---
title: "Audio Loop Delay"
description: "Demonstrates how to stagger multiple looping audio tracks using the delay parameter in the sound playback configuration. It shows how to layer stems by calculating delays based on track duration and syncing visual elements to the audio loop events."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/audio/No%20Audio/view/loop-delay
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Audio Loop Delay

Demonstrates how to stagger multiple looping audio tracks using the delay parameter in the sound playback configuration. It shows how to layer stems by calculating delays based on track duration and syncing visual elements to the audio loop events.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Audio / No Audio](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/audio/No%20Audio.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/audio/No%20Audio/view/loop-delay.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### loop delay.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    bass;
    gui;
    bottomSpeaker;
    middleSpeaker;
    topRightSpeaker;
    topLeftSpeaker;

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.bitmapFont('atari-classic', 'assets/fonts/bitmap/atari-classic.png', 'assets/fonts/bitmap/atari-classic.xml');

        this.load.image('streets', 'assets/sprites/cyberpunk-street.png');

        this.load.atlas('speakers', 'assets/sprites/speakers/speakers.png', 'assets/sprites/speakers/speakers.json');

        this.load.audio('bass', [ 'assets/audio/tech/bass.ogg', 'assets/audio/tech/bass.mp3' ]);
        this.load.audio('drums', [ 'assets/audio/tech/drums.ogg', 'assets/audio/tech/drums.mp3' ]);
        this.load.audio('percussion', [ 'assets/audio/tech/percussion.ogg', 'assets/audio/tech/percussion.mp3' ]);
        this.load.audio('synth1', [ 'assets/audio/tech/synth1.ogg', 'assets/audio/tech/synth1.mp3' ]);
        this.load.audio('synth2', [ 'assets/audio/tech/synth2.ogg', 'assets/audio/tech/synth2.mp3' ]);
        this.load.audio('top1', [ 'assets/audio/tech/top1.ogg', 'assets/audio/tech/top1.mp3' ]);
        this.load.audio('top2', [ 'assets/audio/tech/top2.ogg', 'assets/audio/tech/top2.mp3' ]);
    }

    create ()
    {
        const streets = this.add.image(0, 0, 'streets');
        streets.setScale(600 / 192);
        streets.setOrigin(0);

        this.topLeftSpeaker = this.add.image(445, 332, 'speakers', 'top-left');
        this.topLeftSpeaker.setOrigin(1, 0.46);
        this.topRightSpeaker = this.add.image(445, 332, 'speakers', 'top-right');
        this.topRightSpeaker.setOrigin(0, 0.975);
        this.middleSpeaker = this.add.image(443, 417, 'speakers', 'middle');
        this.middleSpeaker.setOrigin(0.5, 1);
        this.bottomSpeaker = this.add.image(443, 504, 'speakers', 'bottom');
        this.bottomSpeaker.setOrigin(0.5, 1);

        this.bass = this.sound.add('bass');
        const drums = this.sound.add('drums');
        const percussion = this.sound.add('percussion');
        const synth1 = this.sound.add('synth1');
        const synth2 = this.sound.add('synth2');
        const top1 = this.sound.add('top1');
        const top2 = this.sound.add('top2');

        this.gui = new dat.GUI();
        const sm = this.gui.addFolder('Sound Manager');
        sm.add(this.sound, 'rate', 0.5, 2).listen();
        sm.add(this.sound, 'detune', -1200, 1200).step(50).listen();

        const loopMarker = {
            name: 'loop',
            start: 0,
            duration: 7.68,
            config: {
                loop: true
            }
        };

        if (this.sound.locked)
        {
            const text = this.add.bitmapText(400, 70, 'atari-classic', 'Tap to start', 40);
            text.x -= Math.round(text.width / 2);
            text.y -= Math.round(text.height / 2);

            this.sound.once('unlocked', function (soundManager)
            {
                text.visible = false;

                this.startStem.call(this, this.bass, 'Bass', this.bottomSpeaker);

            }, this);
        }
        else
        {
            this.startStem.call(this, this.bass, 'Bass', this.bottomSpeaker);
        }

        this.bass.addMarker(loopMarker);

        // Delay option can only be passed in config
        this.bass.play('loop', {
            delay: 0
        });

