---
title: AudioNode
slug: Web/API/AudioNode
translation_of: Web/API/AudioNode
---
<div>{{APIRef("Web Audio API")}}</div>

<p>La interfaz <strong><code>AudioNode</code></strong> es una interfaz genérica para representar un módulo de procesamiento de audio. Ejemplos:</p>

<ul>
 <li>En un recurso de audio (e.g. an HTML {{HTMLElement("audio")}} or {{HTMLElement("video")}} element, an {{domxref("OscillatorNode")}}, etc.),</li>
 <li>the audio destination,</li>
 <li>intermediate processing module (e.g. a filter like {{domxref("BiquadFilterNode")}} or {{domxref("ConvolverNode")}}), or</li>
 <li>volume control (like {{domxref("GainNode")}})</li>
</ul>

<p>{{InheritanceDiagram}}</p>

<p class="note"><strong>Note</strong>: An <code>AudioNode</code> can be target of events, por lo tanto este implementa  {{domxref("EventTarget")}} interface.</p>

<h2 id="Descripción">Descripción</h2>

<h3 id="The_audio_routing_graph">The audio routing graph</h3>

<p><img alt="AudioNodes participating in an AudioContext create a audio routing graph." src="https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/9713/WebAudioBasics.png" style="display: block; height: 230px; margin: 0px auto; width: 677px;"></p>

<p>Cada <code>AudioNode</code> posee entradas y salidas, y múltiples nodos de audio son conectados para construir un <em>processing graph</em>. Este graph es contenido en {{domxref("AudioContext")}}, y cada nodo de audio solo puede pertecener a un audio context.</p>

<p>Un <em>source node</em> tiene cero entradas pero una o muchas salidas, y puede ser usado para generar sonido. Por otro lado, un <em>destination node</em> no tiene salidas; instead, all its inputs are directly played back on the speakers (or whatever audio output device the audio context uses). In addition, there are <em>processing nodes</em> which have inputs and outputs. The exact processing done varies from one <code>AudioNode</code> to another but, in general, a node reads its inputs, does some audio-related processing, and generates new values for its outputs, or simply lets the audio pass through (for example in the {{domxref("AnalyserNode")}}, where the result of the processing is accessed separately).</p>

<p>The more nodes in a graph, the higher the latency will be. Por ejemplo, si tu graph tiene una latencia de 500ms, Cuando el source node reproduzca un sonido, este va a tomar la mitad de un segundo hasta que el sonido pueda ser escuchado en tus altavoces. (or even longer because of latency in the underlying audio device). Por lo tanto, si tu necesitas tener un audio interactivo, keep the graph as small as possible, and put user-controlled audio nodes at the end of a graph. For example, a volume control (<code>GainNode</code>) should be the last node so that volume changes take immediate effect.</p>

<p>Each input and output has a given amount of <em>channels</em>. For example, mono audio has one channel, while stereo audio has two channels. The Web Audio API will up-mix or down-mix the number of channels as required; check the Web Audio spec for details.</p>

<p>For a list of all audio nodes, see the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API">Web Audio API</a> homepage.</p>

<h3 id="Creating_an_AudioNode">Creating an <code>AudioNode</code></h3>

<p>There are two ways to create an <code>AudioNode</code>: via the <em>constuctor</em> and via the <em>factory method</em>.</p>

<pre class="brush: js;">// constructor
const analyserNode = new AnalyserNode(audioCtx, {
  fftSize: 2048,
  maxDecibels: -25,
  minDecibels: -60,
  smoothingTimeConstant: 0.5,
});

// factory method
const analyserNode = audioCtx.createAnalyser();
analyserNode.fftSize = 2048;
analyserNode.maxDecibels = -25;
analyserNode.minDecibels = -60;
analyserNode.smoothingTimeConstant = 0.5;</pre>

<p>Eres libre de usar cualquiera de los constructors o factory methods, o una mezcla de ambos, sin embargo hay ventajas al usar contructores:</p>

