a few question: gimbal lock, page visibility, outterconeangle

Hi,

While experimenting with webaudio api[1], i hit some issues which triggered
questions. I am new to this mailing list, so im not sure it is the proper
forum. If it isnt, feel free to reroute me :)

1. How to handle page visibility ?
When the page isnt visible, what is the recomended behavior ? should i set
the volume to 0 ? something else ?
Currently i do nothing special, but it has glitches. The positional audio
isnt updated. And i hear "clicks" in the audio when the browser is busy on
some other pages (implementation issue related to scheduling?)

2. How to handle 'gimbal lock' with positional audio ?
When the sound is exactly on top of the listener, it is heard as if it was
from the left, then from the right. At first sight, it seems close to a
gimbal lock[2] issue. Is this diagnostic correct ? How to handle this ?
Should i ignore it and say 'well it is rare enougth, nobody will notice' ?
is that an issue in my code or in the browser implementation ?

3. When using audiopannernode, coneOuterAngle seems to be ignored.
Let me explain. When i change .coneInnerAngle and .coneOuterGain, they have
the effect i expect. But no matter which value i put in .coneOuterAngle,
the outter cone seems to be the max possible. According my understand,
there are 3 states. "inside innerCone", "inside outerCone" and "totally
outside". Is that correct ? when the listener is "totally outside", im
under the impression no sound should be heard, correct ?

Lots of questions on various subjects :) Please, let me know what you think.


Jerome


[1] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbal_lock