AudioChannelAssignment

AudioChannelAssignment

is an option for Audio and related functions that specifies a mapping from audio channels to available speakers of the output audio device.

Details

  • Channel assignment specifies a mapping from audio channels to available speakers.
  • Typical settings include:
  • Automaticautomatic channel assignment
    {out1,out2,…}play input channel i on output outi
    "Mean"mean of all input channels on all outputs
    "Partition"partition the input channels on outputs
    "Periodic"periodic assignment of input channels to outputs
    "Take"playing audio channel i on the i^(th) output
  • Explicit channels outi can be any of the following:
  • Nonenot played on any output
    nplay on the n^(th) output
    {n1,n2,…}play on several outputs n1, n2, …
  • For a 5-channel input and 2 outputs, the channel assignments are equivalent to:
  • "Mean"{{1,2},{1,2},{1,2},{1,2},{1,2}}
    "Partition"{1,1,1,2,2}
    "Periodic"{1,2,1,2,1}
    "Take"{1,2,None,None,None}
  • Channel assignments can be specified when constructing an Audio or AudioStream object.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

By default, a mono signal is played on both output channels:

Play it only on the right channel:

Invert the channels of a stereo recording:

Scope  (1)

In a multichannel recording, the channels are automatically assigned:

For a four-channel audio sample, default assignment is {1,2,1,2}. Switch the left and right channels:

Only play the left channels:

Wolfram Research (2017), AudioChannelAssignment, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AudioChannelAssignment.html (updated 2018).

Text

Wolfram Research (2017), AudioChannelAssignment, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AudioChannelAssignment.html (updated 2018).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2017. "AudioChannelAssignment." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2018. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AudioChannelAssignment.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2017). AudioChannelAssignment. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AudioChannelAssignment.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_audiochannelassignment, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AudioChannelAssignment}", year="2018", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AudioChannelAssignment.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-February-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_audiochannelassignment, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AudioChannelAssignment}, year={2018}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AudioChannelAssignment.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-February-2025 ]}