Audio playback cuts out intermittently when switching to a different tab in Chrome

[meyer]

Happens in Chrome 46 beta, might be because it’s a beta (though they are usually quite stable).

Update: it doesn’t cut out, it just gets suuuuper slow.

[audionerd]

Good point. The scheduling is currently very naive, using a simple setTimeout, which Chrome will throttle back whenever the tab isn't active. A better solution would be to use Web Audio scheduling for all events.