Re: Thoughts about the AudioPanner

"Panning" - as in stereo panning - isn't a clear-cut in a 5.1 surround
sound system.  If you really do just want to control volume level, you
could (via splitter/gain nodes/merger), but you'll miss the aural placement.

The current AudioPanner is actually quite easy to use as just a simple
stereo panner - in fact, I have a slide about that in my I/O talk on Web
Audio: http://webaudio-io2012.appspot.com/#40:

var panner = audioContext.createPanner();

// default to straight ahead
panner.setPosition(0.0, 1.0, 0.0);

   ...
// remember, 0.0 is straight ahead: negative=left, positive=right
panner.setPosition( newPanningPosition, 1.0, 0.0 );


On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:37 AM, Peter van der Noord
<peterdunord@gmail.com>wrote:

> I wanted to use the panner, but was a little overwhelmed by the options
> that the AudioPannerNode has. Two thoughts:
>
> - I am only looking for a panner, and i'm expecting a node that has just
> one property: a param that i can set from -1 to 1 or something like that
> (and maybe an algorithm to choose from). The current AudioPanner can
> probably be set up to do that, but it's not very inviting to say the least.
> I could create a node that does what i want, but i think a native module
> that simply does panning is a basic tool that a lot of users would expect.
>
> - I think the name of the AudioPannerNode is misleading. It doesn't do
> panning, it does spatialization. I'd suggest renaming it to
> AudioSpatializerNode (and add an AudioPannerNode that that does panning)
>
>
> Peter
>