Currently, RBK Mixer only supports MacOS and Windows. You can find the .dmg (MacOS) or .msi (Windows) files on the Releases page.

Brave Linux users can follow the development steps below, and submit a PR with the server executable in client/src-tauri/server.

• Webview2

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• Python (3.9)
• Rust (1.51)
• Tauri
  • api (1.0.0-beta.8)
  • cli (1.0.0-beta.10)
• Node.js (16.4.0)

1. open your console (navigate i.e. cd somewhere you like)
2. git clone this repository
3. navigate to folder rbk-mixer, call yarn install
4. call yarn tauri dev

A window magically opens. Also, a Python server will be running at localhost:6980.

Warning: The server may still be running, even after the Tauri window closes. See Architecture Notice below.

Check client/src-tauri/server for available server executables. If you don't find one for your architecture, why not build one and add it to the repo?

cd server
# if you have pyinstaller
pyinstaller -F server.py
# alternatively (usually on Windows)
python3 install.py

Navigate to the newly created dist/server to find your fresh executable. To rename this executable for use in application:

cd ../scripts
echo "you may need to install node_modules first, so"
yarn install
yarn move

Move this executable to client/src-tauri/server to be included in the app bundle.

Using a Tauri sidecar to run a server is an anti-pattern. When spawned, a Tauri sidecar returns a tauri::api::process::CommandChild that must be killed when the Tauri application closes/exits. If the child is not killed, it will outlive the application, becoming a "zombie."

Though Tauri does its best to clean up managed child processes, due to a healthy fear of zombies, I spawn another command - taskkill on Windows, kill otherwise - with the server process ID when the user requests the application window closed.

This project was spearheaded by the capable Chandler Holloway.

RBK Mixer uses a fork of Casio-Registrations. My thanks to Mike, without whose effort and support, the conclusion of this project would not have been possible. Check out Tone Tyrant, it's got a slick UI and realtime MIDI!