876: MIDI & Music in the Browser

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats · Feb 12, 2025 · 48m

Wes and Scott talk about the Web Audio and Web MIDI APIs, diving into how they enable powerful music and sound manipulation in the browser. They explore MIDI messaging, synthesizing audio, creative coding with music, and share hands-on projects, tips, and libraries to get started. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:17 Brought to you by Sentry.io 02:04 Fun audio experiments Bebot 05:32 What is MIDI? Web MIDI API 14:18 Advanced examples with WEBMIDI.js WEBMIDI.js 17:02 Outputting MIDI messages 24:40 Exploring the Web Audio API webmidirtc 31:20 Audio sampling in the browser 37:35 Media…