
Regarding Rafael Hernandez's videos, these are 14 years old and some of the required externals
no longer work on new hardware or with the current version of PureData. "HID" and "VST~"here are amng them.

the tutorials are really good and well paced; just be aware that some of them may be seriously outdated.

A few Suggestions:

 - skip: 23-26

 - 5 & 12, and others using 'noteout':
      - macOS Catalina - 10.15 and newer: see below
      - SimpleSynth still works for anything below that (notahat.com/simplesynth)
      - Windows 10, under the MIDI setup (Media --> MIDI settings...) choose 'Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth'
         This is the basic set of standard MIDI instruments using samples from ancient times
         (soundprogramming.net/file-formats/general-midi-instrument-list)
         or download sforzando, some sound files, and a virtual MIDI application (suc as loopMIDI from Tobias Erichsen).

 - 7, 10 need ReacTIVision and TUIO tools (see links below to download TUIO framework & ReacTIVision TUIO Simulator

Note: randomF and tripleRandtools in Tutorial 8 do not work.


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MIDI Synthesizer
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Pd cannot directly access the built-in Quicktime sound bank (AU DLS Synth) in macOSX. On macOS Cataline (10.15) and above, you need to install a 64-bit MIDI synthesizer, as the 32-bit tried and true SimpleSynth no longer works.

One option is to install Sforzando, a free VST and MIDI synthesizer. Another is the free version of Native Instrument's Kontakt Player. These create MIDI applications that can be accessed from Pd's noteout object. You can also use Apple's GarageBand or other applications such as Logic or Live.

Windows users may also need to install a MIDI manager (also called a "virtual MIDI application" such as LoopMIDI:

    www.tobias-erichsen.de/software/loopmidi.html


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get sforzando and sound banks
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  help getting started:
    
	- Working with MIDI in Mac & Windows
    http://www.donyaquick.com/working-with-midi-on-mac-os-x
    http://donyaquick.com/midi-on-windows/

  downloads:

    https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando.html
    https://www.plogue.com/downloads.html#sforzando

  more sounds:

    https://www.plogue.com/products/sforzando-banks.html


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ReacTIVision
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ReacTIVision, TUIO & ReacTIVision Simulator
https://sourceforge.net/projects/reactivision/files/TUIO%201.0/TUIO-Clients%201.4/TUIO_Simulator-1.4.zip
https://sourceforge.net/projects/reactivision/

