---
title: "BaseSoundManager"
docs: "Phaser v4.1.0"
url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-basesoundmanager
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

> This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page.

# BaseSoundManager

Base class for the Web Audio and HTML5 Audio Sound Manager implementations. It manages a collection of sound instances, handles global volume, mute, rate, and detune settings, provides spatial audio listener positioning (Web Audio only), and coordinates with the game lifecycle for pausing and resuming audio when the game loses or regains focus.

**Constructor**

`new BaseSoundManager(game)`

**Parameters**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| game | [Phaser.Game](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/game.md) | No | Reference to the current game instance. |

---


**Scope**: static


**Extends**

> [Phaser.Events.EventEmitter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md)  



> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L18](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L18)  
Since: 3.0.0

## Public Members

### detune

#### detune: number


**Description:**

Global detuning of all sounds in [cents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_%28music%29). The range of the value is -1200 to 1200, but we recommend keeping it within a reasonable range for musical purposes.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L809](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L809)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### game

#### game: [Phaser.Game](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/game.md)


**Description:**

Local reference to game.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L48](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L48)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### gameLostFocus

#### gameLostFocus: boolean


**Description:**

Flag used to track if the game has lost focus.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L156](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L156)  
Since: 3.60.0


---

### jsonCache

#### jsonCache: [Phaser.Cache.BaseCache](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/cache-basecache.md)


**Description:**

Local reference to the JSON Cache, as used by Audio Sprites.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L58](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L58)  
Since: 3.7.0


---

### listenerPosition

#### listenerPosition: [Phaser.Math.Vector2](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/math-vector2.md)


**Description:**

The Spatial Audio listener position.

Only available with WebAudio.

You can modify the x/y properties of this Vec2 directly to adjust the listener position within the game world.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L166](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L166)  
Since: 3.60.0


---

### locked

#### locked: boolean


**Description:**

Mobile devices require sounds to be triggered from an explicit user action, such as a tap, before any sound can be loaded/played on a web page. Set to true if the audio system is currently locked awaiting user interaction.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L132](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L132)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### mute

#### mute: boolean


**Description:**

Global mute setting.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L79](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L79)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### pauseOnBlur

#### pauseOnBlur: boolean


**Description:**

Flag indicating if sounds should be paused when game loses focus, for instance when user switches to another tab/program/app.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L99](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L99)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### rate

#### rate: number


**Description:**

Global playback rate at which all the sounds will be played. Value of 1.0 plays the audio at full speed, 0.5 plays the audio at half speed and 2.0 doubles the audio's playback speed.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L759](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L759)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### volume

#### volume: number


**Description:**

Global volume setting.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L89](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L89)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

## Inherited Methods


**From [Phaser.Events.EventEmitter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md):**


 - [addListener](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#addlistener)
 - [emit](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#emit)
 - [eventNames](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#eventnames)
 - [listenerCount](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#listenercount)
 - [listeners](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#listeners)
 - [off](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#off)
 - [on](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#on)
 - [once](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#once)
 - [removeAllListeners](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#removealllisteners)
 - [removeListener](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#removelistener)
 - [shutdown](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/events-eventemitter.md#shutdown)




---

## Public Methods

### add

#### \<instance> add(key, [config])


**Description:**

Adds a new sound into the sound manager.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| key | string | No | Asset key for the sound. |
| config | [Phaser.Types.Sound.SoundConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/typedef/types-sound.md#SoundConfig) | Yes | An optional config object containing default sound settings. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.Sound.BaseSound](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-basesound.md) - The new sound instance.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L188](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L188)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### addAudioSprite

#### \<instance> addAudioSprite(key, [config])


**Description:**

Adds a new audio sprite sound into the sound manager. Audio Sprites are a combination of audio files and a JSON configuration. The JSON follows the format of that created by [https://github.com/tonistiigi/audiosprite](https://github.com/tonistiigi/audiosprite)

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| key | string | No | Asset key for the sound. |
| config | [Phaser.Types.Sound.SoundConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/typedef/types-sound.md#SoundConfig) | Yes | An optional config object containing default sound settings. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.Sound.NoAudioSound](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-noaudiosound.md), [Phaser.Sound.HTML5AudioSound](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-html5audiosound.md), [Phaser.Sound.WebAudioSound](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-webaudiosound.md) - The new audio sprite sound instance.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L202](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L202)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### destroy

#### \<instance> destroy()


**Description:**

Destroys all the sounds in the game and all associated events.


