Dan Nigrin

Major Malfunction, my Mac OS X Pluggo-based 

slice/dicer/mangler/glitcher/FSU plugin specifically tailored for 

Ableton Live, is now updated to version 1.5.

It has many new features and improvements, including new distortion, 

http://www.defectiverecords.com/majormalfunction

And many thanks to all those who have helped me along the way, and/or 

provided their externals! (Peter Elsea, Jasch, and Bill Orcutt).

202 Hack / PC-1600 User / VSTi Host / OMS Convert / Jack OS X / Major 

Major Malfunction, my Mac OS X Pluggo-based 
slice/dicer/mangler/glitcher/FSU plugin specifically tailored for 
Ableton Live, is now updated to version 1.5.

It has many new features and improvements, including new distortion, 
vocoder, filter, etc..

More info at http://www.defectiverecords.com/majormalfunction - demo 
version available.

And many thanks to all those who have helped me along the way, and/or 
provided their externals!  (Peter Elsea, Jasch, and Bill Orcutt).

Thanks,
Dan
-- 
Dan Nigrin
Defective Records
202 Hack / PC-1600 User / VSTi Host / OMS Convert / Jack OS X / Major 
Malfunction
http://www.defectiverecords.com
http://www.jackosx.com


announce-major-malfunction-v1-5

I'm quite the pluggo pro. I'd like a crack at making it work for windowz.

>I'm quite the pluggo pro. I'd like a crack at making it work for windowz.

Thanks, but I actually already have a fully functional Windows 

version of the plug, but the graphic performance especially is not 

good - way too much flickering and redrawing. I'm fairly sure that 

it's because I have several graphic elements that overlay each other, 

and Windows just doesn't like that in Max, compared to OS X.

So - I'm going to have to re-engineer the plug quite a bit to get it 

to a point where I'm comfortable putting it out there for Win....

At 6:55 PM -0700 7/12/07, jamez wrote:
>I'm quite the pluggo pro. I'd like a crack at making it work for windowz.

Thanks, but I actually already have a fully functional Windows 
version of the plug, but the graphic performance especially is not 
good - way too much flickering and redrawing.  I'm fairly sure that 
it's because I have several graphic elements that overlay each other, 
and Windows just doesn't like that in Max, compared to OS X.

So - I'm going to have to re-engineer the plug quite a bit to get it 
to a point where I'm comfortable putting it out there for Win....

Dan
-- 
Dan Nigrin
Defective Records
202 Hack / PC-1600 User / VSTi Host / OMS Convert / Jack OS X / Major 
Malfunction
http://www.defectiverecords.com
http://www.jackosx.com


i like the plugin.. have you heard of anyone having success using it with logic? I haven't recieved my packaged pluggo yet so i do have pluggo installed atm, but i'd def like to use this. Not sure why it wouldn't work with other hosts.

i like the plugin.. have you heard of anyone having success using it with logic? I haven't recieved my packaged pluggo yet so i do have pluggo installed atm,  but i'd def like to use this. Not sure why it wouldn't work with other hosts. 

the trick to getting it to not flicker so much is to disable write combining. go to control panel > display > settings tab > advanced button > troubleshoot tab > uncheck write combining.

I found this little tweek significantly changed the way gui functions in Max operated under windows. I mean, its like night and day for my computer.

the trick to getting it to not flicker so much is to disable write combining.  go to control panel > display > settings tab > advanced button > troubleshoot tab > uncheck write combining.  

I found this little tweek significantly changed the way gui functions in Max operated under windows.  I mean, its like night and day for my computer.


Many people have tried it in Logic (and other hosts), and many of 

those have found it quite usable for their needs. It performs poorly 

(timing tightness-wise) if you loop a section over and over in Logic, 

but if you just are running the transport straight without looping, 

it works better. Also the plugin doesn't get initialized the first 

time you load it up, until you start the audio running the first (a 

common Logic problem with other plugins).

Also, you don't need the full Pluggo to run the plugin - just 

download the Major Malfunction Demo installer that includes the free 

Pluggo Runtime, and you'll be all set. And when you get your full 

version of Pluggo, you can safely just install that over the Pluggo 

At 10:38 PM -0600 7/12/07, Matthew Williams wrote:

>i like the plugin.. have you heard of anyone having success using it 

>with logic? I haven't recieved my packaged pluggo yet so i do have 

>pluggo installed atm, but i'd def like to use this. Not sure why it 

Many people have tried it in Logic (and other hosts), and many of 
those have found it quite usable for their needs.  It performs poorly 
(timing tightness-wise) if you loop a section over and over in Logic, 
but if you just are running the transport straight without looping, 
it works better.  Also the plugin doesn't get initialized the first 
time you load it up, until you start the audio running the first (a 
common Logic problem with other plugins).

Also, you don't need the full Pluggo to run the plugin - just 
download the Major Malfunction Demo installer that includes the free 
Pluggo Runtime, and you'll be all set.  And when you get your full 
version of Pluggo, you can safely just install that over the Pluggo 
Runtime.

At 10:38 PM -0600 7/12/07, Matthew Williams wrote:
>i like the plugin.. have you heard of anyone having success using it 
>with logic? I haven't recieved my packaged pluggo yet so i do have 
>pluggo installed atm,  but i'd def like to use this. Not sure why it 
>wouldn't work with other hosts.
>
>matt

-- 
Dan Nigrin
Defective Records
202 Hack / PC-1600 User / VSTi Host / OMS Convert / Jack OS X / Major 
Malfunction
http://www.defectiverecords.com
http://www.jackosx.com


Thanks for the suggestion - although the behavior seems different, 

there still is a lot of flickering and redrawing, that is not fun to 

I've basically got to rework things so that I do not layer graphics 

that are dynamic, and that move over each other during the plugins 

>the trick to getting it to not flicker so much is to disable write 

>combining. go to control panel > display > settings tab > advanced 

>button > troubleshoot tab > uncheck write combining. 

>I found this little tweek significantly changed the way gui 

>functions in Max operated under windows. I mean, its like night and 

Thanks for the suggestion - although the behavior seems different, 
there still is a lot of flickering and redrawing, that is not fun to 
look at.

I've basically got to rework things so that I do not layer graphics 
that are dynamic, and that move over each other during the plugins 
operation...

At 11:40 PM -0700 7/12/07, jamez wrote:
>the trick to getting it to not flicker so much is to disable write 
>combining.  go to control panel > display > settings tab > advanced 
>button > troubleshoot tab > uncheck write combining. 
>
>I found this little tweek significantly changed the way gui 
>functions in Max operated under windows.  I mean, its like night and 
>day for my computer. 

ANNOUNCE: Major Malfunction v1.5