ep-413 DSP – week 12

Web Audio API

 

A good place to start

There are many links to Web Audio project right here on this blog: https://reactivemusic.net/?tag=web-audio

Technical reference manual

Comprehensive guide from Mozilla Developer Network https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API

Quick tutorial

  • Open a javascript console in a Web browser. This example uses Chrome. From the Chrome menu, select View | Developer | Javascript console
  • Type the following commands (in the shaded blocks) into the console:

Assign an instance of the Web Audio class to the object: context

context = new AudioContext();

Make an oscillator node

osc = context.createOscillator();

Connect the oscillator to the audio output (speaker)

osc.connect(context.destination);

Turn on the oscillator at the current time and plays a tone.

osc.noteOn(0);

Turn of the oscillator

osc.noteOff(0);

For more basics, see: “Using the Web Audio API”, at the Mozilla Developer Network: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API/Using_Web_Audio_API

Basic html examples:

Demonstrated in class. Download from here: https://github.com/tkzic/web-audio-projects

  • Oscillator
  • Audio file player

HTML versions of examples from Boris Smus’s book: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=6094

Examples

Tutorials and references

Development (libraries, frameworks)

tz – examples

Assignment

Write a composition to induce magical effects.

Here is an example from Aseem Suri http://www.aseemsuri.com/journal/piece-of-mind-second-run-at-the-csound-conference 

The project was derived from computer technology, but the overall effect was that people would go into a mysterious room, for a minute, and when they emerged, they would be smiling and happy.

Due on December 15th (last class)