How does a DAW work?

Question

Programming

Comrades, we need your help! I was very interested in the DAW topic and at least its primitive implementation.
Where to dig, what to read? You can recommend different books, from working with sound itself to programming.
Can it be implemented entirely in JavaScript?

Answer 1

Hey! There is something like this on the github:
https://github.com/pverrecchia/OpenDAW
https://github.com/rserota/wad
From myself I can add that working with sound in a browser on Windows is a very dubious topic. The fact is that conventional DAWs use ASIO drivers for recording and outputting sound, which allow you to minimize delays. It is impossible to work with drivers in a JS browser.