thekenwheeler

it depends. canvas is typically much more cpu friendly. and does a way better job with text. (2d)

I remember way back when, when I first started on the web, I got paid to make Flash sites. It was a cringey time, but the capability and animation smoothness, on Windows XP, 8 years ago, was still better than you can get on the web on a Macbook Pro today.

When Jobs murdered flash I transitioned to web waiting for it to come up to parity, but it never did.

We've had incremental improvements, but IMO they have been scraps, and the priority is out of wack. Why are we adding MIDI to a platform that still can't efficiently do layout?

I recently gave a talk about building a new browser without the DOM, instead using native UI primitives driven by javascript for our sites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQx3wz8QeY

Wherever we land, I just hope to someday get the kind of performance on the web that I got 8 years ago with Flash.

There are actually a ton of binding already defined here: https://github.com/BuckleTypes

Further, anything already typed with Flow or Typescript can be converted with this. https://github.com/rrdelaney/ReasonablyTyped

Beyond that, defining js types and interop with Reason/BS has probably been the most pleasant experience in a compile-to lang that I've used.

This lib uses term-img internally to print generated png imagery.

out of pure curiosity , what would you prefer it be written in?

holy mackerel, this lib is dope.

i haven't but that sounds dope. you should give it a shot!

Its a work in progress. Right now the synths are single oscillators with no filter. When I get those composing with effects, it'll sound more like a real patch. Also, sample maps for the sampler with note input will make doing things like wav based piano lines a lot easier.