Improved selection UX to match professional DAWs:
- Drag directly on waveform to create selections (no modifier keys needed)
- Click without dragging seeks playhead and clears selection
- 3-pixel drag threshold prevents accidental selections
- Fixed variable name conflict with existing file drag-and-drop feature
Users can now naturally drag across waveforms to select regions for
editing, providing a more intuitive workflow.
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Added comprehensive selection and editing capabilities to multi-track editor:
- Visual selection overlay with Shift+drag interaction on waveforms
- Multi-track edit commands (cut, copy, paste, delete, duplicate)
- Full keyboard shortcut support (Ctrl+X/C/V/D, Delete, Ctrl+Z/Y)
- Complete undo/redo integration via command pattern
- Per-track selection state with localStorage persistence
- Audio buffer manipulation utilities (extract, insert, delete, duplicate segments)
- Toast notifications for all edit operations
- Red playhead to distinguish from blue selection overlay
All edit operations are fully undoable and integrated with the existing
history manager system.
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Implemented MutationObserver to detect theme changes:
- Added themeKey state that increments on theme change
- MutationObserver watches document.documentElement for class changes
- Detects when "dark" class is toggled
- Added themeKey to waveform effect dependencies
- Canvas automatically redraws with new theme colors
How it works:
1. Observer listens for class attribute changes on <html>
2. When dark mode is toggled, themeKey increments
3. useEffect dependency triggers canvas redraw
4. getComputedStyle reads fresh --color-waveform-bg value
5. Waveform renders with correct theme background
Benefits:
- Seamless theme transitions
- Waveform colors always match current theme
- No manual refresh needed
- Automatic cleanup on unmount
Now switching between light/dark themes instantly updates
all waveform backgrounds with the correct theme colors!
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Visual improvements:
- Effects section background now matches waveform (slate-900/50)
- More subtle border (border-border/50)
- Compact header (py-1.5 instead of py-2)
- Expanded area has darker background (slate-900/30) for depth
Collapsed state improvements:
- When collapsed, shows mini effect chips in the header
- Each chip shows effect name with visual state:
- Enabled: primary color with border (blue/accent)
- Disabled: muted with border
- Chips are scrollable horizontally if many effects
- Falls back to "Devices (count)" when no effects
Better integration:
- Background colors tie to waveform area
- Subtle hover effect on header (accent/30)
- Visual hierarchy: waveform -> effects blend together
- No more "abandoned" feeling - feels like part of the track
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- Removed "Devices" button from control panel
- Effects section now always present below each track
- Collapsible via chevron in the effects header itself
- Click header to expand/collapse the device rack
- "+" button in header to add effects (with stopPropagation)
- Each track has independent collapse state
- Hover effect on header for better UX
This matches the typical DAW layout where each track has its own
device section that can be individually collapsed/expanded.
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Major UX improvement inspired by Ableton Live's device view:
- Effects section now appears below the waveform in the track lane
- Toggle button in control panel shows/hides the effects area
- Gives much more horizontal space for device rack
- Effects section spans full width of track (control panel + waveform)
- Clean separation between track controls and effects
- Header with device count, add button, and close button
Layout changes:
- Track structure changed from horizontal to vertical flex
- Top row contains control panel + waveform (fixed height)
- Bottom section contains collapsible effects area (when shown)
- Effects hidden by default, toggled via "Devices" button
- When collapsed, track doesn't show effects section
This provides a cleaner workflow where users can focus on mixing
when effects are hidden, then expand to full device view when needed.
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- Removed border-t border-border from devices section
- Added negative margin (-mx-3) and padding (px-3) to effects container
to make it extend full width of the track control panel
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- Created EffectDevice component with expand/collapse state
- Each device shows name, type, enabled/disabled toggle, and remove button
- When expanded, devices show parameter details
- Replaced vertical effect list with horizontal scrolling rack
- Effects display in 192px wide cards with visual feedback
- Power button toggles effect enabled/disabled state
- Parameters display shown when expanded (controls coming soon)
This matches the Ableton Live/Bitwig workflow where effects are
arranged horizontally with collapsible UI for each device.
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Created a beautiful effect browser dialog inspired by Ableton Live:
**EffectBrowser Component:**
- Modal dialog with search functionality
- Effects organized by category:
- Dynamics (Compressor, Limiter, Gate)
- Filters (Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, etc.)
- Time-Based (Delay, Reverb, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser)
- Distortion (Distortion, Bitcrusher)
- Pitch & Time (Pitch Shifter, Time Stretch)
- Utility (Normalize, Fade In/Out, Reverse)
- Grid layout with hover effects
- Real-time search filtering
- Click effect to add to track
**Integration:**
- "+" button in track strip opens EffectBrowser dialog
- Selecting an effect adds it to the track's effect chain
- Effects appear immediately in the Devices section
- Full enable/disable and remove functionality
**UX Flow:**
1. Click "+" in track Devices section
2. Browse or search for effect
3. Click effect to add it
4. Effect appears in Devices list
5. Toggle on/off with ●/○
6. Remove with × button
Effects are now fully manageable in the UI! Next: Apply them to audio.
