| Plogue Art et Technologie, Inc. | |
| Type: | Inc |
| Foundation: | 2000 |
| Location: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Key People: | David Viens (CEO) |
| Area Served: | World |
| Industry: | Music Software |
| Products: | ARIA Engine, Bidule, chipsounds, chipcrusher, chipspeech, Alter/Ego, sforzando |
Plogue Art et Technologie, Inc. is an incorporated company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that develops music software including Bidule, chipsounds, Alter/Ego and chipspeech.[1] [2]
The name Plogue was chosen as it means "plug" in Quebec Anglicism/slang.[3]
The company also has interesting old chips and many of its software releases focus on recreating the older synthesizer chips from the pre-90s. Much of David Viens' work within the company involves Rom Dumping, he collects old voice synthesizers and their ROMs.[4] Hubert Lamontagne was hired by the company due to his knowledge of phonetics and this led to the creation of Chipspeech and Alter/Ego.[5]