A lightweight yet powerful audio analysis library for web and Node.js environments
- Time Domain Analysis: Peak detection, RMS calculation, zero-crossing rate, waveform extraction
- Frequency Domain Analysis: FFT analysis, spectrum analysis, spectrogram generation
- Advanced Audio Features: LUFS loudness, spectral features, voice activity detection (VAD)
- Real-time Processing: AudioWorklet-based real-time analysis with custom AudioNode
- Enhanced Audio Analysis: A-weighted crest factor, True Peak detection, MFCC, spectral entropy/crest
- High Performance: Float32Array-based results, parallel batch processing
- TypeScript Ready: Full type definitions with comprehensive error handling
- Tree-shaking Support: Import only what you need for optimal bundle size
# Install the latest version
npm install audio-inspect
# Or from GitHub
npm install github:romot-co/audio-inspectimport { load, getPeaksAnalysis, getSpectrum } from 'audio-inspect';
// Load audio file
const audio = await load('path/to/audio.mp3');
// Enhanced peak analysis with Float32Array results
const peaks = getPeaksAnalysis(audio, {
count: 50,
threshold: 0.1,
onProgress: (percent, message) => console.log(`${percent}%: ${message}`)
});
// Spectrum analysis with frequency filtering
const spectrum = await getSpectrum(audio, {
fftSize: 2048,
minFrequency: 80,
maxFrequency: 8000
});
console.log(peaks.positions); // Float32Array of peak positions
console.log(peaks.amplitudes); // Float32Array of peak amplitudesimport { createAudioInspectNode } from 'audio-inspect';
const audioContext = new AudioContext();
const mediaStream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ audio: true });
const sourceNode = audioContext.createMediaStreamSource(mediaStream);
// Create AudioInspectNode
const inspectNode = createAudioInspectNode(audioContext, {
featureName: 'getRMS',
bufferSize: 1024,
hopSize: 512
});
// Set up event handlers
inspectNode.onresult = (event) => {
console.log('RMS:', event.data, 'at', event.timestamp);
};
// Connect to Web Audio API graph
sourceNode.connect(inspectNode);
// Update analysis in real-time
inspectNode.updateOptions({
featureName: 'getPeaks',
featureOptions: { count: 5, threshold: 0.5 }
});IEC 61672-1:2013 compliant A-weighting filter for perceptual crest factor measurement.
import { getCrestFactor } from 'audio-inspect/features/dynamics';
const audio = await load('audio.mp3');
// Traditional crest factor (unweighted)
const simpleCF = getCrestFactor(audio, { method: 'simple' });
// A-weighted crest factor for perceptual analysis
const weightedCF = getCrestFactor(audio, { method: 'weighted' });
console.log(`Crest Factor: ${simpleCF.crestFactor} dB`);
console.log(`A-weighted CF: ${weightedCF.crestFactor} dB`);
console.log(`Peak: ${simpleCF.peak}, RMS: ${simpleCF.rms}`);
// Time-varying crest factor analysis
const timeVaryingCF = getCrestFactor(audio, {
method: 'weighted',
windowSize: 0.1, // 100ms analysis window
hopSize: 0.05 // 50ms hop size
});
if (timeVaryingCF.timeVarying) {
console.log(`Time-varying analysis: ${timeVaryingCF.timeVarying.values.length} frames`);
console.log(`Max CF: ${Math.max(...timeVaryingCF.timeVarying.values)} dB`);
}
// Real-time crest factor monitoring
import { createAudioInspectNode } from 'audio-inspect';
const audioContext = new AudioContext();
const crestNode = createAudioInspectNode(audioContext, {
featureName: 'getCrestFactor',
featureOptions: { method: 'weighted' },
bufferSize: 2048,
hopSize: 1024
});
crestNode.onresult = (event) => {
console.log(`Real-time Crest Factor: ${event.data.crestFactor} dB`);
};Oversampling-based inter-sample peak detection to prevent digital clipping.
import { getPeakAmplitude } from 'audio-inspect/features/time';
const audio = await load('audio.mp3');
// True Peak with 4x oversampling and cubic interpolation
const truePeak = getPeakAmplitude(audio, {
truePeak: true,
oversamplingFactor: 4,
interpolation: 'cubic'
});
console.log(`True Peak: ${truePeak} dB`);Comprehensive MFCC implementation for machine learning and speech analysis.
import { getMFCC, getMFCCWithDelta } from 'audio-inspect/features/spectral';
const audio = await load('speech.wav');
// Basic MFCC
const mfcc = await getMFCC(audio, {
frameSizeMs: 25,
hopSizeMs: 10,
numMfccCoeffs: 13,
numMelFilters: 40
});
// MFCC with delta and delta-delta coefficients
const mfccWithDelta = await getMFCCWithDelta(audio, {
computeDelta: true,
computeDeltaDelta: true
});
console.log(`MFCC: ${mfcc.mfcc.length} frames × ${mfcc.frameInfo.numCoeffs} coefficients`);Measure spectral randomness and peak-to-average ratio in frequency domain.
