AudioBufferSourceNode.playbackRate

The default value is 1.0. When set to another value, the AudioBufferSourceNode resamples the audio before sending it to the output.

Syntax

AudioBufferSourceNode.playbackRate.value = playbckRateProportion;

Value

An AudioParam whose value is a floating-point value indicating the playback rate of the audio as a decimal proportion of the original sampling rate.

Consider a sound buffer containing audio sampled at 44.1 kHz (44,100 samples per second). Let's see what a few values of playbackRate do:

• A playbackRate of 1.0 plays the audio at full speed, or 44,100 Hz.
• A playbackRate of 0.5 plays the audio at half speed, or 22,050 Hz.
• A playbackRate of 2.0 doubles the audio's playback rate to 88,200 Hz.

Example

In this example, the AudioContext.decodeAudioData() function is used to decode an audio track and put it into an AudioBufferSourceNode. Buttons are provided to play and stop the audio playback, and a slider control is used to change the playbackRate property value on the fly.

<input class="playback-rate-control" type="range" min="0.25" max="3" step="0.05" value="1">
<span class="playback-rate-value">1.0</span>

function getData() {
  source = audioCtx.createBufferSource();
  request = new XMLHttpRequest();

  request.open('GET', 'viper.ogg', true);

  request.responseType = 'arraybuffer';

  request.onload = function() {
    var audioData = request.response;

    audioCtx.decodeAudioData(audioData, function(buffer) {
        myBuffer = buffer;
        source.buffer = myBuffer;
        source.playbackRate.value = playbackControl.value;
        source.connect(audioCtx.destination);
        source.loop = true;
      },

      function(e){"Error with decoding audio data" + e.err});

  }

  request.send();
}

// wire up buttons to stop and play audio, and range slider control

play.onclick = function() {
  getData();
  source.start(0);
  play.setAttribute('disabled', 'disabled');
  playbackControl.removeAttribute('disabled');
}

stop.onclick = function() {
  source.stop(0);
  play.removeAttribute('disabled');
  playbackControl.setAttribute('disabled', 'disabled');
}

playbackControl.oninput = function() {
  source.playbackRate.value = playbackControl.value;
  playbackValue.innerHTML = playbackControl.value;
}

Specification

Specification	Status	Comment
Web Audio API The definition of 'playbackRate' in that specification.	Working Draft

Browser compatibility

See also

• Using the Web Audio API