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id: 0a5fc8f5-4b70-4cfe-84e0-defd71661405
title: recordAudio
slug: /node/reference/voice/call/record-audio
description: recordAudio method for the Call class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[callrecording-3]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/voice/call-recording

### recordAudio

* **recordAudio**(`params?`): `Promise<CallRecording>` - See [CallRecording][callrecording-3] for more details.

Records the audio from the call.

#### Parameters

| Name                        | Type                                | Description                                                                                                                                             |
| :-------------------------- | :---------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `params?`                   | `Object`                            | -                                                                                                                                                       |
| `params.beep?`              | `boolean`                           | Whether to play a beep. Default is false.                                                                                                               |
| `params.direction?`         | `"listen"` \| `"speak"` \| `"both"` | Direction to record. Can be `listen` (what the caller hears), `speak` (what the caller says), or `both`. Default is `speak`.                            |
| `params.endSilenceTimeout?` | `number`                            | How long to wait (in seconds) until the caller has stopped speaking. Disable by passing `0`. Default is `1.0`.                                          |
| `params.format?`            | `"mp3"` \| `"wav"`                  | Format of the recording. Default is `mp3`.                                                                                                              |
| `params.initialTimeout?`    | `number`                            | How long to wait (in seconds) until something is heard in the recording. Disable by passing `0`. Default is `5.0`.                                      |
| `params.inputSensitivity?`  | `number`                            | Controls how sensitive the voice activity detector is to background noise, where `0` is least sensitive and `100` is most sensitive. Default is `44.0`. |
| `params.stereo?`            | `boolean`                           | Whether to record in stereo mode. Default is `false`.                                                                                                   |
| `params.terminators?`       | `string`                            | DTMF digits that, when dialed, will end the recording. Default is `#\*`.                                                                                |

#### Returns

`Promise<CallRecording>` - See [CallRecording][callrecording-3] for more details.

#### Example

```js
const recording = await call.recordAudio({ direction: "both" });
await recording.stop();
```