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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’s 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: “real-time” and “modular” – both of which are embodied by one application… 

Bidule Key Features

# Realtime Audio/MIDI/Spectral processing
# Completely modular architecture
# Runs as VST/AU plugin or standalone
# Runs as ReWire mixer or device
# Runs as OSC client and server
# VST/AU instruments and effects hosting
# Building blocks for FX/inst creation
# More than a 100 ready-to-use modules
# Supports multiple tempos at once
# Inter-module parameter linking
# Zoomable OpenGL-based canvas
# Multi-channel audio file streaming
# ASIO/CoreAudio low-latency support
# Offline mode (rendering) available
# Uses 32-bit precision throughout