Re: AudioDestinationNode > 2 channels?

Hi Gabriel, cheers for the reply. In the examples you gave the streams are
all being summed at the destination. I need to be able to keep the
channels separate. For example for a 5.1 panner you need to send 5 channels
to the soundcard (if your device supports it), not just summing them then
sending them to the default two. How do I pick what output on the soundcard
to send to using context.destination?
Yeah, MediaElementAudioSourceNode hasn't been implemented yet.

Cheers,

Rob

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Gabriel Cardoso <gcardoso.w@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html#MixerGainStructure-section
>
> Isn't it what you need ?
>
> You can connect multiple buffers to the context.destination and use the
> noteOn method to launch a buffer at the time you want. In your case, I
> think you want to create two gain nodes connected to the destination and
> connect one track to each.
>
> function loadSource (track, url) {
>   // Load asynchronously
>   var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
>   request.open("GET", url, true);
>   request.responseType = "arraybuffer";
>
>   request.onload = function() {
>     track.buffer = context.createBuffer(request.response, false);
>   }
>
>   request.send();
> }
>
> var track1 = context.createBufferSource ();
> loadSource (track1, aURL);
> var track2 = context.createBufferSource ();
> loadSource (track2, anotherURL);
>
> var gainNode1 = context.createGainNode ();
> var gainNode2 = context.createGainNode ();
>
> track1.connect (gainNode1);
> track2.connect (gainNode2);
>
> gainNode1.connect (context.destination);
> gainNode2.connect (context.destination);
>
> I took the loadSource function from the Drum Machine example<http://chromium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/samples/audio/shiny-drum-machine.html>. Then
> you can use the noteOn method on track1 and track2 to play the tracks.
>
> The problem is that it's said about the AudioBuffer interface that the
> length of the PCM data should be less than a minute. "For longer
> sounds, such as music soundtracks, streaming should be used with
> the audio element andMediaElementAudioSourceNode.
>
> The thing is, I didn't manage to connect and control streaming sources...
> don't know if it is or will be possible or if it's not implemented yet.
> Does anyone have an idea ?
>
> Bye,
>
> Gabriel
>
>
> 2011/11/28 Robert Clouth <rob.clouth@gmail.com>
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Firstly, great work with the Web Audio API. It's opened up so many
>> exciting new avenues! I'm currently working on a WebKit-based DJ app which
>> depends on being able to send more than two channels of the audio hardware,
>> so you can play one track while listening to another. Is this possible with
>> the AudioDestinationNode interface? I noticed there's 5.1 functionality so
>> presumably it's possible but I can't seem to figure out how. There doesn't
>> seem to be any examples on the web. Any help would much appreciated!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>