Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Building your first Audiotool Nexus app — a browser-based extension that can read and write your entire project in real time, something a traditional VST simply can't do. Silas Gyger, lead engineer at Audiotool and author of the Nexus JS package, builds three apps live using nothing but an AI agent: a cable counter, a beat editor, and a Freesound sample browser.

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⏰ Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction & what is a Nexus app?
02:20 - The origin of Nexus: collaboration, validation & the AI revolution
09:33 - Getting started: all you need is an agentic coding tool
12:43 - Phase 1: building a cable counter (OAuth, scopes & the dev flow)
21:17 - Phase 2: building a beat editor & wiring the mixer
29:13 - Phase 3: a sample browser powered by the Freesound API
37:32 - Drag-and-drop: loading samples into Machinist
48:53 - Real-time collaboration & how Nexus differs from VST
51:52 - Wrap-up

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