[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":527},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-42877399":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":29,"sentiment":30,"stance_mix":31,"scored_comments":36,"aspects":37,"strip":47,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":94,"maker_in_thread":208,"shape":217,"grid":221,"attempts":489,"same_week":490,"maker_shows":34,"maker_hidden":519,"reader_version":520,"card":521},"42877399","Audiocube","A 3D DAW for Spatial Audio","title","Show HN: Audiocube – A 3D DAW for Spatial Audio","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.audiocube.app","audiocube.app","noahfk",1738242754,2025,253,107,234,3837,7,"legend","creative","digital audio workstation","desktop_app",[24,25,26,27,28],"spatial audio","3d daw","binaural","virtual acoustics","ambisonics","curious",0.152,{"positive":32,"neutral":33,"mixed":34,"critical":35},12,18,1,5,36,{"idea":38,"performance":40,"design":42,"execution":44,"docs":46},{"positive":39,"critical":34},6,{"positive":41,"critical":34},0,{"positive":43,"critical":41},2,{"positive":41,"critical":45},3,{"positive":41,"critical":41},[35,35,45,35,45,45,41,41,35,35,45,35,45,41,41,45,35,34,41,35,35,45,41,45,45,35,35,34,45,35,34,34,34,45,41,41,41,41,41,41],"I’ve recently released my solo project Audiocube\n\nI wanted to make a 3D DAW, where spatial audio, physics, and virtual acoustics are all directly integrated into the engine.\n\nThis makes it easy to create music in 3D, and experiment with new techniques which aren’t possible in traditional DAWs and plugins.\n\nI’d love to get any feedback on this software (Mac\u002FWindows) to make it better.\n\nYou can download it for free through the website.\n\nThanks, Noah",{"problem":50,"audience":60,"pricing":66,"motivation":78,"time_to_build":83,"stack":84,"openness":91,"stage":92,"team_size":93},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Placing and moving sound sources and listener in 3D is fiddly in existing DAWs and plugins","maker",[54,57],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"42881192","Thanks! Yeah, frustration with the existing solutions was one of the main reasons I started this project. I was working in creating immersive audio, and I just found that none of…",{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},"42886849","Thanks. I used to use those plugins, but I found that there wasn't enough control. Sure, you can automate the position of individual objects, but you cannot then easily move the…",{"value":61,"source":52,"evidence":62},"Audio and sound design experimenters",[63],{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},"42880435","Thanks for the intrigue, and yes these are all valid questions and things I'm trying to work out. I think I need to narrow down the market a bit. Currently I'm aiming more at…",{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Free to download; license purchases mentioned by commenters","commenter",[70,74],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"42884205","sitkack","I am so glad you built this, I just bought a license. I sketched out an similar app, but never had super pressing need. I can think of many many uses for this from modeling…",{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"42887125","wdfx","Easy decision to send you a few pounds for this. This is no small task to put together and looks really impressive. I can't wait to try it out :) I have a history experimenting…",{"value":79,"source":52,"evidence":80},"Frustration with existing spatial audio plugins lacking listener placement control",[81,82],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},null,[85],{"value":86,"source":52,"evidence":87},"Unity",[88],{"id":89,"by":11,"text":90},"42881962","It sounds like you’re in a similar field to me so it would be great to connect! Totally agree, yeah Audiocube is built in unity as game engines made the most sense for what I…","free","launched","solo",{"praise":95,"objections":105,"requests":142,"questions":170,"alternatives":193},[96],{"value":97,"source":68,"evidence":98},"Impressive, useful spatial audio concept",[99,100,101],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"42881620","thot_experiment","Really cool! I've been working on a side project that utilizes spatial audio and I've been pleasantly surprised by the quality I'm getting just using the WebAudioAPI HRTF…",[106,117,128,135],{"value":107,"source":68,"evidence":108},"Binaural-only export; no multichannel or Atmos output yet",[109,113],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"42879254","roddylindsay","Nice work! Can you export for multichannel playback or is it binaural \u002F stereo?",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"42883828","pnw","Very cool app. If you can crack multi-channel output formats (5.1, Atmos) I can see a lot of prosumers who would happily buy the product. Even the most basic tools for Dolby 5.1…",{"value":118,"source":68,"evidence":119},"No VST\u002FAU plugin support",[120,124],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"42880787","TheRealPomax","> As a standalone app, Audiocube offers tools, workflows, and processes that go beyond the capabilities of