Re: AudioDestinationNode > 2 channels?

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
>
>