RobOS DAW Studio

Multi-track Linux Digital Audio Workstation with native Focusrite Scarlett / Clarett+ USB hardware control (snd_usb_audio + PipeWire Pro-Audio quantum scheduling), an interactive Add Mic Wizard, automatic open-source LV2/VST EQ & dynamics chains, non-destructive Drum Sound Replacement, and full project session Save / Open persistence.

Key features

• Preferences → Audio Devices: Native USB pro-audio discovery (1235:* Focusrite Scarlett & Clarett+), PipeWire sample rate & quantum buffer latency tuning, and direct ALSA Scarlett preamp switching (+48V Phantom Power, Air, -10dB Pad, Inst Hi-Z).
• Add Mic Wizard: Visual studio microphone menu (Kick Inside, Kick Outside/Subkick, Snare Top, Snare Bottom Ø phase-inverted, Rack Toms 1–3, Floor Toms 1–2, Hi-Hat, Ride Spot, Accent Cymbal Spot, Overheads, Drum Room/Crush, Guitar Cab, Guitar Direct Hi-Z, Bass Cab/DI, Studio Vocal) with Strike Instrument / Tap the Mic multi-channel auto-detection across all analog, ADAT, and S/PDIF inputs, plus + Add & Setup Next Mic for miking Kits of any size.
• Automatic Open-Source DSP & Drum Sound Replacement: Applies per-mic Noise Gate, High-Pass + 3-Band Parametric EQ, Compressor, and optional Drum Sound Replacement triggered on detected drum transients.
• Open-Source Drum Archives via /install-daw-instruments: Drum samples (gm-rock-kit Pearl DX GPL-3.0, virtuosity-cc0 CC0-1.0, tr-808-kit GPL-3.0) download on demand to ~/.local/share/robos/daw-studio/instruments/ so .wav/.flac sample libraries are never committed to Git:

node packages/daw-studio/bin/daw-instruments.js install all

Source and integration

The component lives in packages/daw-studio.

Its entry point is main.js.

Run from source

scripts/source-shortcuts/node_modules/.bin/electron --no-sandbox scripts/source-shortcuts/source-host.cjs --app=daw-studio

Validation

Run npm test from packages/daw-studio.