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AudioParam: minValue property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨January 2020⁩.

The minValue read-only property of the AudioParam interface represents the minimum possible value for the parameter's nominal (effective) range.

Value

A floating-point Number indicating the minimum value permitted for the parameter's nominal range.

The default value of minValue is the minimum negative single-precision floating-point value (-340,282,346,638,528,859,811,704,183,484,516,925,440).

Examples

const audioCtx = new AudioContext();
const gainNode = audioCtx.createGain();
console.log(gainNode.gain.minValue); // -3.4028234663852886e38

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
minValue 52 79 53 39 6 52 53 41 6 6.0 52 6

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioParam/minValue