Bidule v0.5701 user manual

Sebastien Beaulieu

seb@plogue.com

Vincent Trussart

vincent@plogue.com

David Viens

davidv@plogue.com

Copyright © 2003 Plogue Art et Technologie Inc.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction : Bidule's Concepts
2. User Interface
Palette
Bidules
History
Patchbay
Modules (aka 'bidules')
Connectors
Basic Bidules Connections
Advanced Bidules Connections
Context Menu
Mouse Usage and Hot Keys
Toolbar Features
Go up a level (up arrow)
Parameter Linking
MediaPool
Palette (Gear icon)
Edit Menu
3. Bidules
Sample-based Bidules
Audio Buffer
Audio File Granulator
Audio File Looper
Audio File Output
Effects Bidules
Buffer Granulator
Deconcrisseur
Moog VCF
Time Domain Convolver
Instrument Bidules
Boboche Sampler
MIDI Bidules
CC To Params
CC Value Scaler
CC Filter
Channel Filter
Message Filter
Note Filter
MIDI To Sync
MIDI To Value
Note Number To Param
Note Shuffler
Note Transposer
Note Velocity To Params
Particle Arpegiator
CC Remapper
Channel Remapper
Note Remapper
Splitter
Step Sequencer
Velocity Scaler
Misc Bidules
Comment
Parameter Modulator
Mixing Bidules
Crossfader
Gain
Mixer
Pan
Stereo Squeezer
Routing Bidules
Audio Switcher
MIDI Switcher
Spectral Bidules
FFT
Freeze
Frequency Binary Operator
Frequency Breeder
Frequency Buffer
Frequency Gate
Frequency Inversion
Frequency Logic Gate
Frequency Shifter
Frequency Stretcher
Frequency Variable
iFFT
Magnitude Binary Operator
Magnitude Breeder
Magnitude Buffer
Magnitude Gate
Magnitude Logic Gate
Magnitude Scaler
Magnitude Shifter
Magnitude Stretcher
Magnitude Variable
Pitch Scaler
Spectral Freezer
Spectral Cherizer
Spectral Crossfader
Spectral Resynthesizer
Spectral To MIDI
Devices
MIDI Device
Audio Device
Building Blocks
Basic Audio File Player
Delay Line
ADSR Envelope
Basic ADSR Envelope
Envelope Follower
Exponential Envelope
Basic Exponential Envelope
Allpass Filter
Basic Filter
Biquad Filter
Comb Filter
Crossover Filter
FIR
Accum
Binary Operator
Change
Clip
Constant
Counter
Function
Function (Recursive)
Logic Gate
Binary Logic Operator
Unary Operator
Unit Converter
Value List
Variable
MIDI CC Creator
MIDI Note Creator
MIDI Note Extractor
Audio Monitor
MIDI Monitor
Oscillator
Random
Sample And Hold
Sync Extractor
Trigger
Trigger Clock
4. VST and VSTi support
Input/outputs configurations
Plugins availability
VST banks and parameters vs MIDI CCs and program changes
VST errors reported by Bidule
Yet to be implemented VST Features
5. ReWire support
Bidule ReWire support.
Basics
ReWire Sync
Sending MIDI to ReWire Devices
6. Groups
Creating a new group
Creating a new group from a selection of bidules and links
Group navigation
Exporting group parameters
Editing group properties
Saving Groups
Group Manager
Grouping Submenu
7. Building Synthesizer Groups
Making a voice Group
Polyphonic Adapter
Advanced Polyphonic synth topics
8. Troubleshooting
9. Acknowledgements
10. Plogue Bidule Revision History