wajuce

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JUCE-powered Web Audio API for Flutter.

wajuce provides a Web Audio API 1.1 compatible interface for Flutter and Dart. It allows developers to use familiar Web Audio patterns while delivering high-performance, low-latency audio processing via a native JUCE C++ backend.

🌟 Key Features

  • Web Audio API Parity: Mirrors AudioContext, OscillatorNode, GainNode, etc., making it easy to port existing JS audio engines.
  • JUCE Backend: Leverages the industry-standard JUCE framework for native audio processing on iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows.
  • Pure Web Support: Automatically falls back to the browser's native Web Audio API on Web platforms via dart:js_interop.
  • Zero-Overhead FFI: Uses Dart FFI for fast communication between Dart and C++ without MethodChannel overhead.
  • AudioWorklet Support: Native uses high-priority Dart Isolates; Web uses browser AudioWorklet via dart:js_interop.
  • Feedback Loops: Built-in FeedbackBridge automatically handles cyclic connections in the node graph (1-block delay).

🚀 Quick Start (New Flutter App)

flutter create my_audio_app
cd my_audio_app
flutter pub add wajuce
flutter pub get

Use it in code:

import 'package:wajuce/wajuce.dart';

Future<void> startAudio() async {
  final ctx = WAContext();
  await ctx.resume();

  final osc = ctx.createOscillator();
  final gain = ctx.createGain();
  gain.gain.value = 0.1;

  osc.connect(gain);
  gain.connect(ctx.destination);
  osc.start();
}

Windows Notes

  • Building Android on Windows requires Android SDK/NDK/CMake and accepted licenses.
  • Building a Windows executable requires Visual Studio with Desktop C++ workload.

🤖 Deterministic Agent Install (Cross-Platform)

From this repository root, run installer scripts against your app path:

macOS/Linux:

dart run tool/install_wajuce.dart --app-root /absolute/path/to/my_audio_app --source pub --target android
dart run tool/verify_wajuce.dart --app-root /absolute/path/to/my_audio_app --target android

Windows (PowerShell):

dart run tool/install_wajuce.dart --app-root C:\work\my_audio_app --source pub --target windows
dart run tool/verify_wajuce.dart --app-root C:\work\my_audio_app --target windows

Path source install (local plugin checkout):

dart run tool/install_wajuce.dart --app-root /absolute/path/to/my_audio_app --source path --wajuce-path /absolute/path/to/wajuce --target web
dart run tool/verify_wajuce.dart --app-root /absolute/path/to/my_audio_app --source path --wajuce-path /absolute/path/to/wajuce --target web

🏗️ Architecture

wajuce is built on a multi-backend architecture that ensures code portability across all platforms:

graph TD
    subgraph "Dart API Layer"
        A[WAContext] --> B[WANode Graph]
    end

    subgraph "Platform Backends"
        B -->|Native| C[backend_juce.dart]
        B -->|Web| D[backend_web.dart]
    end

    subgraph "Native Layer (C++/JUCE)"
        C --> E[FFI Bridge]
        E --> F[WajuceEngine]
        F --> G[JUCE AudioProcessorGraph]
    end

    subgraph "Web Layer (JS)"
        D --> H[Browser Web Audio API]
    end

🚀 Current Implementation Status (2026-02-14)

Feature Group Status Component Coverage
Context & Graph ✅ Done WAContext, WAOfflineContext, connect/disconnect
Context Extras ✅ Done listener, baseLatency, outputLatency, sinkId, getOutputTimestamp(), renderCapacity (minimal wrapper)
Multi-Channel ✅ Done Support up to 32 channels, ChannelSplitter, ChannelMerger
Core Nodes ✅ Done Oscillator, Gain, BiquadFilter, Compressor, Delay, Analyser, StereoPanner, WaveShaper, BufferSource
Extended Nodes (0.1.5) ✅ API Surface ConstantSource, Convolver, IIRFilter, Panner, MediaElementAudioSource, MediaStreamTrackAudioSource (backend-specific shim/fallback where needed)
AudioParam ✅ Done Full automation (12 methods including exponentialRampToValueAtTime)
Deprecated Compatibility ✅ Shim Minimal compatibility for deprecated ScriptProcessorNode/AudioProcessingEvent
MIDI API ✅ Done Hardware I/O, device enumeration, SysEx support
AudioWorklet ✅ Done Native isolate bridge + Web AudioWorklet passthrough/module loading flow
Web Backend ✅ Done Browser Web Audio passthrough via js_interop (pub.dev platform badge may not list Web due plugin metadata)
Build System ✅ Done iOS, Android, macOS, Windows native backends + Web backend path

⚡ v0.1.1 Performance & Scalability

The 0.1.1 release introduces significant optimizations for complex node graphs:

  • Native Batch Creation: Create complex voices (15+ nodes) in a single FFI call, preventing audio thread contention.
  • Lazy Connection: Voices in the MachineVoicePool are kept disconnected until playback, saving substantial CPU.
  • Async Voice Pooling: Background replenishment of voice pools to ensure glitch-free sequencer tracking.

🎹 AudioWorklet

Run custom DSP code with a unified module flow (native isolate bridge, Web AudioWorklet):

// 1. Define processor
class DX7Processor extends WAWorkletProcessor {
  DX7Processor() : super(name: 'dx7');

  @override
  bool process(inputs, outputs, params) {
    // DSP code here...
    return true;
  }
}

// 2. Register & Run
WAWorkletModules.define('dx7', (registrar) {
  registrar.registerProcessor('dx7', () => DX7Processor());
});
await ctx.audioWorklet.addModule('dx7');
final node = ctx.createWorkletNode('dx7');
node.connect(ctx.destination);

💻 Usage Example

The API is designed to be almost identical to the standard Web Audio API:

// 1. Initialize context
final ctx = WAContext();
await ctx.resume();

// 2. Create nodes
final osc = ctx.createOscillator();
final filter = ctx.createBiquadFilter();
final gain = ctx.createGain();

// 3. Configure and Automate
osc.type = WAOscillatorType.sawtooth;
filter.frequency.setValueAtTime(440, ctx.currentTime);
filter.frequency.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(2000, ctx.currentTime + 2.0);

// 4. Connect graph
osc.connect(filter);
filter.connect(gain);
gain.connect(ctx.destination);

// 5. Start
osc.start();

🛠️ Project Structure

  • lib/src/: Dart API implementation and backend switching logic.
  • lib/src/backend/: Platform-specific implementation (FFI vs JS).
  • native/engine/: The JUCE-based C++ audio engine.
  • src/: C-API headers and stubs for FFI binding.

🤖 AI Skills & Automation

This project includes specialized AI Skills to help agents maintain the development environment.

  • JUCE Management (juce_setup): Automated detection and setup of the JUCE framework.
    • Located at: .agent/skills/juce_management/SKILL.md (repository checkout context)
    • Purpose: Fixes broken dependencies and configures JUCE submodules.
  • Install scripts:
    • tool/install_wajuce.dart
    • tool/verify_wajuce.dart
    • Purpose: deterministic first-time installation and validation for macOS/Linux/Windows.

To use these assets, ask your AI agent:

  • "Use SKILLS.md and run tool/install_wajuce.dart for this app."
  • "Then run tool/verify_wajuce.dart and report pass/fail checks."

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

The native backend links against JUCE. If you distribute products using the native JUCE runtime, you must also comply with JUCE's license terms: JUCE 8 Licence.

Libraries

wajuce
wajuce — Web Audio API 1.1 for Flutter