
JavaScript for Sound Artists
Learn to Code with the Web Audio API
CRC Press
2nd Edition
Published on 18. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-032-06272-3 (ISBN)
Description
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. The 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.
Key Features
Uses the readers existing knowledge of audio technology to facilitate learning how to program using JavaScript. The teaching will be done through a series of annotated examples and explanations.
Downloadable code examples and links to additional reference material included on the books companion website.
This book makes learning programming more approachable to nonprofessional programmers
The context of teaching JavaScript for the creative audio community in this manner does not exist anywhere else in the market and uses example-based teaching
Key Features
Uses the readers existing knowledge of audio technology to facilitate learning how to program using JavaScript. The teaching will be done through a series of annotated examples and explanations.
Downloadable code examples and links to additional reference material included on the books companion website.
This book makes learning programming more approachable to nonprofessional programmers
The context of teaching JavaScript for the creative audio community in this manner does not exist anywhere else in the market and uses example-based teaching
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
55 s/w Abbildungen, 43 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 12 s/w Zeichnungen, 24 s/w Tabellen
24 Tables, black and white; 12 Line drawings, black and white; 43 Halftones, black and white; 55 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
407 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-06272-3 (9781032062723)
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Persons
William Turner is a technical trainer with over 13 years of experience. He currently operates a boutique web development and training company at helpknow.com.
Steve Leonard is a technical writer for Juniper Networks and developed some of the initial documentation for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series of switches among other products. He now writes the internal programmer guide for developers of Juniper's next-generation operating system and is responsible for the network management documentation for end users of that new OS.
Steve Leonard is a technical writer for Juniper Networks and developed some of the initial documentation for the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series of switches among other products. He now writes the internal programmer guide for developers of Juniper's next-generation operating system and is responsible for the network management documentation for end users of that new OS.
Content
Preface. 1. Overview and Setup. 2. Getting Started with JavaScript and the Web Audio API. 3. Operators. 4. Conditional Statements, Loops, and Scope. 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, Constructors, and Classes. 13. Abstracting the File Loader. 14. The Node Graph and Working with Effects. 15. Adding Flexibility to the Audio Loader Abstraction. 16. The Biquad Filter Node. 17. The Convolver Node. 18. Stereo Panning, Channel Splitting, and Merging. 19. The Delay Node. 20. Dynamic Range Compression. 21. Time. 22. Creating Audio Visualizations. 23. Building a Step Sequencer. 24. AJAX and JSON. 25. The Future of JavaScript and the Web Audio API. Index.