The opening keynote
summary
Builds playable physical “mixtapes” with a desktop laser cutter and the Web Audio API, producing laser-cut LP, CD, laser-cut cassette and iPod-style discs that the browser reads optically; the LP prototype reliably plays, the cassette demo is flaky in low light. Converts camera/canvas pixel strips into audio by creating a canvas→audio wave table and feeding buffers into oscillators. Mentions AudioWorklets and WebAssembly as enablers, cites tape orders up 35% and cassette sales up 8%, and notes demos are volatile but mostly workable.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 3:44Web audio developments
- 7:16Evolution of audio formats
- 15:26Generative art and sound
- 19:33Laser-cut audio experiments
- 26:38Nostalgia and digital media
- 34:45Conclusion and call to action
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