For the adventurous, I’ve found it’s possible to turn Pure Data patches from this…
… to a plugin that you can use in Gig Performer, complete with UI and inbuilt plugin presets:
So far I’ve tried this organ instrument, and an audio effect (reverse delay). Both seem to work well.
Pure Data: http://puredata.info/downloads/pure-data
Convert to plugin using: Release v1.0.7 · pierreguillot/Camomile · GitHub
On what platforms does that work? I have a love-hate relationship with PD. It seems really horrible (usability wise) compared to the much more refined MaxMSP but that latter doesn’t let you make plugins.
Win/Mac/Linux.
I know PD works on all of them but does that tool that converts to plugin work on all of them?
Yep. Will create VST3 for Windows and Mac
Mac VST3 for the Almond Organ:
AlmondOrgan.vst3.zip (1.9 MB)
AlmondOrgan VST3 can be validated and loaded 
Why the hell is that not so easy possible with Max?!
Does anybody know if a VST runtime Max where max patches could be loaded is available?
Max used to have a tool called Pluggo. I believe that it was removed as part of the deal with Ableton and M4L. If they had kept Pluggo, then all those M4L devices would be instantly available for any host.
Is Pluggo still working with Max8 Patches?
No…Pluggo was killed off before Max 5 showed up, if I remember correctly
If you create multiple plugins, does each one end up with the entire runtime system/scheduler loaded?
Beyond my understanding.
I saw it uses other solutions:
libpd is wrapper that turns Pure Data into an embeddable audio library
Article by the creator:
Yeah — I’ve been wondering for sometime when someone will connect libpd to our external API 
That sucks…I loved pluggo…made some nice little tools…makes sense now
@Aurasphere there is another one to try: PlugData
PlugData GitHub
Releases · timothyschoen/PlugData · GitHub for downloads
Did you get this working with GP?
Edit: oh, you’re sending OSC messages.
The ability to interact with Max (and PD) was in fact the original reason we implemented OSC support in the first place.
I’ve just played around loading a few patches: midi only, midi to audio, audio to audio.
All worked ok, with patch saved in the plugin state as far as I can tell.
One patch referenced other pd files, which worked when I first loaded the main pd file in GP (it referenced the other files ok), but didn’t work after save/close/re-open of GP.
I haven’t read any documentation yet, just started experimenting.
You can incorporate host automation via objects defined as “receive param1” up to 8.
I made a stereo delay with 3 parameters (delay time, feedback and level).
Rackspace is attached, if anyone has downloaded the plugin and wants to test. I used VST3.
PD Stereo Delay.rackspace (48.6 KB)
The plugins have Pure Data libraries embedded, so the plugins have no other dependencies.
Where did you get the pd plugin?
