[rtcmix~] for pd/OSX
64-bit for pd-0.5 (or later); July 2020
Installation
1. Unpack the archive.
2. Inside the "rtcmix~-for-pd" folder is an "rtcmix~" folder.
Copy/move that entire folder intact to your "Documents/pd/externals" folder
(note: this is assuming you are using the default installation locations
for pd).
NOTE: Pd needs to run using 'Rosetta' for rtcmix~ to work. Go to
your /Applications folder and find the pd app. Select (but do not start)
the pd app in the Finder, and then under the "File" menu (top left of
the screen), select "Get Info". Be sure that "Open using Rosetta" is
checked.
3. Start (or restart) pd. [rtcmix~] should be working.
NOTE: If you are installing [rtcmix~] on OSX machines running Catalina
(10.15.x) or later, you will probably get the
TRULY ANNOYING Apple 'gatekeeper' message about
the library/application not able to run because it isn't from a
'signed developer'. One of these days I'll wade through the impenetrable
documentation about how to do this, but for now you can
follow the instructions
here
to get it going.
note on editing scorefiles
At present, scorefile information is not stored with the pd patch when
it is saved. You will need to use the [open] message to load an existing
scorefile into [rtcmix~], and be sure to use a [save]/[saveas] message
to store a scorefile that has been modified within pd.
To modify a scorefile within pd, click on the [rtcmix~] object in
a locked (i.e. editing off) pd patcher. This will open an editor on the
current [rtcmix~] script. If the script has not been loaded with an
[open] message, [rtcmix~] will create a temporary file for editing.
BE CERTAIN TO SAVE THIS using the [save]/[saveas] message before
exiting pd, or the work will be lost.
In this version, the ability to select a particular editor using
the [editor] message does not function on OSX.
Brad Garton
July, 2020