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JKCalhounyesterday at 11:49 PM4 repliesview on HN

So want something like this but where the tracks are in the cloud.

I want to "check out" someone's drum loop and add a guitar riff. Check it into a branch.

Someone else checks out the drum+guitar, adds a bass line. Checks in.

"Jamming" with other people is one of the most fun things. To the degree that you can "get close" on the web…

RiffHub, anyone?


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someguyiguesstoday at 12:46 AM

Yes. I’ve wanted something like this for a while. I’ve always wondered why there isn’t version control for DAWs. So many times I’ve spent hours editing a track and accidentally saved it without specifying a unique file name. Only to open it later and wish I could go back to before the changes that fucked it up.

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16bitvoidtoday at 1:00 AM

Bandlab Studio, maybe? Never used it, but might be what you're looking for. There's a web version and a mobile app.

https://www.bandlab.com/creation-features

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sporkltoday at 12:11 AM

I think that's what Soloist[1] is trying to do (unaffiliated, but I've met the founder)

[1]: https://www.soloistapp.com/

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ajs1998today at 1:25 AM

Could be pretty easy to do with atproto accounts. Users could save/share their music as a tangled.sh repo and other people could contribute or fork as they please. A nice UI could hide all of that and make it fun to collaborate on music.

Too bad I'm lazy. RiffHub looks neat.