Jordan Santell immersive engineer

Browser Dance Party: Visualizing Audio with the Web Audio API

I presented "Browser Dance Party: Visualizing Audio with the Web Audio API" at HTML5DevConf 2013 in San Francisco, California.

"Browser Dance Party: Visualizing Audio with the Web Audio API" at HTML5DevConf 2013, San Francisco, California.

Now that the Web Audio API is available in most major desktop and mobile browsers, plugin-free audio visualization for added app flair, audio analysis and full-on dance parties is now possible. Let's check out how we can use Web Audio to visualize music and sound, the theory behind beat and pitch detection, and implementing this knowledge to make our browsers dance.

Browser Dance Party: Visualizing Audio with the Web Audio API