Programmable audio APIs will do for what
did for . Prior to the canvas tag, images on the Web were
lar gely opaque to scripts. Image creation and manipulation had to
occur on the sidelines----namely, on the server. Now, there are tools
for creating and manipulating visual media based on the canvas
element. Similarly, audio data APIs will enable music creation in
HTML5 applications. This will help round out the content-creation
capabilities available to web applications and move us closer to a
self -hosting world of tools to create media on and for the Web.
Imagine editing audio on the Web without having to leave the
browser.