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MSDAW (short for Mewiof's Silly Digital Audio Workstation) is a effortless/bug-filled experiment in building an Ableton/FL Studio-like app

Solo playground: pull requests (especially those introducing new features) will likely be rejected

Features

• plugin hosting: support for VST 2 instruments/effects
• built-in plugins: Eq Eight, OTT, Delay & Reverb, Bit Crusher, other
• timeline engine: audio/MIDI clips (with linking)
• track management: hierarchical track grouping and routing
• automation: parameter automation with curved tension
• mixing: per-track volume, panning, solo/mute, live peak metering
• export: offline rendering to 16-bit WAV files
• UI: hardware-accelerated interface
• input: computer MIDI keyboard

Community

Chat with me: https://pony.land/

Building

The project uses CMake & configured for Clang/Windows

Install LLVM & CMake (+ Ninja optionally)

1. Clone with submodules: git clone --recursive https://github.com/mewiof/MSDAW.git
2. Open in Visual Studio/VSCode or use CMake:

   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake ..

Notices & Licenses

MSDAW is released under the MIT License and relies on:

• SDL3: platform window management & input (zlib License)
• Dear ImGui: user interface (MIT License)
• RtAudio: audio I/O abstraction (MIT-style License)
• FreeType: font engine (FreeType License/GPL)
• VST 2.4 SDK: Plugin interface logic (Proprietary/Legacy Steinberg license; contact [email protected] for instant removal)