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Implementation of Faster than Real Time Audio Analysis for Use with Web Audio API: An FFT Case Study

Authors: Joglar-Ongay, Luis; Dewey, Christopher; Wakefield, Jonathan

AES Convention 140 · Paper 242 · May 2016

Abstract

There is significant interest in the audio community in developing web-based applications using HTML5 and Web Audio API. Whilst this newly emerging API goes some way to provide offline audio analysis in the web browser it is limited to a relatively basic FFT with fixed Blackman windowing and no overlap facility. Most previously documented solutions to this issue operate in real time. This paper demonstrates how to perform more sophisticated, faster than real time FFT analysis for use within Web Audio applications. It makes use of the Web Audio API and the dsp.js library. Academics and researchers can use this paper as a tutorial to develop similar solutions within their own web based audio applications.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 140
AES Convention
140
Paper number
242
Publication date
May 6, 2016
Session subject
eBriefs: Posters
Affiliation
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Engineering Brief