Audio Developer Conference

Modern browsers provide a variety of ways to play and create audio these days. As developers we have a lot of APIs to choose from. This talk is giving an overview about all the available APIs out there, what primary use case they have, how they can be combined, and whether or not they can be used already across all browsers.

For all of us who mostly know APIs like the Web Audio API as a compile target for DSP languages like FAUST or SOUL this talk will outline how those APIs work internally. What is for example the advantage of an AudioWorklet when compared to a ScriptProcessorNode? Why would one use an audio element with the Media Source Extensions API? How can external signals be consumed and sent out via WebRTC? Which browsers support the Web MIDI API to send and receive MIDI messages to and from connected devices? How can all that be kept in sync with the TimingObject? And the list goes on with many more APIs that exist to play, create, or control media on the web. 

Of course all of those APIs have a different kind of maturity and vary a lot when it comes to browser support. This talk aims to give an overview about the current state of audio on the web. It also tries to show how we as a community can get involved in the process of creating and updating all those APIs.