AudioContext.baseLatency

The baseLatency read-only property of the AudioContext interface returns a double that represents the number of seconds of processing latency incurred by the AudioContext passing an audio buffer from the AudioDestinationNode — i.e. the end of the audio graph — into the host system's audio subsystem ready for playing.

Syntax

var baseLatency = audioCtx.baseLatency;

Value

A double representing the base latency in seconds.

Example

// default latency ("interactive")
const audioCtx1 = new AudioContext();
console.log(audioCtx1.baseLatency); // 0.00

// higher latency ("playback")
const audioCtx2 = new AudioContext({ latencyHint: 'playback' });
console.log(audioCtx2.baseLatency); // 0.15

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Using the Web Audio API
• Web Audio API