Show HN: MegaDSP an effects plugin for DAWs with 50 effects

6 points by locusofself 25 days ago | 4 comments

Hey HN,

I am creating megaDSP, a huge DAW plugin for all platforms, with the goal of it being a free, open-source, and semi or fully autonomous github project that evolves around community feedback.

It currently has more than 50 audio effects that can be combined together in effects chains, and also supports "snapshots" where you can seamlessly switch between different effects chains (for live use, like a fancy guitar pedalboard for example).

I would really love if you have a moment to test it out, give thoughts, etc.

There are many, many plugins out there in the world, but many of them are either DAW-specific or have annoying copy protections etc.

Having one huge plugin with great DSP algorithms seems like it could be a benefit to the music/audio world.

Thanks, -Kevin

first pre-release:

https://github.com/kevinlong206/megaDSP/releases/tag/v0.30.0...

atmanactive 24 days ago |

Congratulations on the release, looking forward to testing it out. One "competitor" I would definitely recommend everyone to checkout is Airwindows library of open source audio effects consolidated into a single plug-in here: https://github.com/baconpaul/airwin2rack

locusofself 24 days ago | |

Totally, Airwindows is a very cool project and his videos are fun to watch. I wanted to bring a nicer UI along with it, using JUCE, and more focus on live usability.

atmanactive 24 days ago |

My first observation: in a scrolling user interface like this one, none of the knobs and faders should ever react to scroll wheel. Right now, as I'm scrolling the rack up and down, if I accidentally move the mouse over input/output trim faders, I could accidentally push them to +24dB/-24dB, which would result in a disaster.

locusofself 23 days ago | |

Thanks for that, I agree. Will address