plugdata

Documentation

Learn plugdata at your own pace.

Guides, references and tutorials, from your first oscillator to a finished plugin.

Documentation

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Official Documentation

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Browse the official plugdata documentation

Object reference

Browse the plugdata object reference

Pure Data Documentation

Most Pure Data documentation applies to plugdata too

Theory and Techniques of Electronic Music

An exellent source of information by Miller Puckette, the original creator of pure-data

Heavy Documentation

Compile patches to portable C++ for embedded targets, exported plugins and game engines.

Lua / pdlua

Extend plugdata with scripted objects in Lua.

Video Tutorials

We recommend Sound Codex' YouTube series on plugdata as a starting point. It covers everything from core concepts to making sound and music, to DAW integration.