Running Puredata patches on Bela » History » Version 6

Christian Heinrichs, 2015-12-05 04:00 PM

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h1.  Compiling Puredata patches on Bela
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Here's a quick guide to compiling Pd patches on Bela. Currently this only works on OSX and Linux, but Windows support will be coming soon.
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You can also access the slides from the latest Bela workshop on compiling Pd patches at the following link: https://goo.gl/59hShW This also includes some handy tips for handling Bela's sensor inputs using Puredata.
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h2.  Getting everything up and running
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Follow the following steps to get everything up and running on your Beaglebone Black:
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*1. Download the project archive from https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/1723/bela_4-12-2015.zip*
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* Extract the archive (and remember where you extracted it to)
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*2. Make sure python is installed:*
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* Type `which python` in a terminal window. If not installed, follow instructions here: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Download
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* Install the most up-to-date version of the *requests* python package (version 2.7.0). You can get it from http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/install/
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     or typing the following in a terminal window (make sure it is not currently installed):
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@curl -OL https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/zipball/master && unzip master && cd kenneth* && sudo python setup.py install@
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*3. Create an account on enzienaudio.com:*
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* Go to http://www.enzienaudio.com
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* Click *Login* on the top right corner of the page
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* Create a new account
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* Create a new patch and call it **bbb** _(N.B. compiling won't work if you use a different name)_
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*4. Make sure the Beaglebone is plugged in to laptop and open a terminal window:*
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* Navigate to the _scripts_ folder @cd /path/to/folder/scripts@
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* If running for the first time @sh setup_board.sh@
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* if prompted for a password enter letter 'a' (no quotation marks)
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*5. Compile your first project!*
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* @./build_pd.sh -i ../projects/heavy/pd/hello-world/@
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*6. Create a new pd project*
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* Create a new folder inside the /pd directory
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* The pd patch must exist in its own folder and be named *_main.pd*. You can use abstractions if you like.
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h3.  Using analog ins/outs
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* You can directly address the analog ins and outs from within PD (note that you have to compile and run the patch onto the BeagleBone to receive the data)
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* Use the [adc~] and [dac~] objects to receive and send the data
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* [adc~ 3] refers to Analog Input 0 (first two channels of [adc~] are audio inputs), likewise for [dac~]
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* These inputs are sampled at audio sampling rate, so handle them as you would audio signals. (Use [snapshot~] if you want to turn them into control-rate values)
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* See the example patches in the /pd folder for more information
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h2.  Important notes
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* Make sure you aren't using any unsupported objects. For a full list of objects go to https://enzienaudio.com/docs/pdobjects.html
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* The Pd patch must exist in its own folder and be named *_main.pd*. You can use abstractions if you like.
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* See example pd patches for more information.
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*Have fun!*