If you look at the screenshots of the bidule patches in that article, they really aren't doing anything too sophisticated in terms of audio processing. The interesting things you can do with Max never come up.
What they are doing is hosting a bunch of plugins (mainly instances of FM8 and Kontakt) and letting bidule handle audio and MIDI routing. That's sensible, as this rig is replacing one that featured a dozen or so analog, hybrid, and digital hardware synths.
Anyway, Mr. Reismann addresses this topic directly: "Among products considered were Max-MSP, Ableton Live, Mainstage, Rax, and Forte (on PC).
I thought we might have to end up using Max-MSP due to the complexity of the patches we would need, but as I looked harder at Bidule and explored its capabilities fully, I came to see that it could do everything I needed to do, and furthermore, it was elegant and efficient, and its learning curve was gradual enough to be inviting to someone coming to it for the first time, as would be the case for our sound crew and anyone else I brought in to help with the migration."
What they are doing is hosting a bunch of plugins (mainly instances of FM8 and Kontakt) and letting bidule handle audio and MIDI routing. That's sensible, as this rig is replacing one that featured a dozen or so analog, hybrid, and digital hardware synths.
Anyway, Mr. Reismann addresses this topic directly: "Among products considered were Max-MSP, Ableton Live, Mainstage, Rax, and Forte (on PC).
I thought we might have to end up using Max-MSP due to the complexity of the patches we would need, but as I looked harder at Bidule and explored its capabilities fully, I came to see that it could do everything I needed to do, and furthermore, it was elegant and efficient, and its learning curve was gradual enough to be inviting to someone coming to it for the first time, as would be the case for our sound crew and anyone else I brought in to help with the migration."