From an audio engineer: this is so freakin cool.
Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web
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#122The included sample slaps :)
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes. I’ve wanted something like this for a while. I’ve always wondered why there isn’t version control for DAWs. So many times I’ve spent hours editing a track and accidentally saved it without specifying a unique file name. Only to open it later and wish I could go back to before the changes that fucked it up.
DAW projects aren't text. They can include audio files, plug-ins, automation curves, MIDI data, and more. A complete reconstruction would have to save and freeze all of those elements. You can save references to save space, but you still need a complete collection of everything as a starting point. And DAWs themselves regularly change their saved file formats. For a completely secure reconstruction you'd have to save…
That's no different than git + binary blobs.
The problem is not the non-text elements, because in a non-destructive non-linear editor, those elements are rarely, if ever, modified after creation.
The rest of the state can easily be represented as text, but as I noted in my other comment (a sibling of yours) the format is rarely line oriented which makes most VC tools not particularly suitable.
Re: Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web
#126Hey, really awesome work!
As someone that makes a lot of music and creates instruments and plugins, there's one thing though I feel need to push back against slightly.
So now you're in the position where I'm assuming the codebase is quite young an malleable. I think it's worth asking yourself: do we need another garageband-like linear music tool? I would say, no. The reason I'm bringing this up in first place is because, yes, there will always be people that think you should make another... superhero-movie or something. But why not make an effort to make something instead that genuinely introduces some new ideas?
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#127wow impressive
Re: Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web
#128Very cool! I can see myself using this for quick edits
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#130So want something like this but where the tracks are in the cloud. I want to "check out" someone's drum loop and add a guitar riff. Check it into a branch. Someone else checks out the drum+guitar, adds a bass line. Checks in. "Jamming" with other people is one of the most fun things. To the degree that you can "get close" on the web… RiffHub, anyone?
What you're looking for, is Endlesss: