Julian Brooks said : > Cheers for the info. > > I recall that on the pure data list there was some discussion about how msd > does not do interactions (objects bumping into each other) which is a vital > part of my windchime idea, has this been resolved do you know? Also, are > there any msd tutorials floating around, or examples to peek through?
no idea about the interactions bit, I just used it for simple meshes or strings. For the tutorial bit, I think the example files are quite good and should be enough to understand how to use it... I think :) > > Thanks again, > > Jb > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of aymeric mansoux > Sent: 05 August 2008 12:23 > To: p:d > Subject: Re: [pure:dyne] physical modelling > > Julian Brooks said : > > I am going to build a virtual windchime. I was going to do it in 'pmpd' > but > > I notice it's not one of the externals for the puredyne-puredata. Has it > > been superseded? I'm vaguely hoping so as it looked bloody complicated > > using pmpd, or is it a part of gem and I've missed it? > > pmpd should be in pure:dyne, if it's not yet, then it will ;) > > What is in p:d though is msd (package pd-msd) which is the next-gen > pmpd, sort of. > In a nuttshell, in pmpd your patch *is* your model, so it's very > good for education purposes, and learning basics of physical modeling. > With msd, you only deal with a main object to which you pass different > messages to describe the structure and properties of your model. The > obvious advantage is that you can describe complex models that would be > very hard to patch in pmpd or reach limitations of the external. The > drawback is that you need to know what you're doing :) > > PS: none of them are part of Gem, they just "spit" numbers so you can > hook that to Gem easily, and indeed Gem is often used to illustrate the > externals. > > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > Jb > > > > > --- > > [email protected] > > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > > > --- > [email protected] > irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne > --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
