This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The attack property of the DynamicsCompressorNode interface is a k-rate AudioParam representing the amount of time, in seconds, required to reduce the gain by 10 dB. It defines how quickly the signal is adapted when its volume is increased.
The attack property's default value is 0.003 and it can be set between 0 and 1.
An AudioParam.
Note: Though the AudioParam returned is read-only, the value it represents is not.
const audioCtx = new AudioContext(); const compressor = audioCtx.createDynamicsCompressor(); compressor.attack.value = 0;
See BaseAudioContext.createDynamicsCompressor() for more complete example code.
| Specification |
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| Web Audio API> # dom-dynamicscompressornode-attack> |
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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 | |
attack |
19 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 6 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DynamicsCompressorNode/attack