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Make Dope Beats with ReactJS

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Re: Make Dope Beats with ReactJS

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What advantage does this have over a regular DAW (other than being free)? Wouldn't most artists not be familiar with all of the concepts inherent with using JSX, and find it easier using a more traditional DAW? (FL Studio, Cubase, Reason, Logic, etc.)

I get that this is a for fun project it seems, just seems a little low on the practical scale for an artist.

Re: Make Dope Beats with ReactJS

#8
While you check out this very cool repo on Formidable's Github, if you're interested in React and/or data visualization, be sure to also check out their Victory React dataviz project, and accompanying charts library.

Victory is somewhat similar to what we discussed putting together as the underlying React-based dataviz library for our react-d3 chart library, except they seem to be figuring out a nice animation API where we struggled.

I ended up burning out from (both paid and open source) overwork last year, and never got my (very basic) dataviz library code out the door, but I'm incredibly impressed with the comprehensive library Formidable has come up with[0], with lots more to come it would appear. I'm easing back into open source work now, but it's pretty clear there's no longer a need for a good low-level, React-based dataviz library.

If you're looking for an interesting new dataviz library to check out, take a look at Victory.

0. https://formidable.com/open-source/victory/

Re: Make Dope Beats with ReactJS

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post #7

What advantage does this have over a regular DAW (other than being free)? Wouldn't most artists not be familiar with all of the concepts inherent with using JSX, and find it easier using a more traditional DAW? (FL Studio, Cubase, Reason, Logic, etc.) I get that this is a for fun project it seems, just seems a little low on the practical scale for an artist.

> I get that this is a for fun project it seems, just seems a little low on the practical scale for an artist.

It's a very new project, I believe. Seeing what this group has accomplished with the Victory React dataviz library, I wouldn't discount it yet. I'll be very interested to see what they put together. Or it may just remain a fun side project. Either way, cool to play with!

Re: Make Dope Beats with ReactJS

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post #7

What advantage does this have over a regular DAW (other than being free)? Wouldn't most artists not be familiar with all of the concepts inherent with using JSX, and find it easier using a more traditional DAW? (FL Studio, Cubase, Reason, Logic, etc.) I get that this is a for fun project it seems, just seems a little low on the practical scale for an artist.

>What advantage does this have over a regular DAW (other than being free)?

Absolutely nothing, and wasn't meant to at all. The purpose of this is is not to be practical, it's to make some noise with React.

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