WebAudio: PannerNode default behavior

The HRTF panner uses significant memory for the responses and requires a fair amount of processing to implement. For low-end mobile devices, this can be an issue. Since the default panner model is HRTF, the creation of the panner can cause the responses to be loaded. The default has been changed to equalpower, which doesn't consume significant memory and is much less intensive in processing power.

Comments

See also: https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/issues/368

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 40
• Chrome for Android release 40

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: No public signals
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: No signals

Owner

• hongchan@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14