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I'm a bit confused - this doesn't look like a quick tool built to solve one issue - this links to what appears to be a whole company with many sophisticated pro

I'm a bit confused - this doesn't look like a quick tool built to solve one issue - this links to what appears to be a whole company with many sophisticated products. You did this all yourself?

Throw10987 4y ago
This used to be the way. Now it takes a whole team to put a textbox on a Web app.
- sam1r 4y ago
  Exactly. You’ll need an entirely remote design team (to reduce costs ofc) to make sure it’s mobile.
- quaintdev 4y ago
  or one ChatGPT
- MildlySerious 4y ago
  The good thing is, there is a bit of a resurgence of the solopreneur spirit.
- KingOfCoders 4y ago
  No. It's just what we chose - http://www.radicalsimpli.city/ http://www.radicalsimpli.city/
  - qorrect 4y ago
    I have never seen this chart before today http://www.radicalsimpli.city/Complexity2005_2021.svg http://www.radicalsimpli.city/Complexity2005_2021.svg. I have seen it three times in the space of an hour on different websites.
    - imhoguy 4y ago
      I recall I have seen it also on Unpoly presentation which was on HN first page the same day.
fxtentacle 4y ago
Wow I didn't expect this to get so much attention. Yes, I built all these products. The tools have a shared C++ core library and then I did the DAW integrations and platform-specific GUIs with JUCE, which is a cross platform C++ toolkit popular with audio people. The original issue that I solved was simply mixing a large number of inputs down to something like 22.2 cinema surround based on mathematical formulas. Instead of the user dialing in 24 knobs, they type in XYZ coordinates and the math decides those 24 knobs for you. Later versions then added animation, control surfaces, the headphone surround sound, and MPEG-H export for live TV. All the initial release versions were 1 programmer x 3 years. By now, I've moved on and nowadays they have a small team to do maintenance, support, upgrades, etc.
- exikyut 4y ago
  Wow, 22.2 is pretty crazy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22.2_surround_sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22.2_surround_sound When you say you can input XYZ coordinates - I couldn't help but wonder, is this sort of thing ever hooked up to motion tracking?
  - fxtentacle 4y ago
    Back then, people used it for live art performances, so I added a protocol to stream in the positions real-time. The ARRI mixing desks have the same protocol, so capturing motion data into your DAW is definitely doable.

I'm a bit confused - this doesn't look like a quick tool built to solve one issue - this links to what appears to be a whole company with many sophisticated products. You did this all yourself?

Throw10987 4y ago

This used to be the way. Now it takes a whole team to put a textbox on a Web app.

sam1r 4y ago
Exactly. You’ll need an entirely remote design team (to reduce costs ofc) to make sure it’s mobile.
quaintdev 4y ago
or one ChatGPT
MildlySerious 4y ago
The good thing is, there is a bit of a resurgence of the solopreneur spirit.
KingOfCoders 4y ago
No. It's just what we chose - http://www.radicalsimpli.city/ http://www.radicalsimpli.city/
- qorrect 4y ago
  I have never seen this chart before today http://www.radicalsimpli.city/Complexity2005_2021.svg http://www.radicalsimpli.city/Complexity2005_2021.svg. I have seen it three times in the space of an hour on different websites.
  - imhoguy 4y ago
    I recall I have seen it also on Unpoly presentation which was on HN first page the same day.

fxtentacle 4y ago

Wow I didn't expect this to get so much attention. Yes, I built all these products. The tools have a shared C++ core library and then I did the DAW integrations and platform-specific GUIs with JUCE, which is a cross platform C++ toolkit popular with audio people. The original issue that I solved was simply mixing a large number of inputs down to something like 22.2 cinema surround based on mathematical formulas. Instead of the user dialing in 24 knobs, they type in XYZ coordinates and the math decides those 24 knobs for you. Later versions then added animation, control surfaces, the headphone surround sound, and MPEG-H export for live TV. All the initial release versions were 1 programmer x 3 years. By now, I've moved on and nowadays they have a small team to do maintenance, support, upgrades, etc.

exikyut 4y ago
Wow, 22.2 is pretty crazy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22.2_surround_sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22.2_surround_sound When you say you can input XYZ coordinates - I couldn't help but wonder, is this sort of thing ever hooked up to motion tracking?
- fxtentacle 4y ago
  Back then, people used it for live art performances, so I added a protocol to stream in the positions real-time. The ARRI mixing desks have the same protocol, so capturing motion data into your DAW is definitely doable.