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==Description==
==Description==
PureData Pd -- a real-time {{tag|music}} and multimedia environment.
PureData Pd -- a {{tag|realtime}} {{tag|music}} and multimedia environment.


PureData (aka Pd) is a visual programming environment for music and video DSP written largely by Miller Puckette.
PureData (aka Pd) is a {{tag|visual}} {{tag|programming}} environment for {{tag|music}} and {{tag|video}} DSP written largely by Miller Puckette.
It is an evolution on traditional MusicN type computer synthesis and composition tools but improves on these by offering
It is an evolution on traditional MusicN type computer synthesis and composition tools but improves on these by offering
an easy and quick to use graphical frontend. In PureData "atoms" are the basic DSP building blocks which are connected
an easy and quick to use graphical frontend. In PureData "atoms" are the basic DSP building blocks which are connected
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regular data types like floats, ints, lists etc.
regular data types like floats, ints, lists etc.


PureData is Open Source and highly extensible, and as such Millers initial "core" functions are now quite dwarfed by
PureData is {{tag|Open Source}} and highly extensible, and as such Millers initial "core" functions are now quite dwarfed by
community contributions to the pool of "externals". These include synthesis/analysis tools, GUI components  
community contributions to the pool of "externals". These include synthesis/analysis tools, GUI components  
like meters, sliders and dials and API interfaces to system resources, HID devices and networking.
like meters, sliders and dials and API interfaces to system resources, HID devices and networking.