Vibez – Open-Source Rust Based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
Hey HN i’m a platform engineer and my day job I mainly focus on kubernetes clusters and terraform with the occasional C#, Typescript when building services, so this could well be completely out of my depth. Jolt started as an experiment to see whether I could build my own network at all. I’ll also be honest that most of this code was agentically written. However the high level decisions and architecture were mine based on research, experimentation, trial and error. Canary testing was one of the consequences of that when you build this way you need something slapping your AI-driven confidence…
Vibez – Open-Source Rust Based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) launched on August 9, 2026 with 21 votes, #737 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Vibez is a free, open-source digital audio workstation built in Rust for creating electronic music. It focuses on live jamming through Sections (musical ideas) and pads, allowing users to perform, arrange, and mix tracks. The workflow emphasizes real-time experimentation with keyboard controls, letting musicians jam out ideas, refine arrangements, and polish mixes. It targets electronic music producers seeking a straightforward, open-source alternative to commercial DAWs.
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From the sources
vibez is a free and open source DAW for electronic music, built around live jamming with Sections and pads.
vibez is a free and open source DAW built around Perform, Arrange and Mix. Jam out a tune, polish the arrangement and finally focus on the mix. This is a live techno session made with Sections, Track Mutes and Capture, followed by the final arrangement and mix. Press 1234 / QWER / ASDF / ZXCV. Give it five minutes and the layout starts to disappear. A Section holds one musical idea. Put the drums, bass, chords and anything else that belongs together into it. The next Section might be a small variation or a different tune altogether. Use Track Mutes while the music is playing, then press F5 to record what you did into Arrange. You get normal clips and automation, so you can edit the take…from alexanderwanyoike.github.io
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