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Major UX refactor to match professional DAW workflows (Ableton/Bitwig):
**Layout Changes:**
- Removed sidebar completely
- Track actions moved to header toolbar (Add/Import/Clear All)
- Each track now shows its own devices/effects in the track strip
- Master section moved to bottom footer area
- Full-width waveform display
**Track Strip (left panel):**
- Track name (editable inline)
- Color indicator
- Collapse/Solo/Mute/Delete buttons
- Volume slider with percentage
- Pan slider with L/C/R indicator
- Collapsible "Devices" section showing track effects
- Shows effect count in header
- Each effect card shows: name, enable/disable toggle, remove button
- Effects are colored based on enabled/disabled state
- Click to expand/collapse devices section
**Master Section (bottom):**
- Transport controls (Play/Pause/Stop) with timeline
- Master volume control
- Master effects placeholder (to be implemented)
**Benefits:**
- True DAW experience like Ableton Live
- Each track is self-contained with its own effect chain
- No context switching between tabs
- Effects are always visible for each track
- More screen space for waveforms
- Professional mixer-style layout
Note: Effects are visible but not yet applied to audio - that's next!
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Changes:
- Waveform canvas now displays even when track is collapsed
- Only the upload placeholder is hidden when collapsed
- Gives better visual overview when tracks are minimized
- Similar to DAWs like Ableton Live
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Changes:
- Reduced upload icon size from h-8 w-8 to h-6 w-6 (smaller, cleaner)
- Implemented full drag & drop functionality for audio files
- Shows visual feedback when dragging: blue border, primary color highlight
- Changes text to "Drop audio file here" when dragging over
- Validates dropped file is audio type before processing
- Updated message from "coming soon" to active "or drag & drop"
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Changes:
- Empty tracks now show upload icon and "Click to load audio file" message
- Clicking the placeholder opens native file dialog
- Automatically decodes audio file and updates track with AudioBuffer
- Auto-renames track to filename if track name is still default
- Hover effect with background color change for better UX
- Message about drag & drop coming soon
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Replaced Move icon with CircleArrowOutUpRight for better visual
representation of panning direction control.
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Added Move icon (crosshair/knob) to Pan label to match Volume's icon.
Now both controls have visual icons for better UI consistency.
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Changed slider layout to horizontal:
- Label | Slider | Value all in one row
- Volume: "Volume" icon + label (64px) | slider (flex) | "80%" (40px)
- Pan: "Pan" label (64px) | slider (flex) | "C/L50/R50" (40px)
- Much more compact and professional looking
- Similar to professional DAW mixer strips
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Changes:
- Solo and Mute buttons now appear as icon buttons in the track header (next to trash)
- Removed redundant solo/mute button row from the expanded controls
- Cleaner, more compact layout
- Canvas now uses parent container's size for proper full-height rendering
- Added track.height to canvas effect dependencies
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Changes:
- Waveform now uses absolute positioning to fill the full height of the track
- Border separator only appears at the bottom of each section, not through the control panel
- Both control panel and waveform are now the same height
- Cleaner visual appearance
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Changes:
- Track control panel now uses flexbox (full height, no scrolling)
- Removed "Add Empty Track" and "Import Audio Files" buttons from main area
- All track management is now done via the sidebar only
- Cleaner, more professional DAW-style interface
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Major UX improvement inspired by Audacity/Ableton Live:
- Each track now has 2 sections: left control panel (fixed 288px) and right waveform (flexible)
- Left panel contains: track name, color indicator, collapse toggle, volume, pan, solo, mute, delete
- TrackHeader component functionality moved directly into Track component
- Removed redundant track controls from SidePanel
- SidePanel now simplified to show global actions and effect chain
- Track controls are always visible on the left, waveform scrolls horizontally on the right
- Collapsed tracks show only the header row (48px height)
- Much better UX for multi-track editing
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Major refactor to simplify the editor and focus exclusively on multi-track editing:
**AudioEditor Changes:**
- Removed single-file waveform view and useAudioPlayer
- Removed all single-file editing operations (cut, copy, paste, trim)
- Simplified to multi-track only with track selection support
- Added selectedTrackId state for track-specific effect chain
- Reduced from ~1500 lines to ~290 lines
**SidePanel Changes:**
- Complete rewrite with 2 tabs: Tracks and Effect Chain
- Tracks tab shows all tracks with inline controls (volume, pan, solo, mute)
- Click tracks to select/deselect
- Effect Chain tab shows effects for selected track
- Removed old file/history/info/effects tabs
- Sidebar now wider (320px) to accommodate inline track controls
**TrackList/Track Changes:**
- Added track selection support (isSelected/onSelect props)
- Visual feedback with ring border when track is selected
- Click anywhere on track to select it
**Workflow:**
1. Import or add audio tracks
2. Select a track in the sidebar or main view
3. Apply effects to selected track via Effect Chain tab
4. Adjust track controls (volume, pan, solo, mute) in Tracks tab
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