Getting Started

Getting Started

Quickstart

Double-click theDAW.bat. It checks the machine, installs anything missing after one confirmation, and opens theDAW in the browser. The Stable Audio model downloads on its own the first time a track is generated.

.\theDAW.bat

The launcher bootstraps dependencies when the tree is fresh (uv sync --group dev, npm install), clears stale processes on ports 5173, 8600, and 5187, then runs the backend, Vite, and an optional tunnel in one console.

Manual

uv run uvicorn backend.server:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8600 --reload   # backend
cd frontend && npm run dev                                              # frontend

On Windows, uv sync installs CUDA 12.8 torch and torchaudio plus the pre-built Flash Attention wheel automatically.

Prerequisites

theDAW.bat installs these the first time a tool is missing.

Tool	Role
uv	Python environment and package manager.
Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+	Frontend dev server and the VJ sidecar.
FFmpeg on PATH	All audio I/O: effects, exports, library ingest, MIDI conversion, import.
Git	Clones the repo; --recurse-submodules brings in the Magenta sidecar source.
NVIDIA driver 550+	Runs the Medium model and Magenta. The Small model runs on CPU.

Reference

• Windows setup guide for CUDA, Flash Attention, and soundfile details.
• User Guide §3 for the full walkthrough.

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