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by lostgame 1431 days ago
tomc1985 made an extremely valid point here, as any serious DAW user would agree - they did not imply the creator was an idiot, but that any DAW without plug-in support is, at best - a toy, and I will personally add that the concept of using a browser to record audio when latency and playback quality is already an issue with fully OS-native DAW’s.

Other than some side project just for fun, I absolutely see no practical use, application, or function the app can provide that Ardour (which is already open-source and free if you compile it) isn’t going to do infinitely better.

The author isn’t an idiot, quite the opposite, it takes a lot of effort to write even a simple DAW.

But the product makes no sense. The target platform is totally in opposition to the needs the tool requires to fulfill its purpose.

It’s like those people who run DOOM on their smart fridge. The creator isn’t an idiot, it’s just a waste of time outside of saying ‘I did this’ and nobody is ever actually going to choose to seriously play the game with that way.

There’s no need to be snarky like you’re being, it’s possible to make points without coming off like an asshole.

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Thanks, you basically wrote what I was going to. In audio-production-land, the term DAW is generally understood to mean "real-time (single-digit ms latency) capable audio plugin host and audio/MIDI sequencer". Anything not checking all those boxes is interesting, but likely won't be "able to(n)" get a whole lot of "tracktion" from "avid" users. ;-D

I also need to note that users of free/cheap audio software can be some of the brattiest, most entitled and actively hostile users I've seen anywhere, based in my 20+ years on KVR, GearSpace, and other forums. Every dev in the space needs to have a thick skin and be ready for the "it would be great if only it..." to start rolling in.

Great to see people pushing the "envelope" of browser-based tech!

>> Anything not checking all those boxes is interesting, but likely won't be "able to(n)" get a whole lot of "tracktion" from "avid" users. ;-D

They probably wouldn’t find that “Logic—al”…

(I couldn’t help myself, I’m a Logic user and you wrote it for me :P)

Have to applaud the Traktor reference in particular