**Overrides:** Phaser.Events.EventEmitter#destroy


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L693](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L693)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### get

#### \<instance> get(key)


**Description:**

Gets the first sound in this Sound Manager that matches the given key. If none can be found it returns `null`.

**Tags:**

 - generic
 - genericUse

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| key | string | No | Sound asset key. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.Sound.BaseSound](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-basesound.md) - - The sound, or null.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L247](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L247)  
Since: 3.23.0


---

### getAll

#### \<instance> getAll([key])


**Description:**

Gets all sounds in this Sound Manager.

You can optionally specify a key, in which case only Sound instances that match the given key will be returned.

**Tags:**

 - generic
 - genericUse

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| key | string | Yes | Optional asset key. If given, only Sound instances with this key will be returned. |


**Returns:** Array.\<[Phaser.Sound.BaseSound](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-basesound.md)> - - The sounds, or an empty array.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L266](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L266)  
Since: 3.23.0


---

### getAllPlaying

#### \<instance> getAllPlaying()


**Description:**

Returns all sounds from this Sound Manager that are currently playing. That is, Sound instances that have their `isPlaying` property set to `true`.

**Tags:**

 - generic
 - genericUse


**Returns:** Array.\<[Phaser.Sound.BaseSound](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-basesound.md)> - - All currently playing sounds, or an empty array.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L294](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L294)  
Since: 3.60.0


---

### isPlaying

#### \<instance> isPlaying(key)


**Description:**

When a key is given, returns true if any sound with that key is playing.

When no key is given, returns true if any sound is playing.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| key | string | No | Sound asset key. |


**Returns:** boolean - - Per the key argument, true if any matching sound is playing, otherwise false.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L542](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L542)  
Since: 3.85.0


---

### onBlur

#### \<instance> onBlur()


**Description:**

Method used internally for pausing sound manager if Phaser.Sound.BaseSoundManager#pauseOnBlur is set to true.


**Access:** protected


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L601](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L601)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### onFocus

#### \<instance> onFocus()


**Description:**

Method used internally for resuming sound manager if Phaser.Sound.BaseSoundManager#pauseOnBlur is set to true.


**Access:** protected


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L612](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L612)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### pauseAll

#### \<instance> pauseAll()


**Description:**

Pauses all the sounds in the game.


**Fires:** [Phaser.Sound.Events#event:PAUSE_ALL](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/event/sound-events.md#PAUSE_ALL)


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L452](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L452)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### play

#### \<instance> play(key, [extra])


**Description:**

Adds a new sound to the sound manager and plays it.

The sound will be automatically removed (destroyed) once playback ends.

This lets you play a new sound on the fly without the need to keep a reference to it.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| key | string | No | Asset key for the sound. |
| extra | [Phaser.Types.Sound.SoundConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/typedef/types-sound.md#SoundConfig) \| [Phaser.Types.Sound.SoundMarker](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/typedef/types-sound.md#SoundMarker) | Yes | An optional additional object containing settings to be applied to the sound. It could be either config or marker object. |


**Returns:** boolean - Whether the sound started playing successfully.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L312](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L312)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### playAudioSprite

#### \<instance> playAudioSprite(key, spriteName, [config])


**Description:**

Adds a new audio sprite sound to the sound manager and plays it. The sprite will be automatically removed (destroyed) once playback ends. This lets you play a new sound on the fly without the need to keep a reference to it.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| key | string | No | Asset key for the sound. |
| spriteName | string | No | The name of the sound sprite to play. |
| config | [Phaser.Types.Sound.SoundConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/typedef/types-sound.md#SoundConfig) | Yes | An optional config object containing default sound settings. |


**Returns:** boolean - Whether the audio sprite sound started playing successfully.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L353](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L353)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### remove

