Web/API/AudioScheduledSourceNode/start

The start() method on AudioScheduledSourceNode schedules a sound to begin playback at the specified time. If no time is specified, then the sound begins playing immediately.

Syntax

AudioScheduledSourceNode.start([when [, offset [, duration]]]);

Parameters

when Optional: The time, in seconds, at which the sound should begin to play. This value is specified in the same time coordinate system as the AudioContext is using for its currentTime attribute. A value of 0 (or omitting the when parameter entirely) causes the sound to start playback immediately.
offset Optional: A floating-point number indicating the offset, in seconds, into the audio buffer where playback should begin. If 0 is passed then the playback will start from the beginning.
duration Optional: A floating-point number indicating the duration, in seconds, to be played. If no value is passed then the duration will be equal to the length of the audio buffer minus the offset value

Return value

undefined

Exceptions

InvalidStateNode: The node has already been started. This error occurs even if the node is no longer running because of a prior call to stop().
RangeError: The value specified for when is negative.

Example

This example demonstrates how to create an OscillatorNode which is scheduled to start playing in 2 seconds and stop playing 1 second after that. The times are calculated by adding the desired number of seconds to the context's current time stamp returned by AudioContext.currentTime.

context = new AudioContext();
osc = context.createOscillator();
osc.connect(context.destination);

/* Schedule the start and stop times for the oscillator */

osc.start(context.currentTime + 2);
osc.stop(context.currentTime + 3);

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Web Audio APIThe definition of 'start()' in that specification.	Working Draft

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`start`	Chrome Full support 14	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 53	IE No support No	Opera Full support 15	Safari Full support 14	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 25	Opera Android Full support 14	Safari iOS Full support 14	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support