PAW: A Programmable and Visual Audio Workstation

Explore a groundbreaking approach to digital audio workstations (DAWs) in this conference talk from ACM SIGPLAN. Discover PAW (Programmable dAW), an innovative prototype that bridges the gap between traditional DAWs and live coding for music production. Learn how PAW addresses common issues in graphical applications, such as hidden state, complex menus, and limited extensibility, while incorporating concepts from bidirectional and live programming. Understand how this tool generates a live GUI from code analysis, allowing immediate changes to both audio output and the underlying program. Gain insights into the potential future of music creation that combines the visual nature of DAWs with the flexibility and power of programming.