Project

Web Screamer VST

Porting Ablaze Audio's Screamer VST plugin to the browser with WebAssembly, running at interactive latency with no install.

The challenge

Ablaze Audio's Screamer VST is a desktop plugin: installed, opened in a DAW, no browser in sight. The goal was to make it usable directly on the Ablaze Audio website instead, no installation required, without losing the real-time feel of the original.

The approach

Compiled the plugin's C++ DSP core to WebAssembly
Wired the WASM module into the Web Audio API for real-time, low-latency processing
Built the surrounding UI in React and Tailwind CSS so the browser version feels like a native plugin, not a demo

The result

Screamer now runs directly in a browser tab at interactive latency, live on the Ablaze Audio website, removing the biggest barrier between the plugin and curious new users.