VST plugins. But does it support VST\u002FAU in order to load instruments…",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"42887646","jedimastert","Is there VST\u002FAU support? I didn't see it mentioned.",{"value":129,"source":68,"evidence":130},"Free download requires account registration",[131],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"42882779","bdahz","The free download requires account registration, which will discourage most people from trying it. Even third-party login might make it easier, but I didn't find that option.",{"value":136,"source":68,"evidence":137},"Download links fail in Safari",[138],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"42889464","jerrysievert","not sure if it's the ad blocker or safari itself, but the download links don't appear to work in safari. I had to switch to chrome to download.",[143,150,157,162],{"value":144,"source":68,"evidence":145},"Linux version",[146],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"42879495","ggerules","Will there be a Linux version anytime soon!?",{"value":151,"source":68,"evidence":152},"Offline rendering",[153],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"42881293","S0y","It's funny to see this now because I've been for a couple weeks looking into audio spacialization. After a lot of research and even trying to write my own spatializer plugin, I…",{"value":158,"source":68,"evidence":159},"Multichannel and Atmos export",[160,161],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},{"value":163,"source":68,"evidence":164},"VST\u002FAU support",[165,166],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"42883792","BizarroLand","Does it work with vst plugins?",[171,179,186],{"value":172,"source":68,"evidence":173},"Does it support multichannel output and surround formats?",[174,175],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},{"id":176,"by":177,"text":178},"42879544","radicality","Ah. I think I misunderstood the purpose of the app. When viewing the main page, I had the impression that the output would be targeting large Atmos multi-speaker installations.…",{"value":180,"source":68,"evidence":181},"How does it differ from Logic Pro spatial mixing?",[182],{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"42885797","import","Looks interesting, will check it out. I am curious what makes audiocube different and better than Logic Pro’s binaural and spatial Dolby atmos mixing?",{"value":187,"source":68,"evidence":188},"Can it model room acoustics for treatment?",[189],{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"42886168","highhedgehog","No expert at all here. But could I use this to say, model my room and understand how to treat it acoustically to remove reflections and stuff like that?",[194,198,202],{"value":195,"source":68,"evidence":196},"Logic Pro binaural and Dolby Atmos mixing",[197],{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},{"value":199,"source":68,"evidence":200},"Steam Audio in Godot or game engines",[201],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},{"value":203,"source":52,"evidence":204},"DearVR spatial audio plugins",[205],{"id":206,"by":11,"text":207},"42884603","Thanks so much for the support! All of these uses are possible - my dream is for it to become much more advanced and powerful, almost like Blender but for audio and acoustics.…",{"comments":209,"answered":210,"key":211},35,22,[212,213,216],{"id":206,"text":207},{"id":214,"text":215},"42879433","Yes it can do all of those things. You are right about the audio demos, I'll update the frontpage with this soon. Thanks!",{"id":55,"text":56},{"commenters":218,"max_depth":35,"maker_replies":209,"first_comment_mins":219,"lifespan_hours":220},50,159,117,[222,224,226,229,230,233,234,237,241,243,247,249,251,254,256,259,263,265,267,271,273,275,276,278,280,281,283,285,288,291,293,296,298,302,305,307,309,312,315,317,322,325,328,331,333,336,338,340,342,345,348,350,354,356,361,363,365,368,372,374,377,379,382,384,385,389,391,394,396,398,400,404,406,408,410,412,414,419,421,422,424,426,428,433,434,437,440,442,446,448,451,455,458,460,463,465,468,470,473,476,479,483,486],[71,41,35,223,72,41],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[206,41,41,225,11,34],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[227,34,45,228,72,41],"42879379","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[214,34,41,225,11,34],[231,43,35,223,232,41],"42878884","JofArnold",[55,43,41,223,11,34],[235,43,45,225,236,41],"42881237","bitdivision",[238,43,35,239,240,41],"42881394","maker\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone","FpUser",[242,43,41,225,11,34],"42882310",[244,43,41,245,246,41],"42881735","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","gareth_untether",[154,45,45,248,155,41],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fperformance",[89,45,41,250,11,34],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fperformance",[114,252,45,253,115,41],4,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[255,252,41,225,11,34],"42884092",[257,252,41,245,258,41],"42886857","piltdownman",[260,252,41,261,262,41],"42889698","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","cjbprime",[264,252,41,245,115,41