For bidules using the new UI system, added the possibility to use (shift-)tab when the window gains focus to go through the controls: enter/space will bring textbox/pop menu on related controls, arrows can be used on sliders/knobs/choices.Windows: Standalone (version 0.9778) VST 2.4 (version 0.9778) VST 2.4 64-bit audio + discrete processing version (version 0.9778) VST 3 preliminary (version 0.9778) Version 0.9778 (March 30th, 2022) MacOS: Standalone (version 0.9778) Audio Unit (version 0.9778) VST 2.4 (version 0.9778) VST 2.4 64-bit audio + discrete processing version (AVX capable or Silicon/M1 processor) (version 0.9778) VST 3 preliminary (version 0.9778) Use the plug-in versions The plug-in versions of Bidule will only work for registered users.
It could probably be pretty stable, if designed carefully, and especially if the template of instruments you want access to is relatively small.Please do not post these updates to news sites if they are newer than what is published on the main site You should always download, install and register the standalone version first prior to attempt to
This might be a less solid solution that Plogue Bidule or VSL, but if done properly it could be a really good additional option and one that would be a breeze to set up and would not require any additional software or hardware to accomplish. what if MOTU created a special version of the V-Racks that could stay open when opening and closing project files? You could set up templates the main intruments you always want at your fingertips, and have the advantage of being able to drag and drop instruments and settings right into your current project, or drag instruments and settings from your project files right into that Universal V-Rack from other DP projects. My thoughts this afternoon are that it would be cool if MOTU designed DP so that you could open at least two projects at the same time, and have the V-Racks from one project file available to the other. They are also available to both apps simultaneously so that I can sequence and notate in multiple programs and have both efficiency and consistency.
MIDI Life Crisis wrote:What I like about PB is that I can change sequences and even projects in DP and Finale and my instruments don't have to reload every time. I don't see that on my 12-core Mac, and I have CPU monitors in my menu bar at all times, but I thought I'd mention it. I don't have any problems with it, but some people claim it only uses a single CPU core for all it's processing. I like the how it syncs easily with the session tempo and the audio works great for me. the most convenient way to use something like Bidule in my experience is over ReWire. You're going to need to compensate for the slight delay between the elements outside DP and inside DP. Any time you have something hosted outside of DP, there's going to be added latency to the external elements. With 64-bit, you can use more resources of your computer like RAM. Having the samples loaded and ready to go is a great time saver. That way when you switch sequences, you don't need to reload ALL of your samples on each switch. If you are running a huge template that has large instrument sets that you use all the time, it's nice to be able to load those outside of DP. Having native access to VST plugins is nice in some cases. Bidule can host VST plugins as well as AU plugins at the same time. However, Bidule does offer a few things that can be worthwhile. So, if you're running happy in DP, and don't run out of RAM and DP is stable because you're not running it like a dog, then you can pretty much ignore Bidule. Any time you have to go outside the DP session, it's a pain. If you don't run huge sessions that push DP to the limits, Bidule doesn't really do much for you. That removes all the RAM limitations inside Bidule, but you have to have 64-bit versions of the VI's or else they won't show up.
There's a 64-bit version of Bidule for Mac now.