Compressor

Compressor is a thin wrapper around the Web Audio DynamicsCompressorNode. Compression reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds by narrowing or "compressing" an audio signal's dynamic range. Read more on Wikipedia.


import { Compressor } from "tone";
const comp = new Compressor(-30, 3);

Hierarchy

Constructor

new Compressor (
threshold?:Decibels ,

The value above which the compression starts to be applied.

ratio?:Positive

The gain reduction ratio.

) => Compressor
new Compressor (
options?:Partial<CompressorOptions >
) => Compressor

Properties

attack #

Param<"time" >

The amount of time (in seconds) to reduce the gain by 10dB.

Range: 0 to 1

blockTime #

readonly Seconds

The number of seconds of 1 processing block (128 samples)

channelCount #

number

channelCount is the number of channels used when up-mixing and down-mixing connections to any inputs to the node. The default value is 2 except for specific nodes where its value is specially determined.

channelCountMode #

ChannelCountMode

channelCountMode determines how channels will be counted when up-mixing and down-mixing connections to any inputs to the node. The default value is "max". This attribute has no effect for nodes with no inputs.

  • "max" - computedNumberOfChannels is the maximum of the number of channels of all connections to an input. In this mode channelCount is ignored.
  • "clamped-max" - computedNumberOfChannels is determined as for "max" and then clamped to a maximum value of the given channelCount.
  • "explicit" - computedNumberOfChannels is the exact value as specified by the channelCount.

channelInterpretation #

ChannelInterpretation

channelInterpretation determines how individual channels will be treated when up-mixing and down-mixing connections to any inputs to the node. The default value is "speakers".

context #

BaseContext

The context belonging to the node.

debug #

boolean

Set this debug flag to log all events that happen in this class.

disposed #

readonly boolean

Indicates if the instance was disposed. 'Disposing' an instance means that all of the Web Audio nodes that were created for the instance are disconnected and freed for garbage collection.

input #

DynamicsCompressorNode

knee #

Param<"decibels" >

A decibel value representing the range above the threshold where the curve smoothly transitions to the "ratio" portion.

Range: 0 to 40

numberOfInputs #

readonly number

The number of inputs feeding into the AudioNode. For source nodes, this will be 0.

numberOfOutputs #

readonly number

The number of outputs of the AudioNode.

output #

DynamicsCompressorNode

ratio #

Param<"positive" >

The amount of dB change in input for a 1 dB change in output.

Range: 1 to 20

reduction #

readonly Decibels

A read-only decibel value for metering purposes, representing the current amount of gain reduction that the compressor is applying to the signal. If fed no signal the value will be 0 (no gain reduction).

release #

Param<"time" >

The amount of time (in seconds) to increase the gain by 10dB.

Range: 0 to 1

sampleTime #

readonly Seconds

The duration in seconds of one sample.

threshold #

Param<"decibels" >

The decibel value above which the compression will start taking effect.

Range: -100 to 0

static version #

string

The version number semver

Methods

chain #

Connect the output of this node to the rest of the nodes in series.


import { Destination, Filter, Oscillator, Volume } from "tone";
const osc = new Oscillator().start();
const filter = new Filter();
const volume = new Volume(-8);
// connect a node to the filter, volume and then to the master output
osc.chain(filter, volume, Destination);
chain (
...nodes:InputNode []
) => this

connect #

connect the output of a ToneAudioNode to an AudioParam, AudioNode, or ToneAudioNode

connect (
destination:InputNode ,

The output to connect to

outputNum= 0:number ,

The output to connect from

inputNum= 0:number

The input to connect to

) => this

disconnect #

disconnect the output

disconnect (
destination?:InputNode ,
outputNum= 0:number ,
inputNum= 0:number
) => this

dispose #

Dispose and disconnect

dispose ( ) => this

fan #

connect the output of this node to the rest of the nodes in parallel.

fan (
...nodes:InputNode []
) => this

get #

Get the object's attributes.


import { Oscillator } from "tone";
const osc = new Oscillator();
console.log(osc.get());
// returns {"type" : "sine", "frequency" : 440, ...etc}
get ( ) => CompressorOptions

static getDefaults #

Returns all of the default options belonging to the class.

getDefaults ( ) => CompressorOptions

immediate #

Return the current time of the Context clock without any lookAhead.

immediate ( ) => Seconds

now #

Return the current time of the Context clock plus the lookAhead.

now ( ) => Seconds

set #

Set multiple properties at once with an object.


import { Filter } from "tone";
const filter = new Filter();
// set values using an object
filter.set({
	frequency: 300,
	type: "highpass"
});
set ( ) => this

toDestination #

Connect the output to the context's destination node.

toDestination ( ) => this

toFrequency #

Convert the input to a frequency number

toFrequency (
freq:Frequency
) => Hertz

toMaster # DEPRECATED

Connect the output to the context's destination node. See toDestination

toMaster ( ) => this

toSeconds #

Convert the incoming time to seconds

toSeconds (
time?:Time
) => Seconds

toString #

Convert the class to a string


import { Oscillator } from "tone";
const osc = new Oscillator();
console.log(osc.toString());
toString ( ) => string

toTicks #

Convert the input time into ticks

toTicks (
time?:Time | TimeClass
) => Ticks