esbullington / awesome-webaudio

A curated list of awesome WebAudio packages and resources.

Awesome WebAudio

A curated list of awesome WebAudio packages and demos.

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Packages

Frameworks

• Tone.js - A framework for making interactive music in the browser.
• Gibberish - A JavaScript DSP library that creates JIT optimized audio callbacks using code generation techniques.
• lissajous - A tool for programmatic audio performance.
• SSSynthesiser.js - A wavetable synthesizer for interactive music and sound effects.
• Bap - A toolkit for making beats and composing sequences, inspired by the classic MPC60/2000.

Libraries

• reverbGen - A JavaScript library for generating artificial reverb impulse responses.
• TuneJS - A tuning library of microtonal and just intonation scales. Supports over 3,000 historical tunings.
• Beet.js - A sequencer library for creating euclidean rhythms and polyrhythms.
• AudioKeys - A QWERTY keyboard for web audio projects.
• smoothfade - A library for smoothly fading between two AudioNodes.
• web-audio-test-api - A Web Audio test library for CI.
• virtual-audio-graph - Library for declaratively manipulating the Web Audio API.
• javascript-karplus-strong - JavaScript/Web Audio implementation of Karplus-Strong guitar synthesis.
• XSound.js - Full stack library.
• osc-msg - OSC message decoder/encoder with fault tolerance.
• Meyda - Audio feature extraction library including a variety of widely used audio features.
• Pizzicato - A library that aims to simplify the creation and manipulation sounds in the browser.
• Mooog - Tools that simplify working with AudioNodes, inspired by jQuery and mixing tables.
• Wavesurfer.js - Interactive navigable audio visualization using Web Audio and Canvas.
• envelope-generator - Simple ADSR envelope generator for web audio.
• Audiojs - An object that enables you to store, read, and write PCM audio data more easily.
• audio contour - A 5 stage audio envelope generator.

Utilities

• resampler - A utility for resampling audio.
• bpm-detective – Detects the BPM of a song or audio sample.
• web-audio-utils - Commonly needed utility functions for Web Audio API.

MIDI

• midimessage - A simple MIDI Message parser.
• midi-ports - handy library to make it easier to work with attached MIDI devices.
• Midi Logger - This Midi Logger will print all midi input to your browser for debugging.

Apps

• LoopDrop App - MIDI looper, modular synth and sampler app built using Web Audio and Web MIDI APIs.
• X Sound - Multi Sound Application that uses XSound.js.
• Molgav - Musical Step Sequencer for melodies exchange.
• Code Player - An experimental app that makes your codes sing for you.
• mod-synth.io - Create your own modular synthesizer, or emulate different synths.

Resources

Tutorials

• WebAudio School - A series of self-guided workshops to learn WebAudio.
• The Web Audio API: What Is It? - Intro to WebAudio.
• Web Audio Basics - A growing set of light code samples with CodePen links for each.
• [Web Audio Perf](Web Audio API performance and debugging ) - Performance of various AudioNodes and strategies for efficient resource usage (from WAC2016).
• Percussion Synthesis Using Web Audio - This tutorial will introduce the basics of web audio programming by writing code to synthesize simple percussion sounds (from WAC2016).

Books

• Web Audio API Book - A book that brings the reader through the basics of WebAudio.

Newsletters

• Web Audio Weekly Newsletter - A weekly review of what's happening in Web Audio.

Community

• Slack - A Slack for discussing Web Audio.

License

To the extent possible under law, Chinmay Pendharkar has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.