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Trim an audio file using javascript (first 3 seconds)


I have a question that can I trim my audio file that is recorded via javascript? Like I want to trim the first 3 seconds. I recorded the audio file using p5.js and merged the recorded file with karaoke audio with AudioContext() and I want to trim it because of an unpleasant sound at the start.


Solution

  • You will probably need to read the audio into an AudioBuffer using something like AudioContext.decodeAudioData(), plug the AudioBuffer into a AudioBufferSourceNode. Then you can skip the first 3 seconds using the offset parameter of AudioBufferSourceNode.start() and record the resulting output stream.

    Example code:

    var source = audioCtx.createBufferSource();
    var dest = audioCtx.createMediaStreamDestination();
    var mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder(dest.stream);
    
    var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    request.open('GET', 'your.ogg', true);
    request.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
    
    request.onload = function() {
      var audioData = request.response;
      audioCtx.decodeAudioData(
        audioData,
        function(buffer) {
          source.buffer = buffer;
          source.connect(dest);
          mediaRecorder.start();
          source.start(audioCtx.currentTime, 3);
          // etc...
        },
        function(e){ 
          console.log("Error with decoding audio data" + e.err);
        }
      );
    
    }
    
    request.send();