Audio Signal Generation

About Audio Signal Generation

Audio signal generation refers to the process of creating sound waves that can be heard by the human ear. This can be achieved through various methods such as using electronic devices, software programs, or even physical instruments. The generated audio signal can be used for a variety of purposes such as music production, sound effects for movies or video games, or even for scientific research.

Sine Wave Generator

Switchboard Editor example

This example generates a sine wave to the audio output using the SineGeneratorNode. Frequency and amplitude can be adjusted by the setFrequency and setAmplitude methods.

Code Example

JSON

{
  "nodes": {
    { "id": "sineGeneratorNode", "type": "Switchboard.SineGenerator" }
  },
  "connections": {
    { "sourceNode": "sineGeneratorNode", "destinationNode": "outputNode" }
  },
}

Swift

import SwitchboardSDK

class SineWaveGeneratorExample {

	let audioEngine = SBAudioEngine()
	let audioGraph = SBAudioGraph()
	let sineGeneratorNode = SBSineGeneratorNode()

	init() {
		audioGraph.addNode(sineGeneratorNode)
		audioGraph.connect(sineGeneratorNode, to: audioGraph.outputNode)
		audioEngine.start(audioGraph)
	}

	func setFrequency(_ newValue: Float) {
		sineGeneratorNode.frequency = newValue
	}

	func setAmplitude(_ newValue: Float) {
		sineGeneratorNode.amplitude = newValue
	}
}

Kotlin

import com.synervoz.switchboard.sdk.AudioEngine
import com.synervoz.switchboard.sdk.audiograph.AudioGraph
import com.synervoz.switchboard.sdk.audiographnodes.SineGeneratorNode

class SineWaveGeneratorExample(context: Context) {

	val audioEngine = AudioEngine(context)
    val audioGraph = AudioGraph()
    val sineGeneratorNode = SineGeneratorNode()

	init {
        audioGraph.addNode(sineGeneratorNode)
        audioGraph.connect(sineGeneratorNode, audioGraph.outputNode)
        audioEngine.start(audioGraph)
	}

	fun setFrequency(frequency: Float) {
        sineGeneratorNode.frequency = frequency
    }

    fun setAmplitude(amplitude: Float) {
        sineGeneratorNode.amplitude = amplitude
    }
}

C++

#include "AudioGraph.hpp"
#include "SineGeneratorNode.hpp"

using namespace switchboard;

class SineWaveGeneratorExample {
public:
    SineWaveGeneratorExample() {
        // Adding nodes to audio graph
        audioGraph.addNode(sineGeneratorNode);

        // Connecting audio nodes
        audioGraph.connect(sineGeneratorNode, audioGraph.getOutputNode());

        // Starting the graph
        audioGraph.start();
    }

    void setFrequency(float frequency) {
        sineGeneratorNode.setFrequency(frequency);
    }

    void setAmplitude(float amplitude) {
        sineGeneratorNode.setAmplitude(amplitude);
    }

    // Example method called by the audio processing pipeline on each buffer
    bool process(float** buffers, const uint numberOfChannels, const uint numberOfFrames, const uint sampleRate) {
        AudioBuffer<float> outBuffer = AudioBuffer<float>(numberOfChannels, numberOfFrames, false, sampleRate, buffers);
        const bool result = audioGraph->processBuffer(nullptr, &outBuffer);
        return result;
    }

private:
    AudioGraph audioGraph;
    SineGeneratorNode sineGeneratorNode;
};

JavaScript

// Change the import to reflect the location of library
// relative to this publically accessible AudioWorklet
import { SwitchboardSDK } from '/libs/switchboard-sdk/index.js'

class SineWaveWorkletProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
  constructor(options) {
    super()
    this.sampleRate = options.processorOptions.sampleRate
    this.port.onmessage = (event) => this.onMessage(event.data)
  }

  onMessage(message) {
    if (message.wasmArrayBuffer) {
      const switchboardSdkConfigObject = {
        extensions: [],
        wasmBytes: message.wasmArrayBuffer,
      }
      this.configure(switchboardSdkConfigObject)
    }
    if (typeof message.frequency !== 'undefined')
      this.setFrequency(message.frequency)
    if (typeof message.amplitude !== 'undefined')
      this.setAmplitude(message.amplitude)
  }

  configure(sdkConfig) {
    this.switchboard = new SwitchboardSDK()
    this.switchboard.configure(sdkConfig).then((response) => {
      this.constructAudioGraph()
    })
  }

  constructAudioGraph() {
    const inputChannelLayout = []
    const outputChannelLayout = [1]
    const maxNumFrames = 128

    let sineNode = new this.switchboard.classes.SineGeneratorNode()
    sineNode.setFrequency(220.0)
    sineNode.setAmplitude(1.0)

    let gainNode = new this.switchboard.classes.GainNode()
    gainNode.setGain(0.8)

    let audioGraph = this.switchboard.createAudioGraph(
      inputChannelLayout,
      outputChannelLayout,
      maxNumFrames,
      this.sampleRate
    )
    let audioGraphOutputNode = audioGraph.getOutputNode()
    audioGraph.addNode(sineNode)
    audioGraph.addNode(gainNode)
    audioGraph.connect(sineNode, gainNode)
    audioGraph.connect(gainNode, audioGraphOutputNode)
    audioGraph.start()

    this.sineNode = sineNode
    this.gainNode = gainNode
    this.audioGraph = audioGraph
  }

  destruct() {
    this.audioGraph.destruct()
    this.gainNode.destruct()
    this.sineNode.destruct()
  }

  setFrequency(newFrequency) {
    if (this.sineNode) this.sineNode.setFrequency(newFrequency)
  }

  setAmplitude(newAmplitude) {
    if (this.sineNode) this.sineNode.setAmplitude(newAmplitude)
  }

  process(inputs, outputs, parameters) {
    if (this.audioGraph) return this.audioGraph.processGraph(inputs, outputs)
    return true
  }
}

registerProcessor('SwitchboardSineGeneratorProcessor', SineWaveWorkletProcessor)

White Noise Generator

Switchboard Editor example

This example generates white noise to the audio output using the WhiteNoiseGeneratorNode. This class has no properties or methods.

