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reduction

Summary

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). The nominal range is -20 to 0. This parameter is k-rate.

Property of apis/webaudio/DynamicsCompressorNodeapis/webaudio/DynamicsCompressorNode

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = DynamicsCompressorNode.reduction;

Return Value

Returns an object of type NumberNumber

Examples

var audioCtx = new AudioContext();
var compressor = audioCtx.createDynamicsCompressor();
compressor.reduction.value = -20;

Related specifications

W3C Web Audio API
W3C Editor’s Draft