soundlab Resources
Course Pack
We give out a comprehensive 92-page document to all registrants, which contains sample code, breadboard diagrams, Pd patches, and detailed step-by-step instructions for a number of projects.
Web Links
- Getting Started
- Thonny IDE for writing Micropython, Circuitpython code
- Workshop GitHub -- sound files, sample code and patches. This is by invitation only. Create a GitHub account, ask for permission to access the Private repository, and I'll validate you.
- Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi Pico -- This was a book, but now has turned into a web-based tutorial clickthrough adventure.
- Second edition the Getting Started book
- A really nice start page for creating projects on the Pico
- EMacs Reference Card
- Sound files to experiment on
- Pure Data (Pd) application and libraries
- Pure Data (Pd) Homepage
- Virtual Sound Library -- makes Pd much more functional
- https://github.com/alexdrymonitis/Arduino_Pd -- serial print library for Pd
- List of all built-in objects in PD -- Pd Vanilla
- Rafael Hernandez's fantastic YouTube Series for learning PD
- Pd Reference Card
- Books (Online and Print)
- William Schotts: The Linux Command Line -- Sixth Edition -- A totally free download. This is a really super handy book for learning how to use the command line.
- The Book on PD by Bianchi, Cipriani and Giri. You can get this easily on Amazon.
- More Advanced Resources
- Rafael Hernandez's YouTube series for developing externals for PD
- Johannes Zmolnig's article on developing PD externals
- A useful GitHub repository for creating externals
- The Scientist and Engineering's Guide to DSP -- a great book by Steven W. Smith, for free online!
- Raspberry Pi Pico Startup Guide for C/C++ Development -- this is a little more sophisticated than Python.
- Max/MSP resources (paid version of PD)