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I see several comments along the lines of "who is this even for", which may be classic HN negativity or maybe the docs don't make it clear enough. I've actually
by moarsel 5y ago
I see several comments along the lines of "who is this even for", which may be classic HN negativity or maybe the docs don't make it clear enough. I've actually played with this library (and many others), and I'm super psyched to see it ship!
To me this is the equivalent of React native for audio: describe your audio declaratively, and let the platform handle the rest. The benefits are:
- Write once, deploy everywhere (building DAW plugins sucks, and most web audio is not performant)
- Lower barrier to learning DSP (yes, DSP engineers already know low level languages that can do this, AND now more people can build audio software)
- Modern dev environment and faster feedback loop. I can now build a React app (or React native) with a high performance audio engine built right in.
I'm pretty skeptical of people defending the status quo approach here... Like, where's the Figma for DAWs? Why don't more more people to write their own VST plugins? And why is audio software so UGLY?
Audio software design has been stuck in the 90's for too long and I'm psyched to see it open up and become more accessible!