Web Audio API

var audioCtx = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)(); // define audio context
// Webkit/blink browsers need prefix, Safari won't work without window.

var voiceSelect = document.getElementById("voice"); // select box for selecting voice effect options
var visualSelect = document.getElementById("visual"); // select box for selecting audio visualization options
var mute = document.querySelector(".mute"); // mute button
var drawVisual; // requestAnimationFrame

var analyser = audioCtx.createAnalyser();
var distortion = audioCtx.createWaveShaper();
var gainNode = audioCtx.createGain();
var biquadFilter = audioCtx.createBiquadFilter();

function makeDistortionCurve(amount) {
  // function to make curve shape for distortion/wave shaper node to use
  var k = typeof amount === "number" ? amount : 50,
    n_samples = 44100,
    curve = new Float32Array(n_samples),
    deg = Math.PI / 180,
    i = 0,
    x;
  for (; i < n_samples; ++i) {
    x = (i * 2) / n_samples - 1;
    curve[i] = ((3 + k) * x * 20 * deg) / (Math.PI + k * Math.abs(x));
  }
  return curve;
}

navigator.getUserMedia(
  // constraints - only audio needed for this app
  {
    audio: true,
  },

  // Success callback
  function (stream) {
    source = audioCtx.createMediaStreamSource(stream);
    source.connect(analyser);
    analyser.connect(distortion);
    distortion.connect(biquadFilter);
    biquadFilter.connect(gainNode);
    gainNode.connect(audioCtx.destination); // connecting the different audio graph nodes together

    visualize(stream);
    voiceChange();
  },

  // Error callback
  function (err) {
    console.log("The following gUM error occured: " + err);
  },
);

function visualize(stream) {
  WIDTH = canvas.width;
  HEIGHT = canvas.height;

  var visualSetting = visualSelect.value;
  console.log(visualSetting);

  if (visualSetting == "sinewave") {
    analyser.fftSize = 2048;
    var bufferLength = analyser.frequencyBinCount; // half the FFT value
    var dataArray = new Uint8Array(bufferLength); // create an array to store the data

    canvasCtx.clearRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);

    function draw() {
      drawVisual = requestAnimationFrame(draw);

      analyser.getByteTimeDomainData(dataArray); // get waveform data and put it into the array created above

      canvasCtx.fillStyle = "rgb(200, 200, 200)"; // draw wave with canvas
      canvasCtx.fillRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);

      canvasCtx.lineWidth = 2;
      canvasCtx.strokeStyle = "rgb(0, 0, 0)";

      canvasCtx.beginPath();

      var sliceWidth = (WIDTH * 1.0) / bufferLength;
      var x = 0;

      for (var i = 0; i < bufferLength; i++) {
        var v = dataArray[i] / 128.0;
        var y = (v * HEIGHT) / 2;

        if (i === 0) {
          canvasCtx.moveTo(x, y);
        } else {
          canvasCtx.lineTo(x, y);
        }

        x += sliceWidth;
      }

      canvasCtx.lineTo(canvas.width, canvas.height / 2);
      canvasCtx.stroke();
    }

    draw();
  } else if (visualSetting == "off") {
    canvasCtx.clearRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
    canvasCtx.fillStyle = "red";
    canvasCtx.fillRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
  }
}

function voiceChange() {
  distortion.curve = new Float32Array();
  biquadFilter.gain.value = 0; // reset the effects each time the voiceChange function is run

  var voiceSetting = voiceSelect.value;
  console.log(voiceSetting);

  if (voiceSetting == "distortion") {
    distortion.curve = makeDistortionCurve(400); // apply distortion to sound using waveshaper node
  } else if (voiceSetting == "biquad") {
    biquadFilter.type = "lowshelf";
    biquadFilter.frequency.value = 1000;
    biquadFilter.gain.value = 25; // apply lowshelf filter to sounds using biquad
  } else if (voiceSetting == "off") {
    console.log("Voice settings turned off"); // do nothing, as off option was chosen
  }
}

// event listeners to change visualize and voice settings

visualSelect.onchange = function () {
  window.cancelAnimationFrame(drawVisual);
  visualize(stream);
};

voiceSelect.onchange = function () {
  voiceChange();
};

mute.onclick = voiceMute;

function voiceMute() {
  // toggle to mute and unmute sound
  if (mute.id == "") {
    gainNode.gain.value = 0; // gain set to 0 to mute sound
    mute.id = "activated";
    mute.innerHTML = "Unmute";
  } else {
    gainNode.gain.value = 1; // gain set to 1 to unmute sound
    mute.id = "";
    mute.innerHTML = "Mute";
  }
}