Europa: Browser-Based AudioWorklet Synth (opens in new tab)

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44 pointserrozero8y ago14 comments

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influnza8y ago· 3 in thread

Got Reason last year and love it! Europa is awesome. Why do I need it on the web on desktop?..

Well, one reason is that, unlike in Reason, you don't need a magnifying glass to use it on a higher-res display. Honestly. We are at Reason 10 and there is still no interface scaling or retina support.

A better question is: Why can't I have it in a VST? ReWire is a PITA.

nxcho8y ago

Unless I'm missing something they are selling Europa as a VST/AU and I guess the web version is more of an interactive demo

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errozeroOP8y ago

It's a nice quick way to try out a demo if you are thinking of buying it.

tomxor8y ago· 3 in thread

Excellent... but shame the latency absolutely sucks :( I guess that's some limitation of webAudio or something? no way you can play this live.

cromwellian8y ago

You need Chrome 66 or later, or launch Chrome 64+ with command line option --enable-blink-features=AudioWorklet otherwise you're probably getting a polyfill.

tomxor8y ago

Tried that now... still lots of latency, if I pick sound with short attack so it should be punchy... then tap the keyboard fast, the sound is generated on the up after my finger has pressed the key. So it's pretty disorientating to actually perform on unless you are only interested in soft pads :P

To be fair this might just be linux on this machine, it's an old mac and I had only run software synths on it in OS X before (which were playable, but I know xnu has been tweaked with low latency audio in mind), maybe I need one of those special linux kernels to get low latency on this old thing.

S_A_P8y ago

on my audio pc(imac pro) with low latency hardware its playing with no latency at all. Im sure webaudio is a factor but it can work

geetfun8y ago· 2 in thread

Loved Reason and my old maudio controller. Blew me away how solid their software ran on my underpowered computer.

cageface8y ago

Sadly those days are long gone. The current version of Reason is the least efficient DAW I have by a long margin, at least on my MacBook.

wildrhythms8y ago

As a long-time Logic user who frankly has just never bothered to try anything else, is there anything I'm missing by not trying Reason?

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codeulike8y ago

Ah, Reason. Has such fun with that back in 2004 and interesting to see its still going now.

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12 comments · 4 top-level

influnza8y ago· 3 in thread

Got Reason last year and love it! Europa is awesome. Why do I need it on the web on desktop?..

teilo8y ago

A better question is: Why can't I have it in a VST? ReWire is a PITA.

nxcho8y ago

Unless I'm missing something they are selling Europa as a VST/AU and I guess the web version is more of an interactive demo

1 more reply

errozeroOP8y ago

It's a nice quick way to try out a demo if you are thinking of buying it.

tomxor8y ago· 3 in thread

Excellent... but shame the latency absolutely sucks :( I guess that's some limitation of webAudio or something? no way you can play this live.

cromwellian8y ago

You need Chrome 66 or later, or launch Chrome 64+ with command line option --enable-blink-features=AudioWorklet otherwise you're probably getting a polyfill.

tomxor8y ago

S_A_P8y ago

on my audio pc(imac pro) with low latency hardware its playing with no latency at all. Im sure webaudio is a factor but it can work

geetfun8y ago· 2 in thread

Loved Reason and my old maudio controller. Blew me away how solid their software ran on my underpowered computer.

cageface8y ago

Sadly those days are long gone. The current version of Reason is the least efficient DAW I have by a long margin, at least on my MacBook.

wildrhythms8y ago

As a long-time Logic user who frankly has just never bothered to try anything else, is there anything I'm missing by not trying Reason?

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codeulike8y ago

Ah, Reason. Has such fun with that back in 2004 and interesting to see its still going now.

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