I will never, ever forget downloading and running the demo of ReBirth sometime in 1997. These incredible sounds were coming out of my computer, and the future seemed amazing and limitless. Interesting career note, I remember thinking I MUST LEARN HOW TO WRITE THIS KIND OF SOFTWARE. Heh.
I probably will forget the first time I saw Hobnox (today), not because it’s any less awesome than ReBirth was in 97, but because we’re so spoiled with virtual instruments coming out our ears (and phones).
As a developer, I’m stoked that they can do this much in Flash in realtime. As a user, I’m frustrated that I don’t seem to be able to save my creations or bounce them out to aif or mp3, but I’m sure all that’s coming.
What do you guys think? Will we be making music in our browsers any time soon?
Tags: musicnerd
Hey,
Thanks for picking up the story on the Audiotool. We’re all really excited about the progress of the demo and we’re currently working on additional functionality (including SAVE). Keep checking back for updates and in the meantime check out Joa (one of our devs) with the Audiotool in action, combining the capabilities with a MIDI keyboard:
http://echolot.tumblr.com/post/31333200
Cheers,
Ryan/Hobnox