Make Tracker Tunes in the Browser

Re:Make Tracker Tunes in the Browser by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @12:57AM (#31500764)

again, as much as i hate the idea of music creation tools being created for the browser, absolutely outstanding

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Re:Make Tracker Tunes in the Browser by irh on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @02:16AM (#31501170)

Agreed, outstanding!

I'm less conflicted about having music tools in the browser. Yes, it's less efficient, and there's more risk of dropouts, and there's less control over I/O, and there's generally less you can _do_... But what's emerging is widespread access to increasingly sophisticated music making tools, and I don't see a reason to want to slow that down?

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Re:Make Tracker Tunes in the Browser by adzm on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @01:13AM (#31500843)

Is it really so bad? The portability among machines is a great feature.

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Re:Make Tracker Tunes in the Browser by mdp2021 on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @04:46AM (#31501975)

Good for portability, but what about efficiency, when compared to native?

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Re:Make Tracker Tunes in the Browser by jasode on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @05:32AM (#31502249)

>, as much as i hate the idea of music creation tools being created for the browser,

I just tried it on desktop (Windows with Google Chrome) and then on iPad and iPhone. Seems to work.

No downloads or app installs. Instant gratification compared to downloading Apple Logic Pro from the App Store. And Logic doesn't work cross platform on Windows. I also notice your Ardour is cross-platform -- but doesn't run on iOS.

If a programmer wants zero-install + cross-platform, what are the alternatives other than the web browser runtime being the target? (Other than programmer learning and writing 5 different native versions which lowers velocity of adding product features.)

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Re:Make Tracker Tunes in the Browser by guggle on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @05:15AM (#31502150)

You have said it many times here, but I can't remember what were your reasons.

I think it has its place and will just add to the existing tools. After all, even free (and good) vst plugins didn't replace real synths.

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