[kowdermeister]

Stopped reading at: "Something like the DynamicsCompressorNode is practically a joke: basic features from a real compressor are basically missing, and the behavior that is there is underspecified such that I can’t even trust it to sound correct between browsers. "

Then if you look into it:

    dictionary DynamicsCompressorOptions : AudioNodeOptions {
             float attack = 0.003;
             float knee = 30;
             float ratio = 12;
             float release = 0.25;
             float threshold = -24;

Which are indeed the basics that you need and totally enough for most use cases.

Check out a vintage compressor that has a dozen implementation as VST plugins:

http://media.uaudio.com/assetlibrary/t/e/teletronix_la2a_car...

[bsder]

> Which are indeed the basics that you need and totally enough for most use cases.

However, I can take your "simple" compressor and swap it out of my audio chain for a more complex one if I need to.

I can't do that for the Web Audio API. That's really what everybody is complaining about.

The problem is that if your use case only covers 95% and I use 10 pieces, I am practically guaranteed to have a mismatch for multiple pieces--and I can't escape.

[sdeep27]

If you have 95% coverage, and you have 10 separate random pieces, you actually have a 40% chance of failure.

[TFortunato]

I can't tell if your being pedantic because you agree with the parent, or because you missed their point entirely

[Jasper_]

Where's the sidechain input?

[kowdermeister]

You can access the reduction property and connect it a gain node of anouther source.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DynamicsCom...

[Jasper_]

That's using the output of the compressor to drive another node. A sidechain compressor has two inputs.

[kowdermeister]

I know what sidechain compression is, yes, you need to code a little bit more :)

[graphememes]

Just the BASICS. Like before we knew anything about Audio

[quadrangle]

Regardless of the other valid reply to this question, the implication that sidechain is a fundamentally basic thing for a compressor is questionable. Sidechains are extremely useful for many cases, but there's clearly tons of applications of compressors that don't use sidechains. It's not like a sidechainless compressor is unusable.

[coldtea]

The LA2A is as basic as they come. And it's more used for its character and coloring than for its flexibility.

[whipoodle]

Still, the cross-browser thing seems quite bad.