# Microphone

## sound Microphone

This manager handles the recording of audio signal.

## Constructor

#### new Microphone(options)

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 22

##### Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---

`options`

Object

###### Properties

Name | Type | Attributes | Default | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
`win` | module:core.Window |  |  | the associated Window
`name` | String |  |  | the name used when logging messages from this stimulus
`format` | string | <optional> | `'audio/webm;codecs=opus'` | the format for the audio file
`sampleRateHz` | number | <optional> | `48000` | the audio sampling rate, in Hz
`clock` | Clock | <optional> |  | an optional clock
`autoLog` | boolean | <optional> | `false` | whether to log

### Extends

- PsychObject

### Methods

#### (protected) _onChange()

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 350

Callback for changes to the recording settings.

Changes to the settings require the recording to stop and be re-started.

#### (async, protected) _prepareRecording()

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 367

Prepare the recording.

#### download(filename)

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 271

Offer the audio recording to the participant as a sound file to download.

##### Parameters:

Name | Type | Default | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`filename` | string | `audio.webm` | the filename

#### flush() → {Promise}

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 245

Submit a request to flush the recording.

##### Returns:

promise fulfilled when the data has actually been made available

Type
  Promise

#### (async) getRecording(tag, flushopt)

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 324

Get the current audio recording as an AudioClip in the given format.

##### Parameters:

Name | Type | Attributes | Default | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
`tag` | string |  |  | an optional tag for the audio clip
`flush` | boolean | <optional> | `false` | whether or not to first flush the recording

#### pause() → {Promise}

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 148

Submit a request to pause the recording.

##### Returns:

promise fulfilled when the recording actually paused

Type
  Promise

#### resume(options) → {Promise}

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 196

Submit a request to resume the recording.

resume has no effect if the recording was not previously paused.

##### Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---

`options`

Object

###### Properties

Name | Type | Attributes | Default | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
`clear` | boolean | <optional> | `false` | whether or not to empty the audio buffer before resuming the recording

##### Returns:

promise fulfilled when the recording actually resumed

Type
  Promise

#### start() → {Promise}

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 63

Submit a request to start the recording.

Note that it typically takes 50ms-200ms for the recording to actually starts once a request to start has been submitted.

##### Returns:

promise fulfilled when the recording actually started

Type
  Promise

#### stop(options) → {Promise}

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 117

Submit a request to stop the recording.

##### Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---

`options`

Object

###### Properties

Name | Type | Attributes | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`filename` | string | <optional> | the name of the file to which the audio recording will be saved

##### Returns:

promise fulfilled when the recording actually stopped, and the recorded data was made available

Type
  Promise

#### (async) upload(tag)

Source:
  - sound/Microphone.js, line 288

Upload the audio recording to the pavlovia server.

##### Parameters:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
`tag` | string | an optional tag for the audio file