# Play Sound from USB Microphone

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-sound-from-usb-microphone/2551>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [25 August 2018 09:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-sound-from-usb-microphone/2551 "2018-08-25T09:25:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [31 August 2018 12:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-sound-from-usb-microphone/2551/29 "2018-08-31T12:11:14Z")

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Node-RED by default works on chunk / packets of data. There are a few nodes that handle streams but most don't. No reason that more couldn't be made to work with streams - including the audio out one - but that's just the way they are right now. I look forwards to your pull request 🙂

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