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Bela.pd

Library for working with PureData on the Bela Platform, enabling bidirectional communication between the same Pd patch running on Bela and a local machine. Half-live coding?

Objects

  • bela.comms: send and receive data to and from Bela
  • bela.send: send data to Bela
  • bela.receive: receive data from Bela
  • bela.name: name an item of data to be sent to Bela
  • bela.scope: easy access to the Bela oscilloscope

Example

  • sliders (video). Send and receive data to and from Bela, with the same patch running on Bela and local machine.

sliders

Installation

  • Download or clone this repository
  • Create a Bela Pure Data project called pd-externals, see this Wiki section for reference
  • Copy the externals in ./bela.pd/pd-externals to pd-externals to Bela, either by drag and drop via the IDE, or via the command-line:
scp /path/to/bela.pd/pd-externals/* [email protected]:/root/Bela/projects/pd-externals
  • Add /path/to/bela.pd/pd-externals to Pure Data's search path on your local machine

Usage

  • Add the ./bela.pd/render.cpp to your Pure Data projects
  • Run your project's _main.pd patch on Bela and your local machine at the same time
  • See the example in ./bela.pd/examples/sliders for more

Todo/ideas

  • Make comms work with non-static IP
  • Saving and managing state and parameters
  • A data logger on Bela
  • Integration with other libraries like ml.lib
  • Add more examples
  • Rebuild comms using send and receive? Or, have comms sit in the background and a bela.s and bela.r per item of data.
  • Add CV-MIDI converters?
  • bela.scope~ compatibility with expander capelets