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and designers and has many accessibility opportunities and challenges that this working group will continue to keep in mind.
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+ The Web Audio API, which became a W3C Recommendation in June 2021,
+ will be maintained both by continuous refinement based on implementation
+ experience and also by adding new features, based on user demand,
+ practicality, ease of writing a polyfil/prototyping and utility.
+ Prioritisation of new features is informed by the
+ 2021 Web Audio Developer
+ survey results. The Working Group maintains a
+ prioritized list of potential new features on GitHub.
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In addition to an audio processing API, this group has received feedback from the audio and music community and industry, who wish to Web-enable their MIDI-capable devices. MIDI is
an electronic device interface, developed by the musical instrument industry, that includes communication protocols for two-way connection and control of a wide variety of devices, including digital musical instruments, digital audio workstations,
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PROPOSED Audio Working Group Charter
Group is also developing a specification to create a bridge between the browser and existing system-level MIDI APIs, to make musical instruments first-class citizens of the Web.
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+ The Web MIDI API, which now has a second in-browser implementation,
+ is expected to progress to Candidate Recommendation during this charter period.
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This working group will take into account common work-flows for sound creators, including considerations for common audio formats. This group will also liaise with other groups for direct connection to audio inputs and outputs, such as microphones and
speakers.
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External Organizations
MIDI Manufacturers Association
Coordinate on the relationship between the audio API and the Musical Instrument Digital Interface protocol
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+ Web3D Consortium
+ Coordinate on the use of spatial audio in
+ standards for real-time 3D communication