: when a hurdy gurdy meets MIDI, a new hybrid is born

Peter Kirn - October 19, 2018

A marvelous sound machine inspired by a Soviet deep drilling project

Peter Kirn - September 25, 2018

Vectors are getting their own festival: lasers and oscilloscopes, go!

Peter Kirn - August 7, 2018

This free tool could change how you think about sequencers

Peter Kirn - June 25, 2018

Hugo rattled Berghain’s enormous system, talked to us about sound

Peter Kirn - March 9, 2018

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