---
id: puredata
title: "Pure Data"
year: 1996
category: "AI & Code"
lang: en
canonical: https://nodemusic.cc/node/puredata
source: node.music
---

# Pure Data (1996)

AI & Code · https://nodemusic.cc/node/puredata

## Summary

Miller Puckette gave the world freedom. Pure Data (Pd) is an open, free alternative to Max/MSP. The language of the underground, on which you can build anything: from a synthesizer to a robot.

## Full text

Pure Data (Pd) is the brainchild of Miller Puckette, created after he left IRCAM. It is a fully open and free alternative to Max/MSP. The ideology of Pd is to run everywhere: from an old PC to a Raspberry Pi microcomputer.

Although Pd looks austere, it possesses colossal power. It is on Pd that procedural audio for video games and mobile apps is often written. It is a language independent of corporate licenses.

## People

- Miller Puckette (b. 1959) — American programmer.

## Connections

### Influenced by

- [Max (IRCAM)](https://nodemusic.cc/node/max.md) - EVOLVED
- [Csound](https://nodemusic.cc/node/csound.md) - INSPIRED

### Influenced

- [Algorave / Live Coding](https://nodemusic.cc/node/algorave.md) - ENABLED
- [Jitter (Max)](https://nodemusic.cc/node/jitter.md) - EVOLVED

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Data