TECHNOLOGY

Web Audio API

The Web Audio API is a browser platform technology for routing, synthesizing, processing and analyzing audio through connected audio nodes.

active canonical v1.0.0

Role

The Web Audio API provides graph-based audio routing and processing in browsers. It is relevant to interactive essays, sound analysis, synthesis and public listening tools.

Use

Electronic Artefacts can use it for ORETH prototypes, audio visualizers, browser-native sound experiments and educational demonstrations.

References

See the W3C Web Audio API specification.

Identity and publication

Record metadata

Entity ID: ea:technology:web-audio-api
Publication class: canonical
Status: active
Maturity: production
Confidence: canonical
Published: 2026-06-24
Modified: 2026-06-24
Version: 1.0.0

Citation

How to cite this record

Web Audio API. 1.0.0. Electronic Artefacts, 2026-06-24. https://electronicartefacts.com/knowledge/technologies/web-audio-api/

Canonical URL

TYPED RELATIONSHIPS

How this entity connects.

Each connection has an explicit predicate and a human-readable statement.

implementation

Uses technology

Web Audio and Browser-Based Sound Systems

Web Audio and Browser-Based Sound Systems uses the Web Audio API as its main browser audio reference.

Local graph

1 typed connections

The accessible relationship list above contains the complete local graph. Interactive rendering is loaded progressively.