AudioBuffer mutability

If someone attaches an AudioBuffer to an AudioBufferSourceNode, then calls
start(T) on the node, and then modifies the contents of the AudioBuffer (by
calling getChannelData() and then modifying the returned array), do the
changes affect what will be played by the AudioBufferSourceNode?

If they don't, we have to make a copy of the buffer in the start() call, in
case the buffer is mutated later.

If they do, then we are exposed to race conditions where depending on
exactly where the playback position is when script modifies the array, how
much audio is buffered and how everything is implemented, changes to the
buffer may or may not be played. Even worse, on machines with
non-sequentially-consistent memory (or very aggressive optimizing JS
compilers), some subsets of the modifications may be played while others
are mysteriously ignored.

Both options are undesirable. If AudioBuffer didn't provide direct array
access to its samples, we'd have better options. Is it too late to change
that?

Rob
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