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Old 07-03-2015, 02:41 AM   #1
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Default How to integrate a pure data patch into reaper?

Hello All !

I recently got into pure data which is a graphical development tool.
It allows to generate cool sound and effect (if you are patient let's say)
and I would like to know how to inject the result back into reaper?
Meaning that I open my pure data patch, play something but reaper does not "hear" it... how can I record it into reaper?

even better, would there a way to actually use the pure data patch as somekind of VST plugin directly into reaper?

Anyone as ever worked with this?

Thank you for your help and guidance!
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Old 07-03-2015, 04:24 AM   #2
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unfortunately pd cannot run inside reaper.
i use it only for midi stuff. But same goes with audio:
You need some kind of virtual audio or midi connection. For midi on osx i simply use the IAC driver.
Never tried audio,but there are several options i guess.
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:24 AM   #3
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thanks for the feedback !!

I found also the following thread : http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=49170
which doesn't give me a lot of confidence in the possibility that I will succeed :-/

I will try with the virtual audio cable solution and let you know how it goes.
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Old 07-03-2015, 08:12 AM   #4
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Hello All !

I recently got into pure data which is a graphical development tool.
It allows to generate cool sound and effect (if you are patient let's say)
and I would like to know how to inject the result back into reaper?
Meaning that I open my pure data patch, play something but reaper does not "hear" it... how can I record it into reaper?

even better, would there a way to actually use the pure data patch as somekind of VST plugin directly into reaper?

Anyone as ever worked with this?

Thank you for your help and guidance!
This "pure data" is an app that you use to create sound and it outputs to your system audio just like a web browser or media player outputs sound to your system audio right?

There's a free app you can use to send audio between different apps on your system.

Download and install Soundflower*. It works like a virtual audio device with a 16 channel bus.

Set your system audio to output to Soundflower instead of your built-in output or external audio interface with your OS utility or System Preferences audio panel.

Make an aggregate device of Soundflower + the audio interface you use for output with Reaper with your OS utility (Audio MIDI Setup in OSX or ASIO4ALL in Windows).

Select the aggregate device in Reaper Preferences/Audio/Device instead of one of the single device choices.

Assign Soundflower inputs 1 & 2 to a track, hit rec arm, set the track monitor mode to input or auto, and you have your Pure Data output on that track via Soundflower routing.


* There are a couple other virtual bus device apps available as well (Jack for one). Soundflower is what I'm familiar with and it works well. It might still be OSX only.

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Download and install Soundflower.
Only if the original poster is using OS-X...
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Old 07-03-2015, 09:59 AM   #6
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if PD supports ASIO you could just use ReaRoute. There is also the free loopMIDI to do the same thing with MIDI.
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Old 07-06-2015, 08:58 AM   #7
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Thanks guy !

I tried with virtual audio cable but... man this a complex one to set-up.... :-/
I got something at somepoint but wasn't able to reproduce it a couple of days later.
I cannot try soundflower as I am running a pc.

I didn't think about ReaRoute so far. Will test this during the week

Thanks again for all the feedback.
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