<s>
Bidule	B-Application
is	O
a	O
commercial	B-Application
software	I-Application
application	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
interactive	B-General_Concept
computer	B-Application
music	I-Application
and	O
multimedia	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Canadian	O
company	O
Plogue	O
Arts	O
and	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
both	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bidule	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
modular	O
structure	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
patch	O
cord	O
metaphor	O
much	O
like	O
AudioMulch	B-Language
,	O
Reaktor	B-Application
,	O
Pure	B-Language
Data	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Max/MSP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Individual	O
modules	O
are	O
called	O
bidules	B-Application
(	O
the	O
Plogue	O
web	O
site	O
states	O
that	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
Bidule	B-Application
"	O
is	O
French	O
for	O
"	O
thingy	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
gadget	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
set	O
of	O
bidules	B-Application
and	O
connections	O
is	O
called	O
a	O
layout	O
,	O
and	O
sub-patches	O
called	O
groups	O
can	O
be	O
built	O
within	O
layouts	O
and	O
saved	O
for	O
use	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
other	O
audio	O
DAW	O
software	O
ReWire	B-Architecture
,	O
Bidule	B-Application
can	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
ReWire	B-Architecture
mixer	O
or	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bidule	B-Application
can	O
run	O
standalone	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
VST	B-Application
,	O
VSTi	O
or	O
AU	B-Operating_System
plugin	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
host	O
the	O
same	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ASIO/CoreAudio	O
is	O
supported	O
for	O
low	O
latency	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bidule	B-Application
can	O
use	O
multithread	O
processing	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
beta	O
build	O
for	O
discrete	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
