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input_sh 9 hours ago

I can tell you exactly how any professional is gonna evaluate this DAW: press Ctrl+F, type "VST", see 0 results, close the page.

meowface 9 hours ago | parent [-]

If they do add VST support I could see them becoming a legitimate player. Without it it's definitely just a toy.

input_sh 8 hours ago | parent [-]

They're never gonna let you upload and run your own executable files to their infrastructure.

That + latency with MIDI devices is why every DAW-in-a-browser is just a toy.

recursive 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Didn't realize this was in a browser. That tells me all I need to know.

lioeters 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Coming soon: Suno Desktop (Electron version). "Look ma, no browser!"

efskap 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's a pipe dream of course, but WebAssembly would be an ideal target for C++ VSTs for its portability and sandboxing

polishdude20 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You can get a vst to run locally and still work with the browser.

input_sh 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Okay, but why would you? What's the advantage of that? VSTs are resource hogs (when you have like 10+ running at once), not DAWs.

I somehow doubt a full-blown browser connected to more than a couple of VSTs would be less of a resource hog than doing the same in a DAW. On your computer. That you own. In your house. Without like additional 50ms of latency for the data to travel to the server and back.

recursive 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I just assumed all the audio data would be local even in a "browser DAW", so VST calls wouldn't go through a network.

zahlman 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

... VSTs are executable code?