AudioBits Generates Interactive Sound Effects in the Browser

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AudioBits is a small open-source project that creates procedural sound effects on the web, letting sound respond to the same state and events that drive an interface. It uses the browser's Web Audio API to generate sounds in real time from structured recipes instead of relying on prerecorded audio files. Developers can map live values, such as a throttle setting, to multiple sound layers with individual ranges and smoothing. Recipes are serializable JSON that can be validated, versioned, and shared, while the engine manages the audio graph and the application decides when to play. The core library is published on npm with zero runtime dependencies, and sound items can be added through shadcn's registry as editable source code.

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