Yea I’m mocking you because if you couldn’t tell how annoying your obvious “constructive” criticism was going to sound, you’ve got some significant barriers to overcome

Not sure why you are being so hostile with this user, especially given his question/concern is valid (source: media production for over a decade).

Plug-ins are often the secret sauce for our workflows and styles, and prosumers/hobbyists dip into them as well. If your browser based DAW doesn't have, say, Izotope RX support, then that's a non-starter for a ton of people (especially podcasters). I'm not going to round trip between software on my computer and a browser based software, that's for sure. I don't have time for that nonsense.

Regardless of your opinion or how you feel about the above, your tone is needlessly hostile and unproductive.

The difference is that you're coming across as needlessly aggressive and insulting... which is fine for Reddit but not so appropriate on hacker news.

Both they and I would both love to know if the developer behind this DAW has given any thought to how they might integrate with existing plug-ins such as VSTs, not an easy feat.

If you know anything about music production, you'd know it's a very valid critique. Not sure why you took it so personally, though.

It's also such an obvious question though, isn't it? You think that the developer pouring so much of their free time into a browser-based DAW wouldn't have considered the idea of supporting plug-ins at all?

People far too often approach projects like this with "this app is only useful for me if it does x..." and I think that framing is poor when someone is just exercising their passion on a project. I'd personally respond with "great, go build your own that supports your plug-ins. Have fun."

> It's also such an obvious question though, isn't it?

Is it? I’m genuinely asking as someone who works in audio production. Plenty of people create tools for us in the podcast space, AI transcriptions for spoken word (premiere has a good one), new ways to automate typically manual processes for mastering, you name it. The thing is it is not a given that the person creating a solution has an audio production background and properly weighs the needs.

Plenty of engineers do work for or work directly for hospitals. Are you going to tell me that they might not overlook something a nurse or doctor might need? Because I assure you it happens in every industry when people come up with new tools and solutions, often because many actually don’t come from a strong background in the industry they’re making tools for. I value an outside perspective, don’t get me wrong. But it has its issues too.

It’s not uncommon and it’s fair for us technicians, the people these solutions are designed for, to ask questions.

A lot of people have dropped their side-project in-browser "DAW" projects on HN, several of them did seem like they wanted to be taken seriously

tbf, it's pretty clear who he's calling an idiot, and it's not OP.