The numberOfChannels
property of the AudioBuffer
interface returns an integer representing the number of discrete audio channels described by the PCM data stored in the buffer.
The numberOfChannels
property of the AudioBuffer
interface returns an integer representing the number of discrete audio channels described by the PCM data stored in the buffer.
An integer.
js
// Stereo const channels = 2; // Create an empty two second stereo buffer at the // sample rate of the AudioContext const frameCount = audioCtx.sampleRate * 2.0; const myArrayBuffer = audioCtx.createBuffer(2, frameCount, audioCtx.sampleRate); button.onclick = () => { // Fill the buffer with white noise; // just random values between -1.0 and 1.0 for (let channel = 0; channel < channels; channel++) { // This gives us the actual ArrayBuffer that contains the data const nowBuffering = myArrayBuffer.getChannelData(channel); for (let i = 0; i < frameCount; i++) { // Math.random() is in [0; 1.0] // audio needs to be in [-1.0; 1.0] nowBuffering[i] = Math.random() * 2 - 1; } } console.log(myArrayBuffer.numberOfChannels); };
Specification |
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Web Audio API # dom-audiobuffer-numberofchannels |
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numberOfChannels |
14 | 12 | 25 | No | 15 | 6 | 4.4.3 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 1.0 |
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