--- On Sat, 9/11/10, Simon Wise <simonzw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Simon Wise <simonzw...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [PD] Hi, new user. Question about max/msp and PD > To: pd-list@iem.at > Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 5:15 AM > On 11/09/10 08:05, jm jones wrote: > > "I like the free-software nature of PD, but besides > that, I want to > > know the pros and cons of the two environments. > > 1/ If you need *extremely* low latency, and are prepared to > put in the effort required to tweak and maintain your system > carefully, then you can get lower latency on a Linux system, > Max does not run on Linux. > > 2/ If you are interested in running your music from small > embedded systems, or in installations in galleries and so > forth, or using rjdj or similar in mobile devices, then > Linux has many advantages, again Max does not run on Linux. > > 3/ One of the original motivations for pd was the > data-structures stuff, and what it could do in algorithmic > music. This area is a bit more complicated than some of the > other stuff in Pd, but really very interesting in many ways. > I understand it is quite different to what is available in > Max, but I don't use Max so I'm not sure. What's the connection between data structures and algorithmic music? > > 4/ Using Linux allows for a different approach to working > with hardware, if you are interested in using hardware to > give a tactile interface to your music making then some > approaches are more flexible using Linux, again Max does not > run on Linux. > > > Max is "prettier" and with more GUI, but is really > more easy to learn? > > Perhaps it is a bit easier to 'discover' things by just > clicking around the menus etc, but this is really only a > small initial advantage, and good advertising. In any case > real usage will require a similar learning curve after those > initial stages, because most of what needs to be learnt is > how to use a Graphical Dataflow Language to make music. It's more than a small initial advantage, especially if the corresponding GUI object in Pd is buggy, or non-existent. ( Max's [textedit] vs. Pd's [entry], for example. ) And real usage to make music includes using GUI objects, no? > > > Im not interested in video, only music and sound. What > about resources > > (patches, objets, etc)?" > > Pd has lots available, probably Max does too, maybe the > fact that Pd is open source means that you, or someone else, > can adapt internals a bit to your needs, or make externals > that are more integrated with the internals, but that > depends on your programming skills and interests, i.e. do > you want to do some of your work in C? > > Maybe Max has a bigger user base, but maybe the FLOSS > nature of Pd makes the sharing more open????? I don't Know > much about the Max community, so a comparison is not > possible for me. > > Simon > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at > mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list