We have an update for you, however we need your help with it.
We are inviting you to join the open beta. Help us refine the core component of the upcoming Studio version: the Audio Engine.
Already using the Booster? Do you know your tracks well and have a good ear for subtle differences in sound? Do you want to play MIDI instruments with low-latency?
You are the perfect candidate to join the open beta and share your feedback.
Join the Open Beta -> https://forms.gle/AMN1LEdFg9S72SNH8
Note: There will be future chances to join the next phases of the open beta.
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What’s in it for you?
Experiment with the first key piece of the upcoming Studio and share your feedback to shape the future of Audiotool.
What is the Audio Engine?
The Audio Engine is the core of the production Studio and handles all audio processing. Basically, it transforms what you see in your desktop and timeline into what you hear during playback. By default, the Audio Engine runs in the browser. The Booster application – well – gives you a performance … boost.
What do you need?
- You must be able to download and install a new Booster application to use the new Audio Engine in the current Studio.
- Access to a MIDI device (like a piano or controller) to test the input latency.
- Your email address for us to contact you.
What do we need help with?
- Identify differences in sound comparing the current and new version
- Play instruments with MIDI input (or the virtual keyboard) and share feedback on latency
- Test performance using your projects
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A message to you
Audiotool was born out of the belief that everyone should be able to create music collaboratively and independently, regardless of their financial means. This will not change.
We‘ll become an open platform supporting third-party plugins and are trying our best to be as compatible as possible with other DAWs to allow producers moving between ecosystems. With that step we‘ll also introduce options to buy or subscribe to content, services or special features, but today’s features and more will always be free.
Understanding Our Technical Evolution
Our journey has been fueled by passion and innovation. Since our restart in September 2022, we've been hard at work. We’ve raised a Pre-Seed financing round that enabled us to hire a very talented team and have since been in the process of taking Audiotool to the next level.
Our tech is getting a restart too. The current platform, though mostly functional, is built on older, increasingly deprecated technologies that make any seemingly simple change difficult. This first beta is one piece of the puzzle in launching a new version with the features you love but with better performance, easier use, lower latency, and most importantly a foundation on which to release regular updates.
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We hope this update addresses some of your concerns and underlines our commitment to continuously improving Audiotool. The discussions in the community around recent events haven’t escaped our attention. We will address these in a future statement. We are excited to let you take a sneak peak at some of the new things to come. It's an honor to have you as a part of this journey, because your feedback is crucial for this next big step!
The Audiotool Team
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This is awesome
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i can't install the new booster nor do i have a midi keyboard, so how on earth could i contribute
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I have a small midi hopefully it will be enough
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I need a MIDI maybe this July sometime!
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if you need another tester i can download beta just let me know if you need someone else to test this
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let me know how it turns out
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i wonder if the AT plugins will also be available as vsts, it would be amazing to recreate songs from audiotool exactly as they are in other daws
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let me know if this is the route that they decide to take because im interested in this as well audiotool might be making a change in the industry
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like the synth presets and whatnot
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effects, but the same sounds used
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will this have sampler synths?
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Thank you for working on this next iteration :)
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I'm considering moving to Ableton or FL Studio due to the presets here on Audiotool. There ARE great presets, but they are buried deep in a mess of other junk presets. It's a lot easier to get a synth that sounds okay, build the track and then go back and tweak the sound design later than it is to spend 15+ minutes designing a sound from practically scratch. I believe there should be a few different default presets to build off of, with a selection of community-made presets to choose from behind those. This would be a great and simple addition to the new studio.
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The subject here requires music to be a subject in the conversation.
You know.
Kids only argue like that :/
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The subject here at the moment is about organizing the presets. Not the good old story about how this site is for making music.
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Bro this site is for music. That idea there, is a perfect way to combine our community nd connect more artists with more artists. Let them twelve year olds run in there, they might learn a thing or two.
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THIS IS HYPE ASF
I'm just wondering if it'll be mobile compatible or not because that'd make it go from 100 to (arbitrarily higher number here)!!
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This just keeps getting better!
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i do feel like vst support should only be available for an offline version of the studio. the fact that everyone has the same tools is important for audiotool's remix culture and knowledge flow. the existence of snapshots emphasizes that its a core tenet of the site to have a shared toolset
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good point. This is all just really interesting to me. I'm just excited that there's this whole "dream big" vibe going around audiotool right now!
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> I do you think it would be possible to work vst's into a stand-alone window with something like the booster communicating back to an active audiotool chrome session? (kinda like the old rewire for reason)
Martin an I evaluated that idea back then but dismissed it because the usability was expected to become FUBAR. Collaborations would require other people to control your local computer. What happens if you load your online track on a different machine where those plugins are not installed - or in a different version? What is `Ctrl + Z` supposed to do with those external windows? How would the VSTs be wired to your AT-desktop? Etc. While it was technically possible (and certainly interesting to explore), the downsides clearly outweighed the benefits.
But I'm no longer qualified to talk about the current development so this is all AFAIK and IMHO :)
Maybe you can get a more qualified response from the current team.
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@Kepz true, that was just a passing comment in the post. I think people are just excited because it's such a big part of producer culture.
@Eshaan Master I'd love to see users making bootlegs of popular vst's with audiotool native tools!
@withdecay there will be new obstacles with any kind of update. We'll have to be considerate to other users, keep up the culture of community driven educational & remixable tracks, and even continue to educate users on how to use tools that are considered "industry standard" if they're able to afford them. The same issue of not having the exact same tools applies to midi controllers, our focus right now. I've been encouraged by users sharing the keyboards they use and where to get them. We gotta keep up stuff like that
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I always wanted more plugins on Audiotool, but the fact that it's also gonna support third-party is insane.
I wonder if I'll ever be able to use serum with this