Web Audio API: Learn how to process audio in your website with HTML5 and JavaScript

JD Gauchat

Jan 2018 · J.D Gauchat

Ebook

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About this ebook

Learn how to create an audio system for a web site or a web application. After reading this guide, you will know how to create audio nodes to play audio, how to connect them to filter the source and add effects, how to mix multiple sources, how to create 3D sounds for 3D video games or applications, and how to analyze the audio signal.

Table of Contents

WEB AUDIO API

Audio Structure

Audio Context

Audio Sources

Connecting Nodes

Audio Applications

Loops and Times

Audio Nodes

AudioParam

GainNode

DelayNode

BiquadFilterNode

DynamicsCompressorNode

ConvolverNode

PannerNode and 3D Sound

AnalyserNode

QUICK REFERENCE

AudioContext

Methods

AudioBufferSourceNode

Buffer

AudioParam

PannerNode

Listener

AnalyserNode

This guide assumes that you have a good knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and you know how to create files and upload them to a server. If you don't know how to program in HTML, CSS or JavaScript, you can download our guides Introduction to HTML, Introduction to CSS, and Introduction to JavaScript. For a complete course on web development, read our book HTML5 for Masterminds.

This guide is a collection of excerpts from the book HTML5 for Masterminds. The information included in this guide will help you understand a particular aspect of web development, but it will not teach you everything you need to know to develop a website or a web application. If you need a complete course on web development, read our book HTML5 for Masterminds. For more information, visit our website at www.formasterminds.com.

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