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Web Audio API

The Web Audio API is the browser platform for creating and connecting audio sources, processors, effects, analysers and output destinations with precise timing.

WHAT IT DOES / 01

AN AUDIO GRAPH
INSIDE THE BROWSER.

It supports interactive synthesis and signal processing when a web application needs more control than simple media playback.

KEY CONCEPTS / 02

THE CORE
IDEAS.

  1. 01

    AUDIO CONTEXT

    Own the processing graph, its clock and the audio nodes created by an application.

  2. 02

    MODULAR ROUTING

    Connect oscillators, buffers, filters, gains, effects and analysers into a custom signal path.

  3. 03

    PRECISE TIMING

    Schedule musical or interactive events against the audio clock with low-latency control.

KEEP EXPLORING / 03

OFFICIAL
RESOURCES.

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