Re: [web-audio-api] (audioparam): AudioParam constructor (#134)

> [Original comment](https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17388#4) by Jussi Kalliokoski on W3C Bugzilla. Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:33:56 GMT

(In reply to [comment #4](#issuecomment-24244431))
> Regarding the suggested interface that returns a Float32Array... Returning a
> Float32Array would inevitably require GC. A better solution could be to fill
> out a Float32Array that is passed as an argument. I also think it would be a
> good idea to provide a method for returning a single value, for lessening the
> overhead for k-rate parameters.
> 
> E.g:
> 
> partial interface AudioProcessingEvent {
>     void getParamValues(DOMString name, Float32Array values);
>     float getParamValue(DOMString name);
> }

Good idea!

I also just realized that Chris Rogers's suggestion for passing the param instead of the name won't play well with audio processing in workers.

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