<ul>
 <li>All parameters can be set during construction time and don't need to be set individually.</li>
 <li>You can <a href="https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/issues/251">sub-class an audio node</a>. While the actual processing is done internally by the browser and cannot be altered, you could write a wrapper around an audio node to provide custom properties and methods.</li>
 <li>Slightly better performance: In both Chrome and Firefox, the factory methods call the constructors internally.</li>
</ul>

<p>Tener en cuenta que Microsoft Edge does not yet appear to support the constructors; it will throw a "Function expected" error when you use the constructors.</p>

<p><em>Brief history:</em> The first version of the Web Audio spec only defined the factory methods. After a <a href="https://github.com/WebAudio/web-audio-api/issues/250">design review in October 2013</a>, it was decided to add constructors because they have numerous benefits over factory methods. The constructors were added to the spec from August to October 2016. Factory methods continue to be included in the spec and are not deprecated.</p>

<h2 id="Properties" style="">Properties</h2>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("AudioNode.context")}} {{readonlyInline}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns the associated {{domxref("BaseAudioContext")}}, that is the object representing the processing graph the node is participating in.</dd>
</dl>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("AudioNode.numberOfInputs")}} {{readonlyInline}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns the number of inputs feeding the node. Source nodes are defined as nodes having a <code>numberOfInputs</code> property with a value of <code>0</code>.</dd>
</dl>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("AudioNode.numberOfOutputs")}} {{readonlyInline}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns the number of outputs coming out of the node. Destination nodes — like {{ domxref("AudioDestinationNode") }} — have a value of <code>0</code> for this attribute.</dd>
</dl>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("AudioNode.channelCount")}}</dt>
 <dd>Represents an integer used to determine how many channels are used when <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API/Basic_concepts_behind_Web_Audio_API#Up-mixing_and_down-mixing">up-mixing and down-mixing</a> connections to any inputs to the node. Its usage and precise definition depend on the value of {{domxref("AudioNode.channelCountMode")}}.</dd>
</dl>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("AudioNode.channelCountMode")}}</dt>
 <dd>Represents an enumerated value describing the way channels must be matched between the node's inputs and outputs.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("AudioNode.channelInterpretation")}}</dt>
 <dd>Represents an enumerated value describing the meaning of the channels. This interpretation will define how audio <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API/Basic_concepts_behind_Web_Audio_API#Up-mixing_and_down-mixing">up-mixing and down-mixing</a> will happen.<br>
 The possible values are <code>"speakers"</code> or <code>"discrete"</code>.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>

<p><em>Also implements methods from the interface </em>{{domxref("EventTarget")}}.</p>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("AudioNode.connect()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Allows us to connect the output of this node to be input into another node, either as audio data or as the value of an {{domxref("AudioParam")}}.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("AudioNode.disconnect()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Allows us to disconnect the current node from another one it is already connected to.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Example">Example</h2>

<p>This simple snippet of code shows the creation of some audio nodes, and how the <code>AudioNode</code> properties and methods can be used. You can find examples of such usage on any of the examples linked to on the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API">Web Audio API</a> landing page (for example <a href="https://github.com/mdn/violent-theremin">Violent Theremin</a>.)<span class="p"> </span></p>

<pre class="brush: js;">const audioCtx = new AudioContext();

const oscillator = new OscillatorNode(audioCtx);
const gainNode = new GainNode(audioCtx);

oscillator.connect(gainNode).connect(audioCtx.destination);

oscillator.context;
oscillator.numberOfInputs;
oscillator.numberOfOutputs;
oscillator.channelCount;</pre>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('Web Audio API', '#the-audionode-interface', 'AudioNode')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('Web Audio API')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<div>


<p>{{Compat("api.AudioNode")}}</p>
</div>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_API/Using_Web_Audio_API">Using the Web Audio API</a></li>
</ul>