Direkt zum Inhalt

Node based DAW

Posted

Node based DAW concept

Maybe the future of Synfire 3.0? Or perhaps Synfire could integrate a nodal view?


Do., 17.04.2025 - 12:09 Permalink

Looks nice. That's essentially like our container structure only with much less parameters. Orb Composer followed a similar approach that fills sections with generative AI. 

If you add parameters and more manual control however, nodes alone don't suffice. You'll eventually end up with a quasi-linear presentation that's similar to Synfire.

Abstract graphical representations of music seem to appeal especially to tech and science people, I guess (me included). Although some musicians and composers are very enthusiastic about algorithmic and generative systems, the vast majority is more comfortable with straightforward writing, recording and editing stuff that emerges in their head.

Synfire is somewhere in between. I think it's important that it continues to support manual editing.

Do., 17.04.2025 - 19:22 Permalink

Thanks Andre. This concept doesn’t involve AI or note editing. It simply focuses on arrangement.

I wonder whether the arrangement view could have alternative views like this nodal view in Synfire. Snippets is the closest parallel. But Ableton style and Cubase style paradigms are not the only models we should aspire to.