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Re: Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web

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Post by dspillett »

pantelisk wrote: post #7
serious_angel wrote: post #5

It seems like the inspiration went from Audacity, and with great changes to the design and feel of calmness and solidity! I've tried loading a file with XM format, yet the current state of the import logic stated "Unsupported". Is there any chance you'll support the format? For example, the following artwork is radiating charmingly in VLC: - https://cable.ayra.ch/modplayer/mods/!Others/DYNAMITE_-_Winamp_5.0RC8_crk.xm…

Thank you :) I 'll look into it, I am a little cautious of bloating up the filesize (right now it's at 98kb of js and 10kb of css), but if I can make something work efficiently I 'll give it a go. On an unrelated note, I'm a little surprised there is no good open source web audio tracker (like Renoise but for the web) out there yet...

For that much functionality 98kb is hardly bloated at all by modern standards, impressively slight in fact, it could probably cope with some more.

Unless part of your fun is keeping it so very trim, of course!

Re: Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web

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Post by patwie »

amelius wrote: post #15
throawayonthe wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

when have you last tried audacity? it's been getting friendlier

How much work would it be to compile Audacity for the web? (I'm a bit behind on web technologies nowadays)

Has been done https://wavacity.com/

Re: Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web

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Post by JKCalhoun »

So 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?

Re: Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web

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Post by pantelisk »

vandyswa wrote: post #24

What's a waveform box and how does one select it?

It's the audio track in a channel. A channel is the horizontal strip, a waveform box is a piece of audio somewhere across that strip. You can double click on one to enter single editor mode, or single click to make it active (once it's active you can drag it around, apply effects to it, move it on a different channel etc etc).

Sorry still working on improving the UX :)

EDIT: There's a short video here - https://x.com/pkalogiros/status/2053492761350046032

Re: Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web

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Post by sporkl »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #23

So 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?

I think that's what Soloist[1] is trying to do (unaffiliated, but I've met the founder)

[1]: https://www.soloistapp.com/

Re: Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web

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Post by pantelisk »

dspillett wrote: post #21
pantelisk wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you :) I 'll look into it, I am a little cautious of bloating up the filesize (right now it's at 98kb of js and 10kb of css), but if I can make something work efficiently I 'll give it a go. On an unrelated note, I'm a little surprised there is no good open source web audio tracker (like Renoise but for the web) out there yet...

For that much functionality 98kb is hardly bloated at all by modern standards, impressively slight in fact, it could probably cope with some more. Unless part of your fun is keeping it so very trim, of course!

Yes, it's part of the fun. Original version was 65kb (with just the single editor mode and all the filters, mp3/wav export etc). But then having to add flac codec, tempo estimators and finally the multitrack mode, made it closer to 100.

When I started developing I was a little frustrated with how bloated the web felt back then so I took that direction, it's much better today though and it's no longer an issue, but I still find it fun to impose these constraints and try to work within or around them (there's this fascinating concept of constrained creativity)

Re: Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web

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Post by someguyiguess »

sporkl wrote: post #27
JKCalhoun wrote: post #23

So 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?

I think that's what Soloist[1] is trying to do (unaffiliated, but I've met the founder) [1]: https://www.soloistapp.com/

That doesn’t look similar at all. That looks like an app for making loops on your phone.

Re: Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web

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Post by someguyiguess »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #23

So 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?

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.
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