Re: Serialization/introspection of the node graph

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On 24 May 2013 18:49, "John Byrd" <jbyrd@giganticsoftware.com> wrote:

> Greetings again all,
>
> My background is less in Webby designs and more in dynamic generation of
> audio for video games.  Most of my work has been at large video game
> publishers in the US, and for the past 6 years I've run a small company
> that makes audio middleware for game consoles.
>
> If I were to embrace this specification for native apps, one thing I'd
> have to design and implement is a serialization and/or introspection
> protocol for the current state of the audio node graph, as well as a
> protocol for abstracting clumps of nodes ("groups").  An audio designer
> working with the Web Audio API objects presumably would want to work with
> the nodes in a GUI tool, and then instance collections of one or more nodes
> as sounds are played and stopped.
>
> While all things are technically possible with JavaScript, the JS style
> interface to Web Audio objects currently means that a knowledge of
> JavaScript is a necessary barrier to entry for working with the WebAudio
> objects.  This does not strike me as a necessary requirement for a sound
> designer.  Additionally, standardization of serialization would permit
> interoperability of designer tools that embraced the protocol.
>
> A common mode of game development on embedded targets involves use of
> designer tools on a PC and then serializing that environment to the
> embedded target over TCP.
>
> In short, while the Web Audio API is great for JavaScript programmers, and
> the functionality I describe can certainly be implemented in JavaScript
> above the API layer, -all- audio applications will eventually need or
> desire the functionality I describe or some part of it, and therefore it
> might be of use to consider standardizing the process for serializing
> portions of and/or all the current Web Audio state.
>
> Opinions are cheerfully requested.
>
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> John Byrd
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