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# Audio

The `<audio>` element lets you play sound on your site. You do so by writing:

```
<audio src="path/to/audio.mp3" controls>
    <p>Your browser doesn't support the HTML5 audio element.</p>
</audio>
```

As with the `<video>` element, the `<audio>` element also takes the attributes `src` and `controls`, and they behave exactly the same. The `src` is the path to the file, and `controls` display the controls, allowing the user to play and pause the audio, and control the audio.

If you need a fallback audio, you can use the \`\<source>\` element. You would then write:

```
<audio controls>
    <source src="path/to/audio.mp3" type="audio/mp3">
    <source src="path/to/audio.oog" type="audio/oog">
    <p>Your browser doesn't support the HTML5 audio element.</p>
</audio>
```

As of February 2016, the following browser support these video formats:

| Browser           | MP3 | Wav | Ogg |
| ----------------- | --- | --- | --- |
| Internet explorer | Yes | No  | No  |
| Chrome            | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Firefox           | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Safari            | Yes | Yes | No  |
| Opera             | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Edge    | Yes | Yes | No  |

Other notable attributes are `autoplay`, `loop` and `