Plogue Art et Technologie, Inc.

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Plogue Art et Technologie, Inc.
Company type Inc
IndustryMusic Software
Founded2000
Headquarters Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Area served
World
Key people
David Viens (CEO)
ProductsARIA Engine, Bidule, chipsounds, chipcrusher, chipspeech, Alter/Ego, sforzando, chipsynth suite
Website www.plogue.com

Plogue Art et Technologie, Inc. is an incorporated company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that develops music software including Bidule, chipsounds, Alter/Ego and chipspeech. [1] [2]

The name Plogue was chosen as it means "plug" in Quebec Anglicism/slang. [3]

The company also has interesting old chips and many of its software releases focus on recreating the older synthesizer chips from the pre-90s. Much of David Viens' work within the company involves Rom Dumping, he collects old voice synthesizers and their ROMs. [4] Hubert Lamontagne was hired by the company due to his knowledge of phonetics and this led to the creation of Chipspeech and Alter/Ego. [5]

Since November 25, 2024 Plogue officially announced it's discontinuation of it's Twitter account, which it first established in May 2009. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Music, Computer (2014-09-11). "Meet the Programmers: Plogue". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  2. ↑ Future Publishing Limited (2014-09-11). "MIA Awards 2015: Computer Music Software of the Year award". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  3. ↑ "Plogue Bidule Modular Music App: Get Started, Meet the Creators - CDM Create Digital Music". Createdigitalmusic.com. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Saving Old Voices by Dumping ROMs". Hackaday. 2016-01-20. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  5. ↑ Peter Kirn (14 January 2015). "How A Plug-in Recaptured the Robot Voices of Your Childhood - CDM Create Digital Music". Createdigitalmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  6. ↑ "Plogue moving to Bluesky". Twitter. Plogue. Retrieved 15 March 2025.


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