https://github.com/serena1432/dawrpc
A small C# application that supports showing what you're making on your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) in your Discord account using Discord Rich Presence.
https://github.com/serena1432/dawrpc
ableton csharp daw digital-audio-workstation discord discord-rich-presence discord-rpc discord-rpc-client discordrpc fl-studio
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A small C# application that supports showing what you're making on your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) in your Discord account using Discord Rich Presence.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/serena1432/dawrpc
- Owner: Serena1432
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-03-26T09:34:32.000Z (over 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-29T15:19:23.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-29T16:25:56.635Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: ableton, csharp, daw, digital-audio-workstation, discord, discord-rich-presence, discord-rpc, discord-rpc-client, discordrpc, fl-studio
- Language: C#
- Homepage:
- Size: 577 KB
- Stars: 56
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 11
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
### This project is about to be in an archived state soon to prepare for a new similar but better project. Thank you for your support in these years!
# DAW Discord Rich Presence
This is a small C# application that supports showing what you're making on your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) in your Discord account using Discord Rich Presence.
It will show as the following:
*What is happening with Discord's profile UI?*
## List of DAW currently supported
* FL Studio 11 or later
* Ableton Live 9 Intro or later (doesn't support Lite, Beta and Trial version)
* REAPER
* Bitwig Studio (fxxk Bitwig, you used more CPU and RAM than Ableton)
* Studio One
* LMMS
* Cubase 14
## Installation
Download the latest release version [here](https://github.com/lmharpae/DAWRPC/releases), extract it and run the `DAWRPC.exe` executable file. Open any supported DAW and enjoy the result!
## How does it work?
This app uses the [Process](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.process) class to get the current running DAW process(es) and reads the project name from the process(es) window title.
## Dependencies used
* .NET Framework 4
* [DiscordRPC](https://github.com/Lachee/discord-rpc-csharp) by Lachee
* [Newtonsoft.Json](https://www.newtonsoft.com/json)
* [System.Windows.Forms](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms)
* [System.Diagnostics.Process](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.process)
* [System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.performancecounter)
## Editing the source code
Download the latest source code from this repository above and open `DAWRPC.sln` in your Visual Studio that supports .NET Framework 4.
### You can add a new DAW support using this method:
* **Step 1:** Go to your [Discord Developer Portal](https://discord.com/developers/applications) and create a new application with the DAW name you want to support.
* **Step 2:** Go to your new application you have just created and click `Rich Presence -> App Assets`.
* **Step 3:** Add a new Rich Presence Asset Image with the DAW icon. Set the Asset Image Name into `icon`.
* **Step 4:** Open the `daws.json` file in your text editor, and add a new JSON object with these properties:
| Properties | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `ProcessName` | `string` | DAW's process name without `.exe` |
| `DisplayText` | `string` | The text to be displayed when detected in DAWRPC |
| `TitleRegex` | `string` | Regular expression from the DAW's window title. DAWRPC will take the first matched string as the "project name". |
| `ClientID` | `string` | Discord Client ID for displaying Rich Presence.
| `HideVersion` | `boolean` | Whether to hide the DAW version in DAWRPC. |
Here's the example for **Ableton Live 12 Suite**:
```json
{
"ProcessName": "Ableton Live 12 Suite",
"DisplayText": "Ableton Live 12 Suite",
"TitleRegex": "^(.*?)(?= - Ableton Live 12 Suite)",
"ClientID": "1256769208704958464",
"HideVersion": false
}
```
* **Step 5:** Copy the edited `daws.json` file to the same folder with your `DAWRPC.exe` and run the application to test the newly added DAW.
* **Step 6:** After everything is okay, you can [send me a Pull Request](https://github.com/lmharpae/DAWRPC/compare) with your newly added DAW supporting in the source code.
## Contact the developer
You can contact the developer by using these social networks:
* [Discord](https://discord.com/users/693107293516070944)
* Facebook: `(temporarily not available)`
* YouTube: [Harpae](https://www.youtube.com/@lmharpae)