audio-debugger-ambient-vs-gig

To debug audio playback timing in a React web audio project, you can trace the playback flow, validate configured offsets against song definitions, and add targeted logging around start and stop calls to catch timing drift.

Audio playback stutters or plays incorrectly when configured offsets drift from song definitions or AudioContext initialization fails. Tracing the ambient vs gig playback flow validates precise start/stop timing and duration scheduling to resolve the issue.

Verifying AudioContext initialization on user gesture involves checking the web audio environment compatibility and tracing playback initialization in AudioManager to ensure ambient MIDI playback starts correctly.

The best way to add targeted logging for audio start/stop calls is to cross-check rhythm and songs metadata offsets against data definitions, logging timing events to catch drift and validate duration scheduling.

Yes, this audio debugging approach works with scheduled excerpts and full MIDI tracks by validating that gig playback starts at configured offsets, stops at expected durations, and ambient playback starts with full tracks.