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PannerNode: setOrientation() method

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[!NOTE] The suggested replacement for this deprecated method is to instead set the orientationX, orientationY, and orientationZ attributes directly.

The setOrientation() method of the PannerNode Interface defines the direction the audio source is playing in.

This can have a big effect if the sound is very directional — controlled by the three cone-related attributes coneInnerAngle, coneOuterAngle, and coneOuterGain. In such a case, a sound pointing away from the listener can be very quiet or even silent.

The three parameters x, y and z are unitless and describe a direction vector in 3D space using the right-hand Cartesian coordinate system. The default value of the direction vector is (1, 0, 0).

Syntax

setOrientation(x, y, z)

Parameters

  • x
    • : The x value of the panner’s direction vector in 3D space.
  • y
    • : The y value of the panner’s direction vector in 3D space.
  • z
    • : The z value of the panner’s direction vector in 3D space.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

See BaseAudioContext.createPanner() for example code.

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also