],"42891252",[266,252,41,245,258,41],"42930313",[268,35,41,269,270,41],"42879198","other\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone","hyperific",[272,35,41,225,11,34],"42880238",[274,35,35,223,126,41],"42887617",[147,39,45,228,148,41],[277,39,41,225,11,34],"42879788",[279,39,45,225,148,41],"42880750",[75,18,35,223,76,41],[282,18,41,239,11,34],"42888913",[190,284,45,253,191,41],8,[286,284,41,287,11,34],"42886838","project\u002Fmixed\u002Fperformance",[289,284,41,245,290,41],"42887240","_kb",[292,284,35,239,191,41],"42892846",[102,294,41,295,103,41],9,"other\u002Fpositive\u002Fperformance",[297,294,41,248,11,34],"42881918",[299,300,45,253,301,41],"42879595",10,"dekhn",[303,300,41,261,304,41],"42880545","mystifyingpoi",[306,300,41,245,301,41],"42880641",[308,300,41,245,11,34],"42883030",[310,300,41,245,311,41],"42889121","badmintonbaseba",[313,300,41,314,301,41],"42889981","other\u002Fcritical\u002Fnone",[316,300,41,223,11,34],"42881276",[318,319,45,320,321,41],"42882044",11,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign","itishappy",[323,319,41,324,11,34],"42882251","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign",[326,319,35,327,321,41],"42882380","maker\u002Fpositive\u002Fdesign",[329,32,45,248,330,41],"42881366","meta-meta",[332,32,41,248,11,34],"42882021",[334,32,34,335,330,41],"42882917","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fperformance",[337,32,41,250,11,34],"42886853",[339,32,41,261,330,41],"42889280",[341,32,41,225,11,34],"42882038",[343,32,41,269,344,41],"42882553","ganonm",[346,32,41,347,330,41],"42882813","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fperformance",[349,32,35,239,330,41],"42882819",[351,352,35,353,126,41],"42887626",13,"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone",[355,352,41,225,11,34],"42888924",[357,358,45,359,360,41],"42879383",14,"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution","poeticfolly",[362,358,41,359,11,34],"42881214",[121,364,45,253,122,41],15,[366,364,41,367,11,34],"42881159","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[369,364,41,370,371,41],"42882031","other\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea","PaulDavisThe1st",[373,364,41,367,11,34],"42882378",[375,364,41,376,371,41],"42882435","commenter\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea",[378,364,45,253,122,41],"42883480",[380,364,41,381,11,34],"42886879","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[183,383,45,253,184,41],16,[58,383,41,253,11,34],[386,387,35,223,388,41],"42885145",17,"junon",[390,387,41,261,11,34],"42886854",[392,33,35,223,393,41],"42888617","drumttocs8",[395,33,41,253,11,34],"42888903",[110,397,45,381,111,41],19,[399,397,41,381,11,34],"42879396",[401,397,34,402,403,41],"42879459","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fexecution","PaulHoule",[405,397,41,381,11,34],"42882871",[176,397,45,407,177,41],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[409,397,41,381,11,34],"42882361",[125,411,45,381,126,41],20,[413,411,41,381,11,34],"42888916",[415,416,35,417,418,41],"42882346",21,"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fdesign","ge96",[420,416,41,261,11,34],"42882866",[139,210,34,402,140,41],[132,423,34,402,133,41],23,[167,425,45,381,168,41],24,[427,425,41,381,11,34],"42883799",[429,430,34,431,432,41],"42880321",25,"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea","crazygringo",[64,430,41,253,11,34],[435,430,45,436,432,41],"42883557","project\u002Fmixed\u002Fidea",[438,430,41,245,439,41],"42880511","photonthug",[441,430,41,253,11,34],"42881289",[443,444,41,245,445,41],"42879268",26,"seltzered_",[447,444,41,261,11,34],"42879476",[449,444,41,245,450,41],"42880980","rzzzt",[452,453,41,245,454,41],"42878876",27,"tines",[456,453,41,245,457,41],"42878950","justinsaccount",[459,453,41,245,270,41],"42879099",[461,453,41,245,462,41],"42879115","bee_rider",[464,453,41,245,403,41],"42879447",[466,453,41,245,467,41],"42879162","_flux",[469,453,41,253,11,34],"42879219",[471,453,41,245,472,41],"42879366","colanderman",[474,453,41,245,475,41],"42880866","mrandish",[477,453,41,245,478,41],"42881825","glenneroo",[480,481,41,245,482,41],"42879353",28,"beeburrt",[484,481,41,245,485,41],"42879372","beng-nl",[487,481,41,245,488,41],"42879373","ics",[],[491,496,501,506,510,515],{"id":492,"name":493,"points":494,"category":495},"42918902","videotoflip",513,"consumer_social",{"id":497,"name":498,"points":499,"category":500},"42901007","ESP32 RC Cars",335,"hardware",{"id":502,"name":503,"points":504,"category":505},"42908061","Lume",309,"dev_tools",{"id":507,"name":508,"points":509,"category":505},"42889407","Uscope",262,{"id":511,"name":512,"points":513,"category":514},"42946918","HN hell",170,"productivity",{"id":516,"name":517,"points":518,"category":505},"42917712","Marksmith",161,false,"v2",{"id":522,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":519,"cat":20,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":29,"s":523,"top":18,"kw":524,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":19,"attempts":41,"strip":525,"url":9,"mix":526,"praise":97,"objection":107,"sub":21},42877399,0.15,[24,25,26,27,28],"5535330055353003510553033551351113000000",[32,33,34,35],1794036668872]