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A DAW made in Excel (2020) [video]
- thomasfl 4y agoExcel turns out to be a great user interface for making music. Use the interface you probably allready know.
- mike_hock 4y agoLOL
- TAForObvReasons 4y agoIf you squint hard enough, ModPlug Tracker / OpenMPT kinda sorta looks like a spreadsheet https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/OpenMPT-1.18.01.00.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/OpenMPT-... . It runs the timeline top to bottom
- mike_hock 4y agoNot only if you squint, what he made definitely looks like a tracker.
- skrebbel 4y agoAt the risk of being a nitpick, this is not a tracker. A tracker has one axis for time (usually down) and another for channels. Each cell is a note, the pitch of which is written as text (eg “C-5”). This lets you see and edit multiple channels quickly in the same view. That’s the distinguishing quality of trackers. This Excel DAW appears to have a separate sheet per channel: each sheet has one axis for time and another for note pitch. In other words, it’s a piano roll. These are common in most regular DAWs but not in trackers. In other words, the only thing this has in common with trackers is superficial, ie the grid/table look.
- rob74 4y agoYeah, a piano roll is a really good comparison. The "tracker-style" notation is much more compact (has to be, after all the first trackers ran on the Amiga in 320x200/256 resolution).
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- Minor49er 4y agoAs a longtime user of MPT, I always describe it as making music on a spreadsheet
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- de6u99er 4y agoThat's really cool.
- 2Gkashmiri 4y ago"this man gives me a reason to continue pursuing unrealistic life plans" comment on the video.... this is nice
- self_awareness 4y agoWhat is a DAW?
- gizajob 4y agoDigital Audio Workstation, like Cubase or Logic or Ableton or Pro Tools
- neverminder 4y agoOr Bitwig and Reaper if you're on Linux.
- lydericlandry 4y agoor LMMS...
- type0 4y agoor Ardour...
- einca 4y agoor Renoise...
- djmips 4y agoor Reddit...
- paskozdilar 4y agoWait, Reddit is a DAW now?
- Tijdreiziger 4y agoThe future is now, old man!
- rmnclmnt 4y agoConstraints drive creativity
- webprofusion 4y agoIt's really cool. It's definitely not a DAW, it's a tracker (e.g. a sequencer).
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- radiojasper 4y agoWhat the actual fuck. That's amazing!