import { getSpectralEntropy, getSpectralCrest } from 'audio-inspect/features/spectral';
const audio = await load('audio.mp3');
// Spectral entropy (noise vs. tonal content)
const entropy = await getSpectralEntropy(audio, {
fftSize: 2048,
minFrequency: 20,
maxFrequency: 20000
});
// Spectral crest factor (harmonic vs. noise content)
const spectralCrest = await getSpectralCrest(audio, {
fftSize: 2048,
asDB: true
});
console.log(`Spectral Entropy: ${entropy.entropy} bits (${entropy.entropyNorm} normalized)`);
console.log(`Spectral Crest Factor: ${spectralCrest.crestDB} dB`);const audio = await load(source, {
sampleRate: 44100, // Target sample rate
channels: 'mono', // Channel configuration
normalize: false // Normalize amplitude
});// Enhanced waveform analysis
const waveform = getWaveformAnalysis(audio, {
frameCount: 3600, // 1 minute at 60 FPS
channel: 0,
onProgress: (percent, message) => console.log(`${percent}%: ${message}`)
});
// Peak detection
const peaks = getPeaksAnalysis(audio, {
count: 100,
threshold: 0.1,
channel: 0
});
// RMS analysis
const rms = getRMSAnalysis(audio, {
channel: 0,
asDB: true
});// FFT analysis
const fft = await getFFT(audio, {
fftSize: 2048,
windowFunction: 'hann',
provider: 'webfft' // Fast WASM implementation
});
// Spectrum analysis
const spectrum = await getSpectrum(audio, {
fftSize: 2048,
minFrequency: 20,
maxFrequency: 20000,
timeFrames: 100 // Generate spectrogram
});import { getLUFS } from 'audio-inspect/features/loudness';
const audio = await load('audio.mp3');
// Basic integrated loudness
const basicLoudness = getLUFS(audio);
console.log(`Integrated Loudness: ${basicLoudness.integrated} LUFS`);
// Comprehensive loudness analysis
const loudness = getLUFS(audio, {
channelMode: 'stereo', // 'mono' | 'stereo'
gated: true, // ITU-R BS.1770 gating
calculateShortTerm: true, // 3-second short-term loudness
calculateMomentary: true, // 400ms momentary loudness
calculateLoudnessRange: true, // LRA calculation
calculateTruePeak: true // True peak per channel (dBTP)
});
console.log(`Integrated: ${loudness.integrated} LUFS`);
console.log(`Loudness Range: ${loudness.loudnessRange} LU`);
console.log(`True Peak: ${loudness.truePeak?.map(tp => `${tp.toFixed(1)} dBTP`).join(', ')}`);
// Real-time loudness monitoring
import { createAudioInspectNode } from 'audio-inspect';
const audioContext = new AudioContext();
const loudnessNode = createAudioInspectNode(audioContext, {
featureName: 'getLUFS',
featureOptions: { gated: true, calculateMomentary: true },
bufferSize: 1024,
hopSize: 512
});
loudnessNode.onresult = (event) => {
const result = event.data;
console.log(`Real-time LUFS: ${result.integrated}`);
};const vad = getVAD(audio, {
method: 'adaptive',
energyThreshold: 0.01,
frameSizeMs: 25
});const spectral = getSpectralFeatures(audio, {
fftSize: 2048,
features: ['centroid', 'bandwidth', 'rolloff', 'flatness']
});import { analyzeAll } from 'audio-inspect/core/batch';
const results = await analyzeAll(audio, {
waveform: { frameCount: 1000 },
peaks: { count: 50, threshold: 0.1 },
rms: { channel: 0 },
spectrum: { fftSize: 2048 },
onProgress: (percent, currentTask) => {
console.log(`Processing: ${percent}% (${currentTask})`);
}
});Import only the features you need:
// Time domain only
import { getPeaksAnalysis, getWaveformAnalysis } from 'audio-inspect/features/time';
// Frequency domain only
import { getFFT, getSpectrum } from 'audio-inspect/features/frequency';
// Audio features only
import { getLUFS } from 'audio-inspect/features/loudness';
import { getVAD } from 'audio-inspect/features/vad';- Chrome 66+ (WebAssembly support for WebFFT)
- Firefox 60+ (WebAssembly support)
- Safari 12+ (WebAssembly support)
- Edge 79+ (WebAssembly support)
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Run tests
npm test
# Run E2E tests
npm run test:e2e
# Build library
npm run build
# Quality checks
npm run format && npm run lint && npm run type-checkMIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.