Signals And Sine Waves

This is the first in a series of articles I'm planning to write about making sounds and music with the Web Audio API. It is written for JavaScript developers who don't necessarily have any background in music or audio engineering.

In this first edition, we'll talk about how digital audio can be represented and played with Web Audio. We'll make our very first sound, which will be based on the sine wave.

First Things First: What Is A Digital Audio Signal?

When you represent a s...