#### \<instance> remove(sound)


**Description:**

Removes a sound from the sound manager. The removed sound is destroyed before removal.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| sound | [Phaser.Sound.BaseSound](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-basesound.md) | No | The sound object to remove. |


**Returns:** boolean - True if the sound was removed successfully, otherwise false.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L377](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L377)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### removeAll

#### \<instance> removeAll()


**Description:**

Removes all sounds from the manager, destroying the sounds.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L404](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L404)  
Since: 3.23.0


---

### removeByKey

#### \<instance> removeByKey(key)


**Description:**

Removes all sounds from the sound manager that have an asset key matching the given value. The removed sounds are destroyed before removal.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| key | string | No | The key to match when removing sound objects. |


**Returns:** number - The number of matching sound objects that were removed.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L420](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L420)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### resumeAll

#### \<instance> resumeAll()


**Description:**

Resumes all the sounds in the game.


**Fires:** [Phaser.Sound.Events#event:RESUME_ALL](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/event/sound-events.md#RESUME_ALL)


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L469](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L469)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### setDetune

#### \<instance> setDetune(value)


**Description:**

Sets the global detuning of all sounds in [cents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_%28music%29). The range of the value is -1200 to 1200, but we recommend keeping it within a reasonable range for musical purposes.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| value | number | No | The detuning value in cents. The range is -1200 to 1200, but we recommend keeping it within a reasonable range for musical purposes. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.Sound.BaseSoundManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-basesoundmanager.md) - This Sound Manager.


**Fires:** [Phaser.Sound.Events#event:GLOBAL_DETUNE](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/event/sound-events.md#GLOBAL_DETUNE)


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L790](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L790)  
Since: 3.3.0


---

### setListenerPosition

#### \<instance> setListenerPosition([x], [y])


**Description:**

Sets the X and Y position of the Spatial Audio listener on this Web Audio context.

If you call this method with no parameters it will default to the center-point of the game canvas. Depending on the type of game you're making, you may need to call this method constantly to reset the listener position as the camera scrolls.

Calling this method does nothing on HTML5Audio.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| x | number | Yes | The x position of the Spatial Audio listener. |
| y | number | Yes | The y position of the Spatial Audio listener. |


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L486](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L486)  
Since: 3.60.0


---

### setRate

#### \<instance> setRate(value)


**Description:**

Sets the global playback rate at which all the sounds will be played.

For example, a value of 1.0 plays the audio at full speed, 0.5 plays the audio at half speed and 2.0 doubles the audios playback speed.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| value | number | No | Global playback rate at which all the sounds will be played. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.Sound.BaseSoundManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/sound-basesoundmanager.md) - This Sound Manager.


**Fires:** [Phaser.Sound.Events#event:GLOBAL_RATE](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/event/sound-events.md#GLOBAL_RATE)


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L738](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L738)  
Since: 3.3.0


---

### stopAll

#### \<instance> stopAll()


**Description:**

Stops all the sounds in the game.


**Fires:** [Phaser.Sound.Events#event:STOP_ALL](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/event/sound-events.md#STOP_ALL)


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L503](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L503)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### stopByKey

#### \<instance> stopByKey(key)


**Description:**

Stops any sounds matching the given key.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| key | string | No | Sound asset key. |


**Returns:** number - - How many sounds were stopped.


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L520](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L520)  
Since: 3.23.0


---

### unlock

#### \<instance> unlock()


**Description:**

Method used internally for unlocking audio playback on devices that require user interaction before any sound can be played on a web page.

Read more about how this issue is handled here in [this article](https://medium.com/@pgoloskokovic/unlocking-web-audio-the-smarter-way-8858218c0e09).


**Access:** protected


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L588](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L588)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### update

#### \<instance> update(time, delta)


**Description:**

Update method called on every game step. Removes destroyed sounds and updates every active sound in the game.


**Access:** protected

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| time | number | No | The current timestamp as generated by the Request Animation Frame or SetTimeout. |
| delta | number | No | The delta time elapsed since the last frame. |


**Fires:** [Phaser.Sound.Events#event:UNLOCKED](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/event/sound-events.md#UNLOCKED)


> Source: [src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L657](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/sound/BaseSoundManager.js#L657)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

---

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