Code Example

JSON

{
  "nodes": {
    { "id": "whiteNoiseGeneratorNode", "type": "Switchboard.WhiteNoiseGenerator" }
  },
  "connections": {
    { "sourceNode": "whiteNoiseGeneratorNode", "destinationNode": "outputNode" }
  },
}

Swift

import SwitchboardSDK

class WhiteNoiseGeneratorExample {

	let audioEngine = SBAudioEngine()
	let audioGraph = SBAudioGraph()
	let whiteNoiseGeneratorNode = SBWhiteNoiseGeneratorNode()

	init() {
		audioGraph.addNode(whiteNoiseGeneratorNode)
		audioGraph.connect(whiteNoiseGeneratorNode, to: audioGraph.outputNode)
		audioEngine.start(audioGraph)
	}
}

Kotlin

import com.synervoz.switchboard.sdk.AudioEngine
import com.synervoz.switchboard.sdk.audiograph.AudioGraph
import com.synervoz.switchboard.sdk.audiographnodes.WhiteNoiseGeneratorNode

class WhiteNoiseGeneratorExample(context: Context) {

	val audioEngine = AudioEngine(context)
    val audioGraph = AudioGraph()
    val whiteNoiseGeneratorNode = WhiteNoiseGeneratorNode()

	init {
        audioGraph.addNode(whiteNoiseGeneratorNode)
        audioGraph.connect(whiteNoiseGeneratorNode, audioGraph.outputNode)
        audioEngine.start(audioGraph)
	}
}

C++

#include "AudioGraph.hpp"
#include "WhiteNoiseGeneratorNode.hpp"

using namespace switchboard;

class WhiteNoiseGeneratorExample {
public:
    WhiteNoiseGeneratorExample() {
        // Adding nodes to audio graph
        audioGraph.addNode(whiteNoiseGeneratorNode);

        // Connecting audio nodes
        audioGraph.connect(whiteNoiseGeneratorNode, audioGraph.getOutputNode());

        // Starting the graph
        audioGraph.start();
    }

    // Example method called by the audio processing pipeline on each buffer
    bool process(float** buffers, const uint numberOfChannels, const uint numberOfFrames, const uint sampleRate) {
        AudioBuffer<float> outBuffer = AudioBuffer<float>(numberOfChannels, numberOfFrames, false, sampleRate, buffers);
        const bool result = audioGraph->processBuffer(nullptr, &outBuffer);
        return result;
    }

private:
    AudioGraph audioGraph;
    WhiteNoiseGeneratorNode whiteNoiseGeneratorNode;
};

JavaScript

// Change the import to reflect the location of library
// relative to this publically accessible AudioWorklet
import { SwitchboardSDK } from '/libs/switchboard-sdk/index.js'

class SwitchboardWhiteNoiseGeneratorProcessor extends AudioWorkletProcessor {
  constructor(options) {
    super()
    this.sampleRate = options.processorOptions.sampleRate
    this.port.onmessage = (event) => this.onMessage(event.data)
  }

  onMessage(message) {
    if (message.wasmArrayBuffer) {
      const switchboardSdkConfigObject = {
        extensions: [],
        wasmBytes: message.wasmArrayBuffer,
      }
      this.configure(switchboardSdkConfigObject)
    }
  }

  configure(sdkConfig) {
    this.switchboard = new SwitchboardSDK()
    this.switchboard.configure(sdkConfig).then((response) => {
      this.constructAudioGraph()
    })
  }

  constructAudioGraph() {
    const inputChannelLayout = []
    const outputChannelLayout = [1]
    const maxNumFrames = 128

    let noiseNode = new this.switchboard.classes.WhiteNoiseGeneratorNode()
    let gainNode = new this.switchboard.classes.GainNode()

    gainNode.setGain(1)

    let audioGraph = this.switchboard.createAudioGraph(
      inputChannelLayout,
      outputChannelLayout,
      maxNumFrames,
      this.sampleRate
    )
    let audioGraphOutputNode = audioGraph.getOutputNode()
    audioGraph.addNode(noiseNode)
    audioGraph.addNode(gainNode)
    audioGraph.connect(noiseNode, gainNode)
    audioGraph.connect(gainNode, audioGraphOutputNode)
    audioGraph.start()

    this.noiseNode = noiseNode
    this.gainNode = gainNode
    this.audioGraph = audioGraph
  }

  destruct() {
    this.audioGraph.destruct()
    this.gainNode.destruct()
    this.noiseNode.destruct()
  }

  process(inputs, outputs, parameters) {
    if (this.audioGraph) return this.audioGraph.processGraph(inputs, outputs)
    return true
  }
}

registerProcessor(
  'SwitchboardWhiteNoiseGeneratorProcessor',
  SwitchboardWhiteNoiseGeneratorProcessor
)