This is all very helpful - thank you!NothanUmber wrote: Sun Jan 18, 2026 11:29 am Bitwig Grid is cool, particularly for own experiments! (I wish it had a module concept so you could structure more complex designs).
TheTechnobear has released a template that can be used to create VCV plugins with RNBO+Max, this also looks interesting! https://github.com/TheTechnobear/VcvRnboTemplate (RNBO generates C++ code, so this + JUCE can be used to create any kind of plugin for Mac+Windows+Linux. (Max itself is Mac+Windows atm.)).
And then there is PlugData (https://plugdata.org/), a VST/AU/LV2/CLAP plugin version of Pure Data. PlugData runs as standalone or as plugin inside any DAW on Linux+Mac+Windows. PlugData can be switched between "perform" and "edit" mode inside the plugin window for a loaded schematic. Can be exported as C++ code(*), exported to run on compatible hardware pedals or PD schematics can directly be provided to people so they can load them in PlugData inside their DAWs and/or extend the synths. One can prototype UIs with the PlugData UI elements or make more fancy UIs with Juce later with e.g. this template(*): https://github.com/o-g-sus/JUCE-HEAVY . Here some plugins that people have made with PlugData: https://plugdata.org/store.html
*: Export as C++ uses the Heavy compiler which supports a subset of Pd, similar to RNBO in Max which also provides a Max subset. So when C++ export is the goal then best enable "compiled mode" in Plugdata, so it will highlight modules which cannot be exported later on.
As time and energy allow, I’ll do more research and start playing around to see what grabs me.
