[page:Loader] →

# [name]

Class for loading an [link:https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioBuffer AudioBuffer]. This uses the [page:FileLoader] internally for loading files.

## Example

`// instantiate a listener var audioListener = new THREE.AudioListener(); // add the listener to the camera camera.add( audioListener ); // instantiate audio object var oceanAmbientSound = new THREE.Audio( audioListener ); // add the audio object to the scene scene.add( oceanAmbientSound ); // instantiate a loader var loader = new THREE.AudioLoader(); // load a resource loader.load( // resource URL 'audio/ambient_ocean.ogg', // onLoad callback function ( audioBuffer ) { // set the audio object buffer to the loaded object oceanAmbientSound.setBuffer( audioBuffer ); // play the audio oceanAmbientSound.play(); }, // onProgress callback function ( xhr ) { console.log( (xhr.loaded / xhr.total * 100) + '% loaded' ); }, // onError callback function ( err ) { console.log( 'An error happened' ); } );`

## Constructor

### [name]( [param:LoadingManager manager] )

[page:LoadingManager manager] — The [page:LoadingManager loadingManager] for the loader to use. Default is [page:LoadingManager THREE.DefaultLoadingManager].
Creates a new [name].

## Properties

See the base [page:Loader] class for common properties.

## Methods

See the base [page:Loader] class for common methods.

### [method:null load]( [param:String url], [param:Function onLoad], [param:Function onProgress], [param:Function onError] )

[page:String url] — the path or URL to the file. This can also be a [link:https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Data_URIs Data URI].
[page:Function onLoad] — Will be called when load completes. The argument will be the loaded text response.
[page:Function onProgress] — Will be called while load progresses. The argument will be the XMLHttpRequest instance, which contains .[page:Integer total] and .[page:Integer loaded] bytes.
[page:Function onError] — Will be called when load errors.

Begin loading from url and pass the loaded [page:String AudioBuffer] to onLoad.

## Source

[link:https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/src/[path].js src/[path].js]