This is the README file for Pd, a free real-time computer music software package resembling Max.
You can get Pd for Linux, Mac OS X, or MS Windows from:
http://msp.ucsd.edu/software.html
Installation instructions are in the HTML DOCUMENTATION at:
http://msp.ucsd.edu/Pd_documentation/index.htm
If you download and unpack Pd, you will also find the html documentation locally in the file ".../pd-whatever/doc/1.manual/index.htm".
Linux (or FreeBSD): in some Linux installations you can download Pd via "apt-get install puredata" or "yum install puredata"; otherwise you will have to download the source and compile it as described in the file "INSTALL.txt".
Microsoft Windows: Pd binaries are distributed as a "zip" file. Unzip this, creating a directory such as "\pd".
Macintosh: Pd binaries are distributed as a "tar.gz" file. The web browser will automatically download this archive into your Downloads folder. Double click to extract the archived Mac app which you can then run and/or drag into your Applications folder.
If you have questions about Pd, or if you wish to be notified of releases, check the Pd mailing list:
http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo
Many extensions to Pd are available, notably for handling video and 3D graphics; see the html documentation for pointers.
COPYRIGHT: except as otherwise noted, all files in the Pd distribution are
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 Miller Puckette and others.
For information on usage and redistribution, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES, see the file, "LICENSE.txt," included in the Pd distribution. (Note that tcl/tk, expr, and some other files are copyrighted separately).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks to Harry Castle, Krzysztof Czaja, Mark Danks, Christian Feldbauer, Guenter Geiger, Kerry Hagan, Trevor Johnson, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano, Adam Lindsay, Karl MacMillan, Thomas Musil, Toshinori Ohkouchi, Winfried Ritsch, Vibeke Sorensen, Rand Steiger, Hans-Christoph Steiner, Shahrokh Yadegari, David Zicarelli, Iohannes Zmoelnig, and probably many others for contributions of code, documentation, ideas, and expertise. This work has received support from Intel, Keith Mcmillen Instruments, and UCSD.