        // Below won't work

        // sound.delay = delay;
        // sound.play('loop');

        this.bass.once('looped', function (sound)
        {
            this.startStem.call(this, drums, 'Drums', this.middleSpeaker);
        }, this);

        drums.addMarker(loopMarker);
        drums.play('loop', {
            delay: loopMarker.duration
        });
        drums.once('looped', function (sound)
        {
            this.startStem.call(this, percussion, 'Percussion', this.middleSpeaker);
        }, this);

        percussion.addMarker(loopMarker);
        percussion.play('loop', {
            delay: loopMarker.duration * 2
        });
        percussion.once('looped', function (sound)
        {
            this.startStem.call(this, synth1, 'Synth 1', this.topRightSpeaker);
        }, this);

        synth1.addMarker(loopMarker);
        synth1.play('loop', {
            delay: loopMarker.duration * 3
        });
        synth1.once('looped', function (sound)
        {
            this.startStem.call(this, synth2, 'Synth 2', this.topRightSpeaker);
        }, this);

        synth2.addMarker(loopMarker);
        synth2.play('loop', {
            delay: loopMarker.duration * 4
        });
        synth2.once('looped', function (sound)
        {
            this.startStem.call(this, top1, 'Top 1', this.topLeftSpeaker);
        }, this);

        top1.addMarker(loopMarker);
        top1.play('loop', {
            delay: loopMarker.duration * 5
        });
        top1.once('looped', function (sound)
        {
            this.startStem.call(this, top2, 'Top 2', this.topLeftSpeaker);
            sm.open();
        }, this);

        top2.addMarker(loopMarker);
        top2.play('loop', {
            delay: loopMarker.duration * 6
        });
    }

    update ()
    {
        this.middleSpeaker.y = this.bottomSpeaker.y - this.bottomSpeaker.height * this.bottomSpeaker.scaleY;
        this.topLeftSpeaker.y =
            this.topRightSpeaker.y =
                this.middleSpeaker.y - this.middleSpeaker.height * this.middleSpeaker.scaleY;

        this.tweens.setGlobalTimeScale(this.bass.totalRate);
    }

    startStem (stem, text, speaker)
    {
        const s = this.gui.addFolder(text);
        s.add(stem, 'seek', 0, stem.duration).step(0.01).listen();
        s.add(stem, 'mute').listen();
        s.open();

        this.tweens.add({
            targets: speaker,
            scaleX: 1.3,
            scaleY: 1.1,

            duration: 241,

            ease: 'Sine.easeInOut',
            repeat: -1,
            yoyo: true
        });
    }
}

/**
 * @author    Pavle Goloskokovic <pgoloskokovic@gmail.com> (http://prunegames.com)
 *
 * Cyberpunk Street Environment by Luis Zuno (https://www.patreon.com/posts/8303915) / CC-BY-3.0
 */

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    parent: 'game-container',
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    backgroundColor: '#838282',
    scene: Example,
    pixelArt: true,
    audio: {
        noAudio: true
    }
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in No Audio

- [Audio Markers](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/audio/No%20Audio/view/markers-play.md): How to define specific segments of an audio file using markers and play them back individually, featuring a demonstration of the No Audio sound manager.
- [Audio Markers Pause and Resume](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/audio/No%20Audio/view/markers-pause-resume.md): Demonstrates how to define audio markers for segments of a sound file and control playback using pause and resume methods.
- [Audio Properties and Synchronization](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/audio/No%20Audio/view/volume-mute-rate-detune.md): Demonstrates how to control volume, mute, rate, and detune for both the global Sound Manager and individual sounds, including synchronizing sprite animation speeds and transparency with audio properties.
- [Audio Seeking](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/audio/No%20Audio/view/seek.md): Demonstrates how to start audio at a specific timestamp and synchronize visual movement with playback progress, including interactive scrubbing using the seek property.
- [Audio Sprite with No Audio](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/audio/No%20Audio/view/audiosprite.md): Demonstrates loading an audio sprite via JSON and playing specific segments by name using playAudioSprite, while the game is configured with noAudio: true.
- [Sound Events with No Audio](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/audio/No%20Audio/view/basic-playback-and-events.md): Demonstrates how the Sound Manager and Sound objects still emit events and handle property changes like volume, rate, and detune even when the audio system is disabled via the game config.

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