AnalyserNode: getByteFrequencyData() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2021.
The getByteFrequencyData()
method of the AnalyserNode
interface copies the current frequency data into a Uint8Array
(unsigned byte array) passed into it.
The frequency data is composed of integers on a scale from 0 to 255.
Each item in the array represents the decibel value for a specific frequency. The frequencies are spread linearly from 0 to 1/2 of the sample rate. For example, for 48000
sample rate, the last item of the array will represent the decibel value for 24000
Hz.
If the array has fewer elements than the AnalyserNode.frequencyBinCount
, excess elements are dropped. If it has more elements than needed, excess elements are ignored.
Syntax
getByteFrequencyData(array)
Parameters
array
-
The
Uint8Array
that the frequency domain data will be copied to. If the array has fewer elements than theAnalyserNode.frequencyBinCount
, excess elements are dropped. If it has more elements than needed, excess elements are ignored.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
The following example shows basic usage of an AudioContext
to create an AnalyserNode
, then requestAnimationFrame
and <canvas>
to collect frequency data repeatedly and draw a "winamp bar graph style" output of the current audio input. For more complete applied examples/information, check out our Voice-change-O-matic demo (see app.js lines 108–193 for relevant code).
const audioCtx = new AudioContext();
const analyser = audioCtx.createAnalyser();
// …
analyser.fftSize = 256;
const bufferLength = analyser.frequencyBinCount;
console.log(bufferLength);
const dataArray = new Uint8Array(bufferLength);
canvasCtx.clearRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
function draw() {
drawVisual = requestAnimationFrame(draw);
analyser.getByteFrequencyData(dataArray);
canvasCtx.fillStyle = "rgb(0 0 0)";
canvasCtx.fillRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
const barWidth = (WIDTH / bufferLength) * 2.5;
let barHeight;
let x = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < bufferLength; i++) {
barHeight = dataArray[i];
canvasCtx.fillStyle = `rgb(${barHeight + 100} 50 50)`;
canvasCtx.fillRect(x, HEIGHT - barHeight / 2, barWidth, barHeight / 2);
x += barWidth + 1;
}
}
draw();
Specifications
Specification |
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Web Audio API # dom-analysernode-getbytefrequencydata |
Browser compatibility
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