Plug Data vs Architect vs Grid – Bitwig Forum

Idk about Architect, but I’ve used plugdata. Plugdata is way more capable, you can do fft processing, convolution and much more. Complex logic is easier to patch in it, and also is less cpu intensive, since it runs at control rate (much less than the 4x oversampled audio rate of grid).

Couple of cons of plugdata include, being less beginner friendly (need to configure patch to be polyphonic, or adding ADSR envelope is not as simple as grid), and it’s not as well integrated into Bitwig, where in grid you can insert sidechain signal from any track with single module, or modulate devices in grid’s fx chain. Grid is much simpler to patch and get quick results.

TLDR; Plug data is way more capable, but has steeper learning curve. If you feel being limited by grid then look up some puredata tutorials.

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