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Digital audio workstation of the web

Shown by stagas on Jun 17, 2014. Click the card to turn it over.

625points

132comments

#9of 2,272 in 2014

Top 1%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

31 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 11 critical, out of 68 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.

Idea: 9 for, 4 againstExecution: 4 for, 6 againstPerformance: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against

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Responsive, immediate feedback when changing code
From 2 comments
- This is such a great example of a great experience changing behavior. I haven't thought of making music in years, and I've seen other projects kinda similar to this in the past-…
  quaunaut on HN
- I just loaded some example projects, hit the play button and started changing the code. The output responded immediately.
  JonnieCache on HN
Good sounds and fun to play with
From 2 comments
- This is really cool, really nice level of abstraction. The 303 example in the environments in which I learned computer music fundamentals (PD, Max, CSound, Supercollider) would…
  jm547ster on HN
- This is amazing - I had loads of fun playing with this for a couple of minutes - thanks!
  aaronsnoswell on HN
Could be useful for prototyping game sound effects
From 1 comment
- This could be really useful for prototyping realtime sfx for games. I am floored by how well it runs on my Moto G, specially the 303 and the subwah patches. Great job!
  yeureka on HN

Not really a DAW; more a live-coding DSP environment
From 2 comments
- This isn't really a DAW. For those unfamiliar, a DAW is a fully-featured music creation environment including sound design, composition, recording, arrangement and mixing in one…
  JonnieCache on HN
- seems like this is really a window for executing javascript, no? where's the DAW?
  catshirt on HN
Missing error feedback when code fails
From 1 comment
- This is amazing, but I wish there was a clear way of knowing when there is an error causing your changes to not be output. I fiddled for a couple of minutes without any changes…
  zapt02 on HN
Browser compatibility issues, does not work in IE
From 2 comments
- Does not work in IE, but does in Firefox and Chrome. Is it just me or the application does not actually work in IE?
  radmuzom on HN
- it's probably me, but I get nothing... - ff (latest beta) : waveform thingy works, no sound - chrome (latest beta) : no waveform, no sound - IE (11) : nothing
  tech-no-logical on HN

Export generated audio
From 1 comment
- What a great idea. I want to make synthesized sound effects for a game I'm making, and building them algorithmically in Javascript would be great. My alternatives have involved…
  sossles on HN
Knob-based GUI interface for non-programmers
From 1 comment
- This is really, really impressive. Cool range of sounds. Have you thought about attaching a user-friendly, knobby interface to the modules? I could see it as a really easy way…
  newrenowhore on HN
Open source repository access
From 1 comment
- I'd love to help develop this (and experiment myself!). Is it open source? If so, where can I find the repo?
  dasmithii on HN

What tutorials exist for learning to make these sounds
From 2 comments
- This is really cool. Anyone know of any good tutorials for learning how to make sounds like this?
  jbernier on HN
- As someone who's completely ignorant to the concepts behind algorave, could anyone more experienced outline the helpful prerequisites to know before I experiment with a tool like…
  zhodge on HN
How is the sound generated
From 1 comment
- This isn't really a DAW. For those unfamiliar, a DAW is a fully-featured music creation environment including sound design, composition, recording, arrangement and mixing in one…
  JonnieCache on HN

Overtone
From 1 comment
- This is really great. Reminds me of: https://github.com/overtone/overtone
  elwell on HN
SuperCollider
From 1 comment
- This kind of thing has existed in desktop/native form for some years. Look up supercollider.
  JonnieCache on HN
Gibber
From 1 comment
- For another take on live coding in the browser: http://gibber.mat.ucsb.edu/ Check out http://algorave.com for more info on the live coding music scene, which has really taken off…
  jarmitage on HN
CSound
From 1 comment
- Looks like a modern (in-browser) take on CSound[1]. I love the idea of modifying the code during runtime. [1] http://www.csounds.com/
  thinkmassive on HN
Pure Data and Max/MSP
From 2 comments
- & max/msp even included js but it operated at control rate, not audio, so you couldn't write synths directly as js
  fat0wl on HN
- yea want to try it but i'm stuck on max 5... max upgrades are more expensive than they're worth & now its splitting into multiple products (max4live,gen) so i'm kindof on an…
  fat0wl on HN