The Indaba Music Java-Powered Recording Platform
Imagine . . . wherever you are, whatever recording studio or bedroom you’re in, your recording rig is as close as the nearest web browser. And anyone else could join a session with you from anywhere in the world they could get to a browser.
You’re not recording direct-to-disk, you’re recording directly to the Internet.
Indaba Music is intent on making this a reality, sooner than later, with their new Java-powered recording/sharing platform.
Here’s more info from the wonderful folks over at the Create Digital Music blog.
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Indaba Music, a community and suite of online tools for musicians, announced they’ve revamped their online recording and production tool using Java and JavaFX. The result: a platform-agnostic, online interface that allows you to record music “directly to the Internet.” And the band Weezer is excited enough about it that they’re giving their official endorsement.
Indaba, along with some others, already had an online music production tool. The new version expands on that idea, allowing you to record audio signal directly online, and beefing up tools for mixing, editing, and looping. Just like tools like GarageBand, a pre-built set of loops is ready for people to quickly mock up songs.
With some help from Sun’s JavaFX technology, the browser/desktop barrier isn’t as noticeable. You get a graphical-looking interface that works the same anywhere, plus the ability to drag audio files to and from your desktop.
Interestingly, Weezer’s endorsement focuses on the fact that they don’t know how to use other music software. I have to admit some skepticism here – a lot of musicians I think are savvy enough to get to use creative new music software, and a lot of the basic functions of the Indaba software itself are straight out of tools like ACID and GarageBand. Nor do you have to worry about any JavaFX tool blowing away your REAPER, Logic, Live, Pro Tools . . . well, you know.
On the other hand, while this is basically just an ACID-style audio production station in the browser, I’m curious about what new applications might take advantage of in-browser collaboration that don’t look like existing audio tools. Maybe we’ll have specialized tools for working out specific ideas or sharing snippets in-progress. And there’s no question that building some tools in the browser makes sharing more immediate.
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