The curve
property of the WaveShaperNode
interface is a Float32Array
of numbers describing the distortion to apply.
The mid-element of the array is applied to any signal value of 0
, the first one to signal values of -1
, and the last to signal values of 1
; values lower than -1
or greater than 1
are treated like -1
or 1
respectively.
If necessary, intermediate values of the distortion curve are linearly interpolated.
Note: The array can be a null
value: in that case, no distortion is applied to the input signal.
Syntax
var audioCtx = new AudioContext(); var distortion = audioCtx.createWaveShaper(); distortion.curve = myCurveDataArray; // myCurveDataArray is a Float32Array
Value
A Float32Array
.
Example
The following example shows basic usage of an AudioContext to create a wave shaper node. For applied examples/information, check out our Voice-change-O-matic demo (see app.js for relevant code).
Note: Distortion curves are not the easiest thing to work out, and you will probably need to look around to find such algorithms. We found the below distortion curve code on Stack Overflow.
var audioCtx = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)(); var distortion = audioCtx.createWaveShaper(); ... function makeDistortionCurve(amount) { var k = typeof amount === 'number' ? amount : 50, n_samples = 44100, curve = new Float32Array(n_samples), deg = Math.PI / 180, i = 0, x; for ( ; i < n_samples; ++i ) { x = i * 2 / n_samples - 1; curve[i] = ( 3 + k ) * x * 20 * deg / ( Math.PI + k * Math.abs(x) ); } return curve; }; ... distortion.curve = makeDistortionCurve(400); distortion.oversample = '4x';
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Web Audio API The definition of 'curve' in that specification. |
Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 10.0webkit | (Yes) | 25.0 (25.0) | No support | 15.0webkit 22 (unprefixed) |
6.0webkit |
Feature | Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile | Chrome for Android |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | ? | (Yes) | 26.0 | 1.2 | ? | ? | ? | 33.0 |