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Audio File

Replay a bounded WAV or MP3 through the same processing route.

Visual walkthrough3 configuration controlsSynced audio walkthrough
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Play, Pause and Stop control this source in the prepared native route. Loop restarts the sample rather than changing downstream processing.

01 / Understand

The idea, before the settings.

Imported media is a graph source, useful for comparing settings with repeatable material.

Chosen local fileAudio FileProcessing / Output

Use it in AudioRouter

  1. Choose and approve the local file in the actual Audio File inspector.
  2. Connect the player to the intended processing and output, then Save the route.
  3. Use its Play/Pause/Stop/Seek controls; compare a repeatable passage when tuning effects.

What success looks like

Pause keeps the position, Stop returns to the start, and seeking chooses a deliberate point in the file.

If it does not work

If loading fails, inspect format/path access. A browser lesson playing successfully does not prove your local file is supported.

Select the node to open Properties. Click its name to rename it. While playing, supported parameter-only edits save after a short pause. For structural edits, use Save when the canvas marks a change. Enabled and Bypass are distinct live controls; see the in-app help for their behavior.

02 / Explore

Make the behavior visible.

A built-in synthetic melody stands in for a file so you can practice play, pause and seek. No user's file is read or uploaded.

The example repeats until you press Stop, and control changes are heard immediately. The traces are drawn from that audio, and the line marks the moment you hear. This is not a DSP measurement or control for your running AudioRouter session.

03 / Configure

Every control, with a reason.

01

Choose WAV or MP3

mediaId

Import a WAV or MP3; the backend stores a media reference and displays its filename. Maximum 64 MiB and 120 seconds.

Range / choicesDepends on your selectionDefault

Try thisImport a short spoken phrase and compare compressor settings with the same performance.

Keep in mind Save the selected source before playback. The filename display is metadata, not a path text field.

02

Loop

loop

Repeat the imported audio when it reaches the end.

Range / choicesOn / offDefaultfalse

Try thisEnable Loop for a repeatable 10-second voice sample while adjusting EQ.

03

Already-routed Recorder node

temporaryRecorder

Choose an enabled Recorder already receiving an existing source. Record temporary take uses that route; it does not open or choose a microphone.

Range / choicesDepends on your selectionDefaultChoose explicitly

Try thisRoute your mic to a Recorder, start the session, record a phrase, then Stop and use take.

Keep in mind Takes stop automatically at 120 seconds; imported temporary samples expire after 24 hours.

04 / Put it to work

Start with a useful example.

Example 1

Tune with a repeatable phrase

  1. Import a short voice WAV or MP3.
  2. Connect it through the effect chain and to your output.
  3. Save, enable Loop and Play.
Example 2

Create a temporary voice reference

  1. Connect an existing mic or application source to an enabled Recorder.
  2. Start the session, choose that Recorder in Audio File Properties and record the take.
  3. Stop and use take, then Save the audio-file source.

These are starting points. Compare at a comfortable monitoring level and adjust for your own source.

05 / Get unstuck

Small details that matter.

  • An imported file is not yet connected to an output.
  • Pause/Resume lives in Properties; the compact node offers Play/Stop.
  • A temporary take cannot pick or open a microphone.