Re: Reflections on writing a sequencer

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Adam Goode <agoode@google.com> wrote:

>
> I essentially want to have a callback for getting new control data, to
> keep the event pipeline filled without overflowing any noteOn buffer or
> falling behind. Is the javascript node appropriate for this? I feel like
> there could be something more explicit, like a setInterval off of the audio
> context.
>
>
I've run into the same issue, and this has been discussed on the list
before.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-audio/2011OctDec/0080.html

AFAIK, either using setTimeout or a JavaScriptNode is the currently the
best solution. There is an issue in the webkit issue tracker to create
a callbackAtTime()
method on audio context.
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70061
I'm not sure if a similar issue exists on the Web Audio API issue tracker,
but there probably should be one.

I don't think window.requestAnimationFrame() is a solution, because the
callback is only called when the browser frame is visible.