This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The defaultValue read-only property of the AudioParam interface represents the initial value of the attributes as defined by the specific AudioNode creating the AudioParam.
A floating-point Number.
const audioCtx = new AudioContext(); const gainNode = audioCtx.createGain(); const defaultVal = gainNode.gain.defaultValue; console.log(defaultVal); // 1 console.log(defaultVal === gainNode.gain.value); // true
| Specification |
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| Web Audio API> # dom-audioparam-defaultvalue> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
defaultValue |
14 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioParam/defaultValue