title: Would Java be a realistic option for writing a music DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)
body: <p>I program in Java doing a lot of web related stuff but I've been toying with the idea of creating a very simple DAW in some language. I considered C# but it doesn't seem to support Direct X anymore (Though there are some libraries that work with differing degrees of success). I was curious if anyone out there had an opinion on playing a lot of multi-channel sounds through Java. I would also at some point need to hack in some VST support (which would probably not be trivial. I'm really afraid that my only option will be C++, and that would be unpleasant enough to make me not actually work on it (know some C++, but not really enough to write something this intense).</p>
  
  <p>Anyone have some ideas? Thanks</p>