NewMixer

An audio mixing tool that allows the user to visualize audio sources by their location in space rather than as channels on a mixing board. See a demo video here.

This is part of a class project for Music 256a at Standford University (CCRMA).

Installation

For Users: Download

• Download the latest release →
• Windows users can run the installer to set up NewMixer
• Mac users can download and run NewMixer.app (Note that you must change your settings to run programs from unidentified developers)

For Developers: Clone repository

# Clone the repository
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/jatinchowdhury18/NewMixer.git

# Enter repository
$ cd NewMixer

# Initialize JUCE submodule
$ git submodule update --init --recursive

Instructions for building from scratch can be found here.

Getting Started: Mixing

Creating and opening sessions

• To create a new session, right-click and select "New Session"
• To open an existing session, right-click and select "Open Session"
  • Select a ".chow" file from your computer to open

Add tracks:

• Right-click and select "New Track"
• Select wav audio files from your file explorer
• N.B: All files in a session must be exactly the same length

Mixing Tracks

• Use the space bar to play/pause (All tracks are muted initially)
• Each circle represents a track, hover your mouse to see the track name, click to select
  • Move the track around the virtual space by dragging or using the arrow keys
  • Make the track louder/softer by using "ALT + click" and drag
  • Press "m" to mute/unmute, "s" to solo/unsolo
  • For more actions and keyboard shortcuts, right-click the track

Automation

• To record automation for a track, press "a"
• When a track is armed, a pink circle will appear around it, when it starts recording automation, the circle will turn red
• Automation will automatically stop recording at the end of the song, or when the song is paused
• To delete recorded automation, press "SHIFT + DEL"

Saving sessions

• To save your session, right-click and select "Save Session"
• If this is your first time saving your session, you will be asked to name your session and choose a save location.
  • The files for your tracks will be copied into a "Stems" folder

Developer Instructions

Building

• Navigate to "JUCE/extras/Projucer/Builds/"
• Build the Projucer using XCode (Mac), Visual Studio (Windows), or Makefile (Linux)
• From the Projucer, open NewMixer.jucer
• From the "File" menu, open "Global Paths..."
  • Set "Path To JUCE" to "...\NewMixer\JUCE"
  • Set "JUCE Modules" to "...\NewMixer\JUCE\modules"
  • Close "Global Paths" window
• Select "Save and open in IDE"
• Build NewMixer

Rules for collaboration

• Clone repository
• Create local develop branch
• After pushing changes to your develop branch, make a pull request against the remote develop branch
• Once your changes have been reviewed, and all checks are passing, your code can be merged into master

Thank you and enjoy!