DAW Project

Digital audio workstation experimentation.

Status

Basic text rendering using Vulkan and libxcb (X11).

Building from Source

zig build run

On NixOS, I had to add these to my shell:

buildInputs = [
    vulkan-loader
    vulkan-validation-layers

    xorg.libxcb # if you use -fsys=x11
    wayland     # if you use -fsys=wayland
];

VK_LAYER_PATH="${pkgs.vulkan-validation-layers}/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d";

Design Decisions

• This project is just for fun.
• No C++ dependencies, no exceptions, not even harfbuzz. Only Zig and C dependencies allowed.

Short-Term Roadmap

• beep boop button

Medium-Term Roadmap

• sample browser
• drum sequencer
• reallocating when the shared memory runs out
• convert from using pixels as unit of measurement to ems
• allow adjusting DPI
• detect default DPI

Long-Term Roadmap

• cross-platform and safe effects and generator plugins via wasm JIT
• peer-to-peer multiplayer editing
• plugin, project, and sample sharing with a built-in community component