Re: [web-audio-api] (OscillatorTypeModification): Oscillator type modification (#136)

> [Original comment](https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17367#5) by Chris Rogers on W3C Bugzilla. Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:38:14 GMT

(In reply to [comment #5](#issuecomment-24244440))
> (In reply to [comment #4](#issuecomment-24244434))
> > (In reply to [comment #3](#issuecomment-24244426))
> > > I don't think it's essential for the change to occur with minimal delay.  In
> > > other words, I don't think it's as critical for this change to happen as
> > > quickly as say a call to noteOn(0) (representing playing a sound immediately). 
> > > I'm expecting the type will be changed as a result of some user action in the
> > > UI (changing osc-type menu from square->sawtooth).
> > 
> > Since the interface isn't designed for (near) sample-accurate waveform switches
> > (which would be required for doing things such as emulating some sounds from
> > 8-bit systems, e.g. the rapidly changing waveform that can be heard in [1]), I
> > think that an acceptable solution would be to move the type and WaveTable
> > attributes to the constructor instead (and remove them from the interface). I
> > can't think of a single application that would not work even with this
> > restriction (either replace nodes when you change waveform, or use AudioGain to
> > switch between multiple oscillators at precise times), and it sure would
> > simplify a lot of things.
> > 
> > Otherwise, I think that the specification must say something about the expected
> > latency associated with changes to the type/WaveTable parameters.
> > 
> > [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT2GEVqsomQ&t=179
> 
> I think it's important to support changing the oscillator type and to be able
> to set the wavetable after creation, because these are features of the
> oscillator that are important to control.  Even basic analog synthesizers allow
> this.
> 
> An example use case changing oscillator type:
> http://chromium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/samples/audio/oscillator.html
> 
> An example use case calling setWaveTable():
> http://chromium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/samples/audio/tone-editor.html

Sorry, I forgot to mention that these two examples would need to be run in Chrome Canary or WebKit nightly, as the stable Chrome does not *quite* yet support this.

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