Sonic Boom! Audio Programming on Android and Chrome
summary
Demonstrates a shared C++ synthesizer compiled with Emscripten to WebAssembly and wired into Chrome via AudioWorklet and into Android via the Oboe C++ library, with MIDI handled by Chrome Web MIDI and Android Q’s AMidi for low-latency note on/off control. Reports ~20 ms round-trip latency on Pixel devices, a working live jam, BandLab reaching 7M users and 2M songs/month, Isotope seeing ~40% sales lift on Android, and Music World Media gaining 45M users.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Cross-platform audio intro
- 5:35Shared C++ synthesizer
- 12:33C++ to WebAssembly
- 22:50MIDI on Chrome
- 26:12MIDI on Android Q
- 32:02Live performance
- 34:02Magnus Berger on web audio
- 38:41Audio dev success stories
- 40:51Key takeaways
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