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
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.