Pluggo Technology Moves to Max for Live

Effective immediately, Cycling ’74 will discontinue sales of prebuilt Max-based audio plug-in packages. This includes Pluggo, Mode, Hipno, and UpMix. We will still continue to support current users as best we can, but there will be no further development on either the plug-in packages or their supporting technology.

This was not an easy decision to make, and we know it will disappoint some users. We had originally hoped to update our plug-in building technology to work with Max 5. However, we have had to face the fact that it is simply not cost-effective to support three different plug-in specifications on two different platforms, particularly given the increasing absence of standardization of host platforms we have observed over the past several years. Supporting our Max/MSP-based plug-in technology involves trying to make the entire Max environment run inside another host application. This was never a simple matter to begin with, and it has only grown more challenging with time.

We have decided instead to focus our development efforts on a single application, Ableton Live, where we can work directly with the developers and exert some influence over the host environment. Max for Live, announced this past January, offers the key ingredient, interactive software development, that reflects our company’s mission in life. With Max for Live, we’ve used our ten years of experience creating plug-ins to improve every aspect of our development system, adding new user interface tools, sample-accurate automation ramps, and flexible parameter definition and storage options.

As part of our Max for Live development, we have begun to revive the highlights of the Pluggo audio effect and instrument collection, and a couple of screen shots below show examples of our efforts to date. Our Pluggo-inspired devices will be freely available for use with Max for Live, and in recognition of our loyal customer base, we have arranged with Ableton to provide Max for Live discounts to plug-in customers. Details will be announced when the product is released later this year.

By zicarell – May 14, 2009. Posted in articles, journal, newsletter. Tagged with ableton, audio, business, DSP, live, max-for-live, performance, plug-in, software.

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daichi says

hi

December 9, 2009, 5:38 am
T.bias says

I completely rely on Degrader for my production in MOTU Digital Performer. I have NO idea what to do now. I’d be willing to pay for that one plugin alone what I paid for the whole suite.

February 3, 2010, 2:00 am
Filament says

How about Max for Digital Performer, or Max for Logic. Why ableton? I hate ableton live. I bought ableton suite 8 just because I knew max for live was coming, but had to sell it as it was not the way I like to work. I have a Max 5 license, but would love to use it as a pluggin in DP.

February 11, 2010, 10:01 am
Andrew Benson says

Hi Filament, I believe this article will help to articulate our motivations for choosing to partner with Ableton on this project.

February 11, 2010, 10:00 pm
chris says

So why can we download the Pluggo 3.6 demo from your site, but have no way of purchasing it ? I love the plugins, and want to pay for them and get the ‘challenge - response’ authorization, but cannot. It’s kind of a tease. I also want to use them with Digital Perfomer.

February 14, 2010, 3:41 am
Lilli Wessling Hart says

We have to keep the downloads available to people who purchased Pluggo before it was discontinued. Alternatively, you can download Pluggo Junior and use it without authorization.

February 14, 2010, 6:29 pm