BaseAudioContext: listener property

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 listener property of the BaseAudioContext interface returns an AudioListener object that can then be used for implementing 3D audio spatialization.

Value

An AudioListener object.

Examples

Note: For a full Web Audio spatialization example, see our panner-node demo.

js
const audioCtx = new AudioContext();
// Older webkit/blink browsers require a prefix

// …

const myListener = audioCtx.listener;

Specifications

Specification
Web Audio API
# dom-baseaudiocontext-listener

Browser compatibility

See also