# alemangui/pizzicato

Library to simplify the way you create and manipulate sounds with the Web Audio API.

Repository: https://github.com/alemangui/pizzicato
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pizzicato
Homepage: https://alemangui.github.io/pizzicato/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, sound, audio, effects
Last push: 2025-07-09T10:54:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 36/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 30, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4216, "days_push": 420, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1712, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:25.871748+00:00)

## What it is
Pizzicato is a JavaScript library that simplifies creating and manipulating sounds with the Web Audio API, supporting sounds from waveforms, files, microphone input, and custom functions. It provides built-in effects like delay, reverb, distortion, and filters, plus sound grouping and volume/attack/release controls.

## Use cases
- play audio files in the browser with simple API
- generate sounds from waveforms or custom functions
- apply audio effects like reverb, delay, and distortion in web apps
- record and process microphone input in the browser
- group multiple sounds and control them together
- build interactive audio experiences for web pages

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, simple wrapper around the raw Web Audio API
- you need common audio effects without writing audio graph code yourself
- you're building a small browser-based sound or music demo

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained library - the project is deprecated and seeking maintainers
- you need advanced or low-level Web Audio API control
- you're building a professional audio production tool
- you need modern framework integration or TypeScript support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: audio-processing, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, media
- platform: browser
- tags: web-audio, sound-effects, synthesis, audio-effects, deprecated, audio, javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- alemangui/pizzicato (main) score 36

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:25.871748+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:34:51.688394+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alemangui/pizzicato (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:25.871748+00:00, sha 85b9b0a81f91)
  - homepage: https://alemangui.github.io/pizzicato/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:13.079686+00:00, sha 96675a47b545)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/pizzicato (fetched 2026-08-29T11:11:13.088672+00:00, sha 2acba69cb19a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.