Re: Web Audio API and extensibility

Hi Colin,

It's definitely possible to do what you are talking about given my  
experience with the web audio API to date.  Noteflight has already  
built a wavetable synth using a custom sample library, shown in this  
demo (runs with the Audio XG Safari demo build):

http://slice.noteflight.com/audioXG/

Other demos shown on the Audio XG wiki amply demonstrate a range of  
special effects.

Best,

... .  .    .       Joe

Joe Berkovitz
President
Noteflight LLC
160 Sidney St, Cambridge, MA 02139
phone: +1 978 314 6271
www.noteflight.com


On Nov 30, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Colin Robertson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I posted this in the Chromium list (someone else had asked a similar  
> question there) before realising it was inappropriate, so I'm re- 
> posting here.
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> Will it be possible to write custom effects (eg. a unique  
> distortion) and custom synthesisers (eg. a unique pipe organ) for  
> the API? I'm thinking of the way people can create VSTs that do  
> particular things, and those plugins can be used in any sequencer  
> and shared freely with other people.
>
> The beauty of VST is that a "developer" can draw upon a vast  
> reservoir of tools other people have made (KVR-VST lists 183  
> different reverbs, for example). An equivalent of this for the Web  
> Audio API would be extremely useful. IMHO, it would make the API  
> itself much more popular than it would be without this ability.
>
> From reading the spec it seems this kind of thing would be done by  
> integrating custom JS functions, but am I wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Colin.
>
> PS. I'm very excited about the Web Audio API and can't wait to try it.
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