Pure Data (1996)

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Pure Data (Pd) is the brainchild of Miller Puckette, created after he left IRCAM. It is a fully open and free alternative to Max/MSP. The ideology of Pd is to run everywhere: from an old PC to a Raspberry Pi microcomputer.

Although Pd looks austere, it possesses colossal power. It is on Pd that procedural audio for video games and mobile apps is often written. It is a language independent of corporate licenses.

Sources

1. Moore, Adrian (2016). Sonic Art: An Introduction to Electroacoustic Music Composition — Routledge
2. Clancy, Martin (ed.) (2022). Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem — Routledge
3. Dean, Roger T. (ed.) (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music — Oxford UP

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