https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49912048

so I've been working on an AU/VST3/AAX plug-in.

The plug-in includes all the samples so it's a bit heavy, so I decided to add WASM as a compilation target and compile it directly for the browser.

I've built an interactive tutorial and added UX enhancements to make editing it easier.

For those of you who don't know, the CHOMPI Club started off as a Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chompiclub/chompi-a-mag...

I bought one, and I absolutely love it. The CHOMPI development team was acqu-hired by Chase Bliss (who is a small team that makes incredible, premium guitar pedals), and for reasons unknown they decided to shelf the project and make the code open.

https://github.com/CHOMPI-Club/CHOMPI/

I think they intended other makers to build Daisy seed hardware out of it, but I want to show people how awesome an instrument this is so my goal is to not only make it accessible but to make the UX better and build tutorials around the various modes. Let people play it on the web and download it as a free plug-in if they like it.

Right now, TAPE mode is supported but TEMPO and WAVE modes are working on my development machine and I'm just testing them.

I've been working on this for the past few days all day with GPT 6 Astra Max on /ultrafast.

Right now, we're modelling an Akai S950 circuit to swap out the native CHOMPI sampler code with as an option and we've downloaded data sheets, schematics, and spent 10 hours on testing and getting it in top shape.

Have fun! Feel free to ask any questions.

- Not associated with Chase Bliss or CHOMPI Club

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I’ve adapted it to run in your DAW as a VST, Audio Unit, and AAX plugin for Pro Tools.

Check it out: https://www.temeculadsp.com/nibbi

Code: https://github.com/temeculadsp/nibbi

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6m-woOQfqc

But here’s the deal:

1. The world does not give two fucks about our need to feel a certain way. 2. AI is not going anywhere.

The world ultimately cares about the value you provide. I think it’s deeply egotistical to believe that when someone hires you, part of the arrangement is that they’re supposed to preserve your sense of superiority because you possess some skill other people don’t.

For a long time, intelligence and specialized knowledge created scarcity. Increasingly, they don’t. Raw intellectual capability is becoming a commodity, and a lot of the gatekeeping built around it is disappearing.

What matters more now is taste. Judgment. Knowing what is worth building. Having the will to push something valuable into the world. Knowing when something is good, when it isn’t, and what needs to happen next.

I’ve worked with too many people over the years who made terrible decisions for no reason other than that the alternative bruised their ego or threatened their livelihood. Ironically, these were often the same people who prided themselves on being rational and objective. In reality, they were anything but.

That’s one of the things I find so compelling about AI. It strips away a lot of the mythology around being the smartest person in the room and highlights what I’ve always believed matters most:

Did you create value?

Not your identity. Not your status. Not your need to feel special.

The value you actually put into the world.

I know that's not a popular answer, but I'm just trying to demonstrate the reality that this kind of knowledge isn't specialized anymore.

I'll ask it to do something and it'll say, I tried, but I couldn't do it over and over again or some variation of.

But it doesn't do that at the start of my subscription, so...

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Smart marketing because it takes the wind out of your sails and then blows it right back and makes you feel like they're generous when all along they're just doing standard operating procedure.