Patch a day challenge #31

You can download the patch here. Easiest way to use it yourself is to install pd-extended and add rjlib. Today I decided to play around with Andy Farnell’s rain on a window work. It is one of the better ones I have found so far in his book “Designing Sound”. I tried to see if …

Patch a day challenge #30

You can download the patch here. Easiest way to use it yourself is to install pd-extended and add rjlib. Playing around with FM some more. In this case creating wood, metal and “various” type impact sounds. It is interesting to combine waveshaping with FM because it seems to be really easy to add noise to …

Patch a day challenge #28

You can download the patch here. Easiest way to use it yourself is to install pd-extended and add rjlib. Today my son Abel plays a big role. Olga, my partner, has supported me tremendously throughout and she asked me to make sure Abel was part of the patch a day. Of course not something I …

Patch a day challenge #27

You can download the patch here. Easiest way to use it yourself is to install pd-extended and add rjlib. Oh Friday. Playing around a bit with a bouncing ball patch from Andy Farnell’s book Designing Sound. Added some randomization, added some movement. Then created whole bunch of them at the same time. Not the most …

Patch a day challenge #26

You can download the patch here. Easiest way to use it yourself is to install pd-extended and add rjlib. Today’s setup wasn’t really about pd. The heart was a metal slinky. Addded to it a small attachable speaker and a Jez Riley French contact microphone. So, it was this spring reverb feedback experiment. I hadnt …

Patch a day challenge #25

You can download the patch here. Easiest way to use it yourself is to install pd-extended and add rjlib. Today I was intrigued by sample & hold, and was playing around with noise and what it did. I learned there is a limit to how many delay lines pd likes to have. And how many …

Patch a day challenge #24

You can download the patch here. Easiest way to use it yourself is to install pd-extended and add rjlib. I wanted ot mess a bit further with FM today. I ended up making the world’s ugliest pure data patch. no doubt. Its a space engine sound where you control the RPM. This then drives various …

Patch a day challenge #22

You can download the patch here. Easiest way to use it yourself is to install pd-extended and add rjlib. Today I wanted to work on metal hits. I started out by taking a recording, analysing it a bit. Then I started with baselayer of additive synthesis. On top of that I created an transient with …

Patch a day challenge #21

You can download the patch here. Easiest way to use it yourself is to install pd-extended and add rjlib. A study in comb filtering, feedback and ms processing. In this case the feedback is interesting because how you pan a sound determined how it fed back into the patch. The Mid goes back into a …