The Daevl.Plugs are a suite of Audio Transmogrification plug-ins created by Vlad Spears in the graphical programming language Max/MSP/Jitter for use in the Pluggo environment within your host audio application.


What's "Transmogrification?"

To transmogrify is to shapeshift or metamorphose. Wikipedia has an excellent entry on Transmogrification. See also this secondary entry for Transmogrifier. The Transmogrifier Machine built by Calvin and Hobbes is actually the earliest known influence on the Daevl.Plugs.


What's Pluggo?

Pluggo 3.6 wraps Max/MSP/Jitter and fronts it as VST2, Audio Unit and RTAS plug-ins for use in audio software host applications like Ableton Live, MOTU Digital Performer and 5-12 Numerology. The Daevl.Plugs were created in Max/MSP/Jitter, so Pluggo is the secret sauce that allows them to run as plug-ins. The Daevl.Plugs won't run without it. You can download one the various flavors of free Pluggo 3.6 installers here:

http://www.cycling74.com/downloads/pluggo

A perpetually up-to-date mirror of the free Pluggo Runtime for Mac OS X can also be found here:

http://daevlmakr.com/downloads/daevlplugs/pluggoruntime361.dmg


What's the purchase/authorization process?

It's very easy.

For Macintosh OS X:

1 - Make sure you have Pluggo 3.6 or later installed. See "What's Pluggo?" above if you need it.
2 - Download and install the Daevl.Plugs demo.
3 - Purchase the Daevl.Plugs in the Daevlmakr Store.
4 - You'll receive a unique Activation Phrase by email. Copy this phrase from the email.
5 - Launch the Activate Daevl.Plugs application, found in /Applications/Daevl.Plugs
6 - Paste in your Activation Phrase when asked and you're all set!
7 - The Daevl loves you.

For Windows XP:

1 - Make sure you have Pluggo 3.6 or later installed. See "What's Pluggo?" above if you need it.
2 - Download and install the Daevl.Plugs demo into your main VST directory.
3 - Purchase the Daevl.Plugs in the Daevlmakr Store.
4 - You'll receive a unique Activation Phrase by email. Copy this phrase from the email.
5 - Launch the Activate Daevl.Plugs application, found in Start | All Programs | Daevlmakr Daevl.Plugs
6 - Paste in your Activation Phrase when asked.
7 - Select destination: choose the \Daevl.Plugs directory inside your main VST directory.
8 - The Daevl loves you, too.

What does the Daevl.Plugs Clean Machine do?

Beginning with Daevl.Plugs version 1.0.1 for Macintosh OS X, the Daevl.Plugs Clean Machine is a small application you'll see in the disk image after you download and mount it on your desktop. The Daevl.Plugs Clean Machine removes all the various parts of previous Daevl.Plugs beta and release versions from your drive, allowing you to install the latest version into a nice, clean environment.


Do you support my host application?

Check the list of officially supported host applications near the bottom of the Daevl.Plugs main page. There are also many unsupported apps listed, all known to work well with the Daevl.Plugs.

If you don't see your application listed, just download the demo and try the Daevl.Plugs out. If they work/don't work in your non-listed host application, please let us know.


Who is the horned guy at the top of every page?

Pan, the original god of rock 'n' roll, the archetypal rockstar. Let's just say the Arcadians knew how to party.


Can I install the Daevl.Plugs on more than one machine?

The Daevl.Plugs are released under the QYBL-C (Question Your Beliefs License - Commercial), a very easy and generous license which protects Daevlmakr Media from frivolous and dastardly legal claims while giving honest owners of our software maximum rights in use.

You may install the Daevl.Plugs on as many machines as you personally both own and use. One laptop and one desktop? No problem. Twelve desktops, nine laptops and one embedded machine you've melded into your car audio system? Still no problem, as long as all of them belong to and are used by you.


I use both Mac and Windows boxes... do I need to purchase two licenses?

Daevl.Plugs licenses are cross-platform, so you can run on both platforms using the same Activation Phrase.


US$36! Other individual plugs sell for many times this amount. Why is the price so low?

We've kept the price very low to allow the Daevl.Plugs to be affordable for just about anyone. In the honest pursuit of fairness, we've also left out draconian copy protection measures to allow you full exercise of your rights as a purchaser for your hard-earned US$36.

Why did we do this, instead of charging US$100 or higher and limiting you to one install bound to a single machine? Because we believe honesty and fairness keeps everyone both eating and creating. If we were considering the purchase of this software, this is how we would want to be treated.


Where are all the three dimensional knobs and faux hardware interfaces?

An on-screen virtual knob has very low freedom of use. The display range and parameter granularity are bound to your screen resolution and the size of the control. Knobs limit your range of sonic options, and that's not what the Daevl.Plugs are about.

The Daevl.Plugs employ number boxes for two reasons:

1 - Complete control over parameter values. Some of the parameters in these plug-ins have incredible range. A knob would force you to use a very limited subset of that range, skipping many intermediate values as you turned it just so it could get from lowest value to highest. With number boxes you have all the sonic terrain between minimum and maximum available. In the case of floating point values, dragging to the right of the decimal will enable fine control, while dragging to the decimal's left will roll through the values swiftly.

2 - Everyone does three dimensional knobs and faux hardware. The Daevl.Plugs look different, just like they sound.


Can you create an effect like X?

The fabled Effect X, grail of musicians since myths walked the land. If you have an idea for an effect you think should be a future Daevl.Plug, by all means send it along to us.


How can I join The League Of Extraordinary Beta Testers?

Email daemon@daevlmakr.com with details about your available machines, host environments and links to your music. The secret handshake to acceptance is easy: you need to be demonstrably proficient with your gear, you must be a dedicated musician and we have to like your music.


How do you pronounce "Daevlmakr?"

Devil followed immediately by Maker.


Does "Daevlmakr" have a meaning?

Yes, as a matter of fact, it does.