Web Audio API

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JavaScript API W3C specification audio processing API web API

The Web Audio API is a high-level JavaScript API for creating, processing, and controlling audio in web applications, enabling complex audio effects, spatialization, and real-time audio synthesis directly in the browser.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf JavaScript API ⓘ
W3C specification ⓘ
audio processing API ⓘ
web API ⓘ
basedOn audio node graph ⓘ
coreConcept AnalyserNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
AudioBuffer ⓘ
AudioBufferSourceNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
AudioContext ⓘ
AudioDestinationNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
AudioListener NERFINISHED ⓘ
AudioNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
AudioParam NERFINISHED ⓘ
AudioWorklet NERFINISHED ⓘ
AudioWorkletNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
BiquadFilterNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
ChannelMergerNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
ChannelSplitterNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
ConvolverNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
DelayNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
DynamicsCompressorNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
GainNode ⓘ
IIRFilterNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
MediaElementAudioSourceNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
MediaStreamAudioDestinationNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
MediaStreamAudioSourceNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
OscillatorNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
PannerNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
PeriodicWave NERFINISHED ⓘ
ScriptProcessorNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
StereoPannerNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
WaveShaperNode NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor web applications ⓘ
web browsers ⓘ
enables complex audio effects in the browser ⓘ
game audio in web applications ⓘ
interactive audio visualizations ⓘ
music production tools in the browser ⓘ
goal provide high-level audio capabilities for the web platform ⓘ
hasFeature 3D spatial audio ⓘ
support for decoding compressed audio formats via browser ⓘ
support for multiple audio channels ⓘ
support for various audio sample rates ⓘ
time-based automation of parameters ⓘ
introduced early 2010s ⓘ
maintainedBy W3C Audio Working Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Wide Web Consortium NERFINISHED ⓘ
programmingLanguage JavaScript ⓘ
relatedTo HTMLMediaElement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Media Capture and Streams API NERFINISHED ⓘ
Web MIDI API NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardizedBy W3C Recommendation NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports MIDI integration via Web MIDI API ⓘ
audio analysis ⓘ
audio effects ⓘ
audio processing ⓘ
audio routing graph ⓘ
audio spatialization ⓘ
offline audio rendering ⓘ
real-time audio synthesis ⓘ
sample-accurate scheduling ⓘ
usedIn Google Chrome NERFINISHED ⓘ
Microsoft Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mozilla Firefox NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safari NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Web APIs → example → Web Audio API ⓘ
Open Web Platform → hasComponent → Web Audio API ⓘ
Chrome Web Platform features → includesAPI → Web Audio API ⓘ
W3C Web Application technologies → includesStandard → Web Audio API ⓘ