Chapter 2Making Some Noise

Now let’s get started programming Pd. In this chapter we’ll cover a few important tools Pd has for generating sound, controlling it, and outputting the sound to the computer speakers. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to make sound!

When you are done with this chapter, you will

  • Understand some basic concepts about sound

  • Connect things together to make a signal flow to the sound card

  • Control the volume of sound we make

  • Make sound!

Time to get hands-on with Pd.

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