Web/API/StereoPannerNode/pan

The pan property of the StereoPannerNode interface is an a-rate AudioParam representing the amount of panning to apply. The value can range between -1 (full left pan) and 1 (full right pan).

Syntax

var audioCtx = new AudioContext();
var panNode = audioCtx.createStereoPanner();
panNode.pan.value = -0.5;

Returned value

An a-rate AudioParam containing the panning to apply.

Note: Though the AudioParam returned is read-only, the value it represents is not.

Example

In our [[../../../../../../../mdn.github.io/webaudio-examples/stereo-panner-node/index|StereoPannerNode example]] (see source code) HTML we have a simple <audio> element along with a slider <input> to increase and decrease pan value. In the JavaScript we create a MediaElementAudioSourceNode and a StereoPannerNode, and connect the two together using the connect() method. We then use an oninput event handler to change the value of the StereoPannerNode.pan parameter and update the pan value display when the slider is moved.

Moving the slider left and right while the music is playing pans the music across to the left and right speakers of the output, respectively.

var audioCtx = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)();
var myAudio = document.querySelector('audio');

var panControl = document.querySelector('.panning-control');
var panValue = document.querySelector('.panning-value');

pre.innerHTML = myScript.innerHTML;

// Create a MediaElementAudioSourceNode
// Feed the HTMLMediaElement into it
var source = audioCtx.createMediaElementSource(myAudio);

// Create a stereo panner
var panNode = audioCtx.createStereoPanner();

// Event handler function to increase panning to the right and left
// when the slider is moved

panControl.oninput = function() {
  panNode.pan.setValueAtTime(panControl.value, audioCtx.currentTime);
  panValue.innerHTML = panControl.value;
}

// connect the MediaElementAudioSourceNode to the panNode
// and the panNode to the destination, so we can play the
// music and adjust the panning using the controls
source.connect(panNode);
panNode.connect(audioCtx.destination);

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Web Audio APIThe definition of 'pan' 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
`pan`	Chrome Full support 41	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 37	IE No support No	Opera Full support 28	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 41	Chrome Android Full support 41	Firefox Android Full support 37	Opera Android Full support 28	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0

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No support: No support