Configuring Pd on your desktop machine

This page describes the steps required to get your computer ready to compose RjDj scenes.

Installing PureData

You first need to install PureData. In RjDj we use the original unextended version of Pure Data, called pd-vanilla ( rather than the pd-extended version). So you should only use pd-vanilla to make sure all the Pure Data objects available on the computer will also be available in RjDj when it runs on the iPhone.

Installing the Composer's Pack

We have prepared a package for composers that includes everything you need to get started writing RjDj scenes besides Pure Data. You can get the latest version via this page: ComposersPack

Once you have downloaded it and unzipped it, follow the README.txt inside and perform the following steps to allow Pd to use it:
1. Start Pd
2. Go to File/Path
3. Add a new path to the directory "pd" inside of where you unzipped the composer's pack. Save all settings. Alternatively copy everything inside the rjlib directory to your Pd installation's "extra" directory for externals and abstractions or another directory already in the path list.
4. Test it by tryinng to create an object "soundoutput".

Configuring PureData

Since RjDj runs Pd with a sampling rate of 22050Hz, you will need to make sure your audio soundcard is also running at a sampling rate of 22050Hz in the Audio Settings of Pd.

That's all, you are ready to start your first scene by copying the Scene template and editing _main.pd there.