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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162825003321

Autore

William Turner; Steve Leonard

Titolo

JavaScript for Sound Artists : Learn to Code with the Web Audio API

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Focal Press, 2017

ISBN

1-315-65973-5

1-317-33494-9

1-317-33493-0

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 pages)

Disciplina

006.5

Soggetti

Computer sound processing

JavaScript (Computer program language)

Webcasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A Focal Press book--cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Overview and setup -- 2. Getting started with JavaScript and the Web Audio API -- 3. Operators -- 4. Conditional statements and loops -- 5. Functions -- 6. Objects -- 7. Node graphs and oscillators -- 8. Using HTML and CSS to build user interfaces -- 9. DOM programming with JavaScript -- 10. Simplifying DOM programming with JQuery -- 11. Loading and playing audio files -- 12. Factories and constructors -- 13. Abstracting the file loader -- 14. The node graph and working with effects -- 15. The biquad filter node -- 16. The convolver node -- 17. Stereo panning, channel splitting, and merging -- 18. The delay node -- 19. Dynamic range compression -- 20. Time -- 21. Creating audio visualizations -- 22. Adding flexibility to the audio loader abstraction -- 23. Building a step sequencer -- 24. AJAX and JSON -- 25. The future of JavaScript and the Web Audio API.

Sommario/riassunto

Learn how to program JavaScript while creating interactive audio applications with JavaScript for Sound Artists: Learn to Code With the Web Audio API ! William Turner and Steve Leonard showcase the basics of JavaScript language programing so that readers can learn how to build browser based audio applications, such as music synthesizers and drum machines. T he companion website offers further opportunity



for growth.  Web Audio API instruction includes oscillators, audio file loading and playback, basic audio manipulation, panning and time. This book encompasses all of the basic features of JavaScript with aspects of the Web Audio API to heighten the capability of any browser.