"I don’t know exactly why the Audio Data API lost, but I suspect it had something to do with the idea that JavaScript is too slow or high-latency to generate sa

"I don’t know exactly why the Audio Data API lost, but I suspect it had something to do with the idea that JavaScript is too slow or high-latency to generate sample data in small buffers on demand." I think it lost because Web Audio was the Chrome proposal, with implementation, and Chrome had/has the mind/market share.