Bidule: The new standard in modular audio software
Is this a familiar picture? Cables lead from a Microphone input into a small digital effect. More cables connect the effect to a mixer. Elsewhere, a MIDI cable links a MIDI input to a synthesizer, which is in turn connected to a mixer. Old hat, right? Now, imagine this: the same single output socket sprouting no less than eight different cables connecting eight different effects.
It gets better: A sound is broken down into 256 individual bands, then each is tweaked one at a time in a unique way. As he performs, a musician decides to add an LFO to a synth鈥檚 filter cutoff knob, where no LFO existed before. Sound crazy? Not anymore. The new paradigm of computer audio can be summed up in two words: 鈥渞eal-time鈥?and 鈥渕odular鈥?鈥?both of which are embodied by one application鈥?
Bidule
The brainchild of Plogue Art et Technologie, Bidule is a cross-platform application that is gaining recognition world-wide as the new standard in modular music software.
Bidule
- is available for both Windows and Mac OS X
- is used by thousands of musicians worldwide Bidulists from the all over the world have gathered on the forums at the Plogue Web site to get their questions about Bidule answered, as well as share their music and Bidule inventions.
Bidule?!!
What鈥檚 in a name? The word 鈥淏idule鈥?is French for 鈥渢hingy鈥?or 鈥済adget鈥? Plogue is Qubcois French SLang for the verb 鈥渢o plug鈥? Put 鈥榚m together and what do you get? Software for plugging gadgets and thingies together. Got the picture?
