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audiojs / web-audio-api

Node.js implementation of Web audio API
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Next (v1): making complete compatible API #82

Open dy opened 3 years ago

dy commented 3 years ago

Just outline possible project strategies, as mentioned here.

1. Do nothing

With the time project becomes a historical artifact (if not already), a memorial of volunteering OSS efforts.

2. Archive the project

We're not qualified for really optimal implementation, there needs to be a serious sponsor and full-time engagement, just check @chrisguttandin work at standardized-audio-context.

3. Finish current code

Make minimally compatible API with current approach. 👍🏼 Any JS platform (see QuickJS, Duktape) 👍🏼 Can be used as polyfill 👎🏼 Unlikely to be maintained

4. Reuse web-audio-engine

👍🏼 That seems to be more complete 👎🏼 That's not maintained either

5. Wait for successor eg. web-audio-api-rs

👍🏼 Hope 👎🏼 Rust can be 150 times slower 👎🏼 Needs to be compiled to WASM

6. Bindings like node-audio, labsound

👎🏼 Binding = no way to run in browser

dy commented 2 years ago

After discussion with @stagas about wat-compiler and mono it became apparent that the right way to organize code is via compiled wasm files.

7. WASM binaries

👍🏼 Best possible performance 👍🏼 Cross-platform compat 👍🏼 Available for browser 👍🏼 With AudioWorklet support enables cross-platform audio modules 👍🏼 Perfect test-case for mono/compatible syntax

jazz-soft commented 2 years ago

If we want it to work headless, we probably cannot use WASM...

dy commented 2 years ago

Why? Node/browser support wasm frictionlessly

jazz-soft commented 2 years ago

My knowledge may be outdated then :)