We now want to connect the components.įirst, let's connect the two bottom (output) pins of the Audio File Player to the two top (input) pins of the Gain. This is what you should now see on the patchbay:Ĭlose the Palette. In the patchbay, move the Audio File Recorder under the Gain instance. In the Palette, close the Mixing folder and open the Audio File folder. In the patchbay, move the Gain instance under the Audio File Player. In the Palette, close the Audio File folder and open the Mixing folder. Double-click "2 channels" to place an instance of a 2-channel Audio File Player on the patchbay. In the Palette, expand "Audio File" and then "Player".
VST plugins generally provide a custom GUI, displaying controls similar to the physical switches and knobs on audio hardware."īefore you load a full layout, let us learn how to create a very simple layout containing a player, a gain adjustment and a recorder. Most VST plugins can be classified as either instruments (VSTi) or effects, although other categories exist.
According to Wikipedia, "VST plugins are generally run within a Digital Audio Workstation, providing the host application with additional functionality. Layouts are assemblies of bidules and other external components named VST's. On this site, you will find "layouts" that are used for specific methods.
Keeping the Shift key down, drag the mouse pointer from the top left to the bottom right corner of the patchbay to select all the displayed bidules. Move the palette out of the way (without closing it). The palette is a folder structure of bidules that can be added to the patchbay. The patchbay is the gray window where components (bidules) and links are placed. The first view of Plogue after the installation shows the "patchbay" and the "palette".
We are not aware of any advantage to running the 64 bit version of Plogue Bidule for what we do on this site.Īt the end of the installation, Bidule starts.
32 bit issue again and again with any VSTs and/or plugins. Otherwise, you are going to run into the 64 vs. In general, running the 32 bit version of Plogue, even on a 64bit OS, is recommended. Important note: If you are running a 64 bit OS and the 64 bit version of Plogue Bidule, the current SPEC 4.0 plugins probably will not work because they were compiled for 32 bits. The standalone Windows version of Bidule can be downloaded here. These pre-release versions always have a fixed expiry date after which a license must be purchased for the program to remain functional. Free fully functional pre-release versions are sometimes available for download.
The art and science of a method is in choosing and assembling processes and then using the settings that will produce the best results with the source being converted.īidule is a commercial software developed by Plogue Technologies. Each one of these processes normally has some settings to customize their operation. In this example, "SPEC" is a custom group containing a large number of processes to convert two channels into six. These channel cables go into a six-channel recorder. For example, a stereo player has two output channels linked by cables to other pieces of hardware built to extract six channels. Think of Bidule as pieces of hardware and cables. It is a very intuitive, yet extremely powerful, tool used to model and connect all the steps in a sequence of operations on audio files: play, transform, record, automate,etc. Plogue Bidule is the software used by most methods on this site. Linking the Audio File Player and the Audio File Recorder.Downloading and installing Plogue Bidule.