Re: How to write a sequencer?

I'd suggest just creating a OscillatorNode (square wave) and noteOn()'ing
it whenever you need a trigger.

Gain nodes aren't de-zippered in that way; you can use them to do amplitude
modulation.


On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Peter van der Noord
<peterdunord@gmail.com>wrote:

> In the light of all the discussion about the limitations of the jsnode(at
> least for writing audio) i was curious about any ideas how i should write
> myself a sequencer using the native nodes.
>
> I need both a notesequencer (sends out frequencies mapped to the -1,1
> scale) and a triggersequencer (that can send out a single value of 1). I
> thought about having a jsnode scheduling a gainnode which has a
> buffersourceconnected to it that's playing a looped buffer containing just
> one value (a 1).
>
> - are there better ways to do this?
> - i read about the dezippering of the gainnode. It's unspecified, but i
> assume it filters out fast changes. Woulnd't it be a good idea to be able
> to turn that off? If you want to do AM with it, you're not really looking
> for a node that interferes with your controlsignal.
>
> Peter
>