pd(1)

pd1

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Overview

Pd is a graphical programming environment for real-time audio synthesis and related applications. It sports a rich set of real-time control and I/O features.

To get a list of allowable arguments to pd, type

pd -help

and for more documentation either start pd and get help, or consult

http://msp.ucsd.edu/Pd_documentation/index.htm

or seek a copy on your own machine, perhaps in

file:/usr/local/lib/pd/doc/1.manual/index.htm

or

file:/usr/lib/pd/doc/1.manual/index.htm

Releases

8 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 2.1
  2. 2.2
  3. 3.0
  4. 3.1–6.0
  5. Arch

-alsa until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -audiobuf until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -d until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -font until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -frags until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -fragsize until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -inchannels until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -lib until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -noadc until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -nodac until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -nomidiin until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -nomidiout until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -nosound until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -open until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -outchannels until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -path until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -r until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -realtime until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -rme until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -soundindev until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -soundoutdev until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -verbose until Debian 3.0 (Woody).

From pd 0.57.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.