Audiomass
Creative
audio editor
SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
25 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 52 comments about the project. Thread score +0.37.
Design: 2 for, 4 againstExecution: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Intuitive UX and feels like Cool Edit Pro
From 2 comments
It feels like cool edit pro 2 before it was turned to shit by adobe. Your app has a pretty good and intuitive UX. And that's the most important thing in an audio editor.
cocodill on HNGetting the 2002 Cool Edit Pro 2.0 vibes!
algoth1 on HN
Works offline as a PWA
From 1 comment
The PWA/offline mode is underrated. Just stored it locally and now I have a full audio editor that works without internet, lives in a tab, and doesn't ask me to update. This is…
epicsagas on HN
Smooth performance for a web app
From 1 comment
Tried it out for a bit. Really smooth for a web app, especially with multitrack editing. Do you know if it can handle MIDI files too, or just audio?
andrew_kwak on HN
Objections
Multitrack does not scale well to many or large files
From 2 comments
Oh, that's fantastic to know. Did you load it into multitrack, or the regular editor? (in multitrack it does not scale currently, but working on it). On regular editor it should…
pantelisk on HNThere is a little [ + ] button next to CHANNELS in the sidebar, it has no limit but right now so add as many as you like :) It's using dom to render the multitrack waveform boxes…
pantelisk on HN
Effects apply blind and stop playback
From 1 comment
Cool work, the weird part is effects being item based instead of track based and that selecting an effect stops the playing and you apply it blind.
conradfr on HN
Requests
MIDI and VST support
From 2 comments
Is there midi support and vst support? I know that's asking for a lot =)
ugh123 on HNTried it out for a bit. Really smooth for a web app, especially with multitrack editing. Do you know if it can handle MIDI files too, or just audio?
andrew_kwak on HN
Support for XM tracker format
From 1 comment
``` It seems like the inspiration went from Audacity, and with great changes to the design and feel of calmness and solidity! I've tried loading a file with XM format, yet the…
serious_angel on HN
Import of stem bundles from Suno or stemsplitter
From 1 comment
Very nice. One feature id like to see is import of stem bundles as produced by various tools like suno or stemsplitter
genericacct on HN
Questions
How large a file or project can it handle
From 2 comments
what is the theoretical file size / project size limit? what happens when the browser crashes?
yesbut on HNReally cool project! Been looking for a browser-based audio editor. How does it handle large file sizes?
Abhi0501 on HN
Is it open source and under what license
From 1 comment
Is this open source? No license.
gunapologist99 on HN
Alternatives named
Audacity
From 2 comments
This is great. I need to do audio work this coming week and was dreading Audacity.
sgallant on HNwhen have you last tried audacity? it's been getting friendlier
throawayonthe on HN
OpenDAW
From 2 comments
Very cool! Congrats OP. How would you compare it to OpenDAW? https://opendaw.org
TheCipster on HNHave a look at https://opendaw.org/ I recently saw a talk of the developer who basically bootstrapped this. Open source and all, and he talked about the idea of collaboration and…
tom2948329494 on HN
Bandlab
From 1 comment
Bandlab, maybe? Never used it, but might be what you're looking for. https://www.bandlab.com/
16bitvoid on HN
Endlesss
From 1 comment
What you're looking for, is Endlesss: https://endlesss.fm/
rigonkulous on HN