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title: AudioParam.minValue
slug: Web/API/AudioParam/minValue
page-type: web-api-instance-property
browser-compat: api.AudioParam.minValue

---

{{APIRef("Web Audio API")}}

The minValue read-only property of the {{domxref("AudioParam")}} interface represents the minimum possible value for the parameter's nominal (effective) range.

Value

A floating-point {{jsxref("Number")}} indicating the minimum value permitted for the parameter's nominal range.

The default value of minValue is the minimum negative single-precision floating-point value (-340,282,346,638,528,859,811,704,183,484,516,925,440).

Examples

const audioCtx = new AudioContext();
const gainNode = audioCtx.createGain();
console.log(gainNode.gain.minValue); // -3.4028234663852886e38

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• {{domxref("AudioParam.maxValue")}}