Hello!
It's been a while. With a new baby arriving in April and the horrible
pandemic situation this newsletter has taken a back seat. But I'm
looking forward to working on this and other fun audio projects
in 2021. Thank you for sending in your contributions, I hope to get
round to including them all in the coming weeks.
If you'd like to help me devote more time to this newsletter please
consider buying me a
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In the meantime, stay safe and look after each other -- Chris
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JON DAVIS
This year has seen some significant improvements to Web Audio API
support in Safari. Support for the API has for a long time lagged
other browsers and given Apple's apparent preference for native
applications over the web the community wasn't hopeful for a
change. However Safari Technology Preview 116 not only fixes some
long-standing API compatibility issues it also enables support for the
AudioWorklet API by default. Perhaps the fact that Zoom makes use of
AudioWorklet and we're all using video conferencing software more has
tipped Apple's hand. Whatever the reason it's fantastic news for Web
Audio in general.
The web platform
tests
project gives a lot of detail about Safari's improved compatibility
with the spec. For now users need to wait for the next Safari update
but installing and testing the preview should give you a taste of
what's to come.
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PAUL ADENOT
An in-depth look at the profiling tools in Firefox and how to use them
to profile and improve Web Audio code. For many applications the
performance of Web Audio in the browser causes no issues but if you're
working on, for example, real-time performance applications on
lower-powered devices, or have demanding signal-processing code in
audio worklets, profiling can be essential. Paul walks through how to use the profiler with some handy video demonstrations.
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FRANK FORCE
This Web Audio piano simulator won the 2020 JS1024 contest - for
applications that can fit in less than 1kb of code. In the blog post
Frank talks about how to simulate a piano and also lots of fun hacks
for compressing the code into the smallest possible size.
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THE CODE CREATIVE
In this YouTube video tutorial Gregg Fine (the Code Creative) teaches
the basics of the Web Audio API from playing audio files, to using
oscillators and beyond. If learning more about Web Audio is one of
your resolutions for 2021 this seems like a good place to start.
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MATT MONTAG
If you're visualising a waveform and want it to stay still on the
screen you need to make sure that the refresh rate of your
visualisation is syncronised to the frequency of the waveform. This is
called phase-alignment and in this post Matt Montag talks about how to
create phase-aligned oscilloscope style visualisations. Read the
comments too for some alternative approaches.
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CARL MICHAEL VON HAUSSWOLFF
A freq_wave is a rogue wave: unpredictable, sudden, and can impact
with tremendous force. This monster wave, curated by Carl Michael
von Hausswolff, comprises 84 sound artists and composers
contributing to a web-based interactive collaboration bringing
oceanic creativity to the fore. It springs from a spontaneous act of
solidarity, the will to connect and express ourselves.
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Web Audio Weekly is a newsletter about audio on the web platform, curated by Chris Lowis. Check out the archives for issues you may have missed and let your friends know they can subscribe by forwarding them this newsletter.
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