Show HN: Recreate NASA's Apollo Space Beeps (Quindar Tones) with Web Audio

Post by TeMPOraL » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 12:43 AM UTC

InclinedPlane wrote: post #9

pippy wrote: post #7

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it sounds your processor can't keep up with your sound buffer. you can start Google chrome up with --audio-buffer-size=2048 to increase it All audio technologies have buffer issues, it's a pretty basic problem. it's not unique to web audio.

Nope, that's not it, makes no difference. Saying that all audio technologies have issues is a dodge. Technology is hard, software is about dealing with problems not about passing the buck and saying "sorry it sucks, it's hard and I gave up". Computer audio isn't exactly rocket science, tons of products get it right, browser makers just can't be bothered to invest in it.

Post by pjc50 » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 2:06 PM UTC

vortico wrote: post #10

djrogers wrote: post #8

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> it sounds your processor can't keep up with your sound buffer Is this 1994? We've been playing fancy, high definition, multi-channel audio on our computers for decades now, and it's been ages since I've seen it impact the CPU. > All audio technologies have buffer issues, it's a pretty basic problem. it's not unique to web audio. I would say that in 2015, for most people it is unique to web audio. Generally speaking…

This is because "fancy, high definition, multi-channel audio" has >40ms latency, so you cannot compare it with Web Audio, which is meant to be real time like in digital music settings, where often <8ms is required. You clearly do not understand the problem you are claiming to be simple.

Post by J_Darnley » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 7:03 PM UTC

outputchannel wrote: post #14

J_Darnley wrote: post #12

Is there a download available for offline listening?

Hello, post author here, were you thinking about downloading the NASA sound clip or the web audio recreation?

Post by outputchannel » Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 11:07 PM UTC

backwardm wrote: post #2

Pretty neat! I've heard those beeps a lot but never knew what they were for. Also, is it me, or do the sounds in the example recording sound the same? (frequency-wise?)