clipper~: A simple mono clipper in PureData

This project is still a work-in-progress. Expect bugs, malfunctions, and generally bad code.

Created by Ian Doherty, January 2025

A simple digital distortion module in PureData.

Installation

1. If you haven't already, install PureData here.
2. Clone this repo using git clone on a command line or download the source code manually.
3. In the installation folder, run make on a Linux command line. For Windows users, consider using MinGW or WSL. For a system-wide installation, run make install.
4. Open clipper~-help.pd to learn the usage for clipper~. If make install was used, you will be able to add clipper~ objects into any PureData instance.

• To view this in PureData, go to Help > Browser. clipper~ should be listed.

Credits & Libraries Used

• PureData: Everything!
• pure-data/pd-lib-builder: Makefile generation
• pure-data/externals-howto: Helpful guide used during the creation of this external