Wish list - planned and not so planned features 2012-12-23

General

• Utilizing the AppCache mechanism so that the piano is available on the iPad when not connected to the internet. But still make sure that the latest version is downloaded whenever a connection is available.

Sound

• Implement support for, and editor experience for all relevant AudioNodes in the Web Audio APi. Especially:
  • Filternode
  • ConvolverNode
• Implement support and editor for the WaveTable oscillator. (an oscillator where the complex harmonics are given as two Float32-arrays)
• Implement noise generator as a selectable "waveform" (v0.88)
• Arpeggio generator (request by Robert)
• An even more modular approach to sound synthesis. Possibly requiring a new Synth (Ju-106?)
  • Multiple outputs per node
  • Separation of concerns: Splitting the current source nodes (oscillators and audiobuffers) into trigger objects and pure triggerable audio nodes
  • Attaching envelopes to trigger objects
  • Be able to attach triggers to any audioparam
  • Expression parser for triggers/envelopes with access to per-keypress variables like (f)requency, (v)elocity and current (t)ime
  • Being able to define some audionodes as shared by all notes (things like reverb or noise generation)
  • Higher level black box nodes containing javascript logic and 0 or more actual AudioNodes

Multiplayer

• Sending and receiving sound settings per player in multiplayer mode.
• Automatic recovery from socket disconnects (for instance, after putting the iPad to sleep by closing the lid)
• Sending midi-ish messages to the pianoserver instead of the proprietary format used today. The pianoserver conceptually uses a MIDI-over-IRC-over-websockets protocol.

Gameplay

• Highscore list (request by Jeppan)

User interface

• Support for Web Midi API when it arrives in browsers (semi resolved in v0.90)
• Support for Android when Web Audio API arrives to the platform
• Support for Firefox when audible oscillators arrives to the nightly build
• Sound settings UI having a more synthish look and feel (v0.88)
• Bruhed aluminium knobs.
• Interacting with knobs by actually rotating them on multi-touch devices
• Being able to add and remove AudioNodes in the sound settings panel
• Make sure the UI looks good/ok in firefox when Web Audio support arrives on the platform.

Keyboard

• Support for en-US keyboard layout (request by Robert)
• Tranposition of keyboard bindings when piano keys are scrolled (request by Robert)
• Sustain pedal (request by NJ)