Added support for handling audio files

[AymenStudios]

Added support for dealing with audio files such as MP3 and support for dealing with quotes tools from known programs such as Audacity and Ardur And LMMS

[falkTX]

I think having helio as pure MIDI sequencer is for the best, otherwise feature creep sets in very quickly.
Not to go in a slippery-slope much, but audio sequencing leads to needing a mixer, and then plugin effects. mono, stereo or both?
Though all depends on the author of course

[I-dont-need-name]

Maybe not the support for audio tracks like it is in other DAWs but at least a sampler where different notes stand for different files.🤔

[frink]

@I-dont-need-name - Sampling is already in the VST domain. Just record and edit samples with Audacity and create an SFZ (text file) to play with Helio. Some time in the future SFZs may be native. (See #78) But I doubt we will have a full drag and drop sample editor in Helio...

[frink]

Helio is a composition DAW so the main use cases are EDM, classical, low budget movie scores and augmented orchestration. The first two cases are not really best suited for Helio compared to others. And the last two need audio and/or video playback. XJadeo can do silent video sync but there's no way to put an audio/video track on the timeline so that we can here how the music interacts with the existing audio. (Watch Guy Michelmore to better understand this workflow)

Based on Guy's workflow I suggest that we add audio/video playback (similar to what Xjadeo does) and export of each track as a separate audio file for the next iteration. In order to work as a stand-along composition DAW we need a simple mixer and probably auto mastering as well. (I suggest we look at Spire Studio for inspiration on these...)

[RustoMCSpit]

I think having helio as pure MIDI sequencer is for the best, otherwise feature creep sets in very quickly. Not to go in a slippery-slope much, but audio sequencing leads to needing a mixer, and then plugin effects. mono, stereo or both? Though all depends on the author of course

literally none of that is neccessary but the ability to sing a basic melody with lyrics is great for having a demo on the fly where you can work on it later in a daw. it's the only reason why i cant pick this up fully right now as i need to be able to do lyrics on top.

[RustoMCSpit]

is there any update on this as it's from three years ago