Re: [web-audio-api] (AudioPannerNodeUnits): AudioPannerNode units are underspecified (#135)

> [Original comment](https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17411#3) by Marcus Geelnard (Opera) on W3C Bugzilla. Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:26:01 GMT

(In reply to [comment #3](#issuecomment-24244425))
> Sorry Marcus, I wasn't clear about that part.  The doppler effect uses the
> .speedOfSound attribute in conjunction with the velocity vectors for both
> the AudioPannerNode and the AudioListener.  These velocity vectors are in
> meters/second and are independent of the units used for position and
> orientation.  This is taken directly from the OpenAL specification.

I still don't understand why we need to have a unit at all (I see nothing in the algorithm that depends on actual units). Could it not be unit-less, and work just as it is? It would be confusing (IMO) to force the usage of m/s for some vectors, and then let people use whatever they want (e.g. inches or miles) for other vectors.

I'd personally prefer an all-or-nothing solution: either all vectors are in m and m/s, or they are all in [custom] and [custom]/s, or possibly even [custom_length] and [custom_length]/[custom_time] (like miles/h).

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