Source

A Source represents audio you can play back. You can do interesting things with Sources, like set the volume, pitch, and its position relative to the listener. Please note that positional audio only works for mono (i.e. non-stereo) sources.

The Source controls (play/pause/stop) act according to the following state table.

Playing Paused
play() No change Play
stop() Pause + Rewind Rewind
pause() Pause No change

And for fans of flowcharts (note: omitted calls have no effect, stopping always rewinds).

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Constructors

love.audio.newQueueableSource Creates a new Source usable for real-time generated sound playback with Source:queue. 11.0
love.audio.newSource Creates a new Source from a file, SoundData, or Decoder.

Functions

Object:release Immediately destroys the object's Lua reference. 11.0
Object:type Gets the type of the object as a string.
Object:typeOf Checks whether an object is of a certain type.
Source:clone Creates an identical copy of the Source in the stopped state. 0.9.1
Source:getActiveEffects Gets a list of the Source's active effect names. 11.0
Source:getAirAbsorption Gets the amount of air absorption applied to the Source. 11.2
Source:getAttenuationDistances Gets the reference and maximum attenuation distances of the Source. 0.9.0
Source:getChannelCount Gets the number of channels in the Source. 11.0
Source:getChannels Gets the number of channels in the Source. 0.9.0
Source:getCone Gets the Source's directional volume cones. 0.9.0
Source:getDirection Gets the direction of the Source. 0.7.0
Source:getDistance Returns the reference and maximum distance of the source. 0.8.0 0.9.0
Source:getDuration Gets the duration of the Source. 0.10.0
Source:getEffect Retrieve filter settings associated to a specific effect. 11.0
Source:getFilter Gets the filter settings currently applied to the Source. 11.0
Source:getFreeBufferCount Gets the number of free buffer slots of a queueable Source. 11.0
Source:getPitch Gets the current pitch of the Source.
Source:getPosition Gets the position of the Source. 0.7.0
Source:getRolloff Returns the rolloff factor of the source. 0.8.0
Source:getType Gets the type of the Source. 0.10.0
Source:getVelocity Gets the velocity of the Source. 0.7.0
Source:getVolume Gets the current volume of the Source.
Source:getVolumeLimits Returns the volume limits of the source. 0.8.0
Source:isLooping Returns whether the Source will loop.
Source:isPaused Returns whether the Source is paused. 11.0
Source:isPlaying Returns whether the Source is playing. 0.9.0
Source:isRelative Gets whether the Source's position and direction are relative to the listener. 0.9.0
Source:isStatic Returns whether the Source is static. 0.7.0 0.10.0
Source:isStopped Returns whether the Source is stopped. 11.0
Source:pause Pauses a source. 0.7.0
Source:play Plays a source. 0.7.0
Source:queue Queues SoundData for playback in a queueable Source. 11.0
Source:resume Resumes a paused source. 0.7.0 11.0
Source:rewind Rewinds a source. 0.7.0 11.0
Source:seek Sets the currently playing position of the Source. 0.8.0
Source:setAirAbsorption Sets the amount of air absorption applied to the Source. 11.2
Source:setAttenuationDistances Sets the reference and maximum attenuation distances of the Source. 0.9.0
Source:setCone Sets the Source's directional volume cones. 0.9.0
Source:setDirection Sets the direction of the Source. 0.7.0
Source:setDistance Sets the reference and maximum distance of the source. 0.8.0 0.9.0
Source:setEffect Applies an audio effect to the Source. 11.0
Source:setFilter Sets a low-pass, high-pass, or band-pass filter to apply when playing the Source. 11.0
Source:setLooping Sets whether the Source should loop.
Source:setPitch Sets the pitch of the Source.
Source:setPosition Sets the position of the Source. 0.7.0
Source:setRelative Sets whether the Source's position and direction are relative to the listener. 0.9.0
Source:setRolloff Sets the rolloff factor. 0.8.0
Source:setVelocity Sets the velocity of the Source. 0.7.0
Source:setVolume Sets the current volume of the Source.
Source:setVolumeLimits Sets the volume limits of the source. 0.8.0
Source:stop Stops a source. 0.7.0
Source:tell Gets the currently playing position of the Source. 0.8.0

Enums

FilterType Types of filters for Sources. 11.0
SourceType Types of audio sources.

Supertypes

See Also


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