gives the default setting for the option DisplayFunction in sound functions.
$SoundDisplayFunction
gives the default setting for the option DisplayFunction in sound functions.
Details
- The initial setting of $SoundDisplayFunction is Identity.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
By default Play gives a Sound object that is displayed as an interactive graphic:
Play[(2 + Cos[20 t]) * Sin[3000 t + 2 Sin[50 t]], {t, 0, 2}]Change the sound display to just emit the sound:
Block[{$SoundDisplayFunction = EmitSound}, Play[(2 + Cos[20 t]) * Sin[3000 t + 2 Sin[50 t] ], {t, 0, 2}]]See Also
Tech Notes
History
Introduced in 1991 (2.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1991), $SoundDisplayFunction, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SoundDisplayFunction.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1991. "$SoundDisplayFunction." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SoundDisplayFunction.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1991). $SoundDisplayFunction. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SoundDisplayFunction.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_$sounddisplayfunction, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$SoundDisplayFunction}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SoundDisplayFunction.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_$sounddisplayfunction, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$SoundDisplayFunction}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SoundDisplayFunction.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-June-2026]}