Synthesizing Hi-Hats with Web Audio

[cJ0th]

Here I am, programming synths for a couple of years and it never occurred to me to make a hihat out of square waves (instead of noise) to have a more characteristic, well, noise. It's so obvious that it hurts! :D

[shdon]

Cool way of doing this. Firefox (41 / Windows 10) seems to cut the sounds short a little, which makes the end result sound as little more than a tick. Had to switch to Chrome to hear it properly.

[itsjoesullivan]

Thanks! Yes, it looks like in Firefox (and some Chrome situations) the sound is effectively being scheduled in the past. Something to look into.

[Olap84]

Even in chrome I hear what sounds more like a rim shot

[fgtx]

All I hear is a very short tick sound. Chrome 45.0.2454.93 m

[tempodox]

Nope, no AudioContext in my Safari.