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> Google Docs is not a tool for accomplishing a task that used to be (and to some extent still is) considered a lifelong learning experience requiring significa
by fleventynine 4y ago
> Google Docs is not a tool for accomplishing a task that used to be (and to some extent still is) considered a lifelong learning experience requiring significant skill (audio engineering)
I would argue that the lifelong learning experience has more to do with developing a good ear (and taste) than learning specific technical tools or workflows. Anything that helps experienced audio engineers collaborate with talented musicians and composers working from home is a good thing.
With regards to plugin APIs, hopefully the web-DAW community can agree on a de-facto standard based around WebAssembly, and ideally that standard would be fully open. If it is successful, the native DAWs have the option of supporting it too.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago> Anything that helps experienced audio engineers collaborate with talented musicians and composers working from home is a good thing. Right, but if you get paid to do this sort of thing and thus time-is-money, then networked-based collaboration is likely to prove more productive than reducing the toolset to what can be done in-browser. Those tools already exist, but once again are deeply fragmented.
- fleventynine 4y agoDon't underestimate the value of asynchronous collaboration (where person A is working on the project while person B is doing something else). Sometimes "using the absolute best tools regardless of platform" is not the thing to optimize for. Maybe the client wants to tweak their vocal performance and get a mastered mixdown right away (using the engineer's last-used settings for the session) without waiting (or paying) for them to re-do the master.