Analog DAW

Project Type

Experiment

Started

2018-3-15

Status

Concept

Following the work done on the last project, I started making tools for producing vectorscope music of my own. I made a Python script using an object-oriented approach by making modules (classes) that each performing a specific calculation. Altogether, it behaves similarly to modular audio-synthesis setups but with several advantages due to it being completely simulated.

While Python is too slow to do anything complex on a standard personal computer, it did provide the means to successfully prototype the idea. In the script, I've set up and wired virtual analog modules which successfully produced sounds in real-time. You can hear the results of the setup shown in the image above by clicking here, but be warned that IT'S VERY LOUD!

If I ever continue on this project, I'll want to make the back-end in something much faster than Python. Maybe C or C++. As for the front-end, I want to take a more literal approach to this object-oriented system by making the GUI look similar to a synthesizer rack with fewer of the physical limitations that exist in reality. I made a vector concept of what the application might look like, which you can see at the top of this page.