(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04)
Taylor, Benjamin; Bernstein, Andrew
The authors share Tune.js, a JavaScript library of over 3,000
microtonal tunings and historical temperaments for use with
web audio. The current state of tuning in web audio is
reviewed, followed by an explication of the library's creation
and an overview of its potential applications. Finally, the
authors share several small projects made with Tune.js and
ponder future development opportunities.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04)
Allison, Jesse; Holmes, Daniel; Berkowitz, Zachary; Pfalz, Andrew; Conlin, William; Hwang, Nick; Taylor, Benjamin
Programming Music Camp is a summer outreach camp de-
signed to teach computer programming concepts to youths
through the activity of music-making. Prior experiences
teaching web audio technologies to secondary school stu-
dents are described. The camp curriculum is then outlined,
including the class activities of live coding, instrument de-
sign, and concert performance. The outcomes of the camp
are evaluated and future educational opportunities using
web audio technologies are considered.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04)
Bernstein, Andrew; Taylor, Benjamin
This paper outlines Gendy.js, a JavaScript Web Audio im-
plementation of the GENDYN program for dynamic stochastic synthesis originally authored by composer Iannis Xenakis. The historical development of dynamic stochastic
synthesis is reviewed followed by an overview of it's technical components and their implementation in JavaScript.
Finally, the authors examine the possibilities and issues re-garding future development of nonstandard synthesis algo-ithms using the Web Audio API.