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DarkStudio — a modern DAW built from the ground up in C++ for engineers who care about sound and speed. Record, edit, mix and master in one clean workflow: a full-featured MixConsole, sample-accurate automation, warp & comping, ARA/Melodyne support, and rock-solid VST3/AU hosting with full plugin delay compensation. Its GuardEngine anticipative processing keeps sessions responsive at low buffer sizes, even with heavy plugin chains. Open your existing projects via DAWproject import/export and keep working where you left off.
Designed and built by Maniac Audio — the same team behind the Dark plugin series.
Feature bullets:
- Unlimited audio & MIDI tracks, folder tracks, VCA and full bus routing
- MixConsole with inserts, sends, EQ and metering.
- GuardEngine: anticipative processing for low-latency, high-track-count sessions
- Warp / time-stretch, comping with take lanes, clip editor with fades & hitpoints
- Piano roll with drum editor, CC lanes and groove quantize
- ARA 2 / Melodyne integration with full session recall
- Control Room: cue mixes, talkback, AFL/PFL listen bus
- Freeze & bounce, scenes/snapshots, full undo history
- VST3 / AU hosting with PDC and out-of-process plugin scanning
- DAWproject import/export for interchange with other DAWs
- Windows & macOS (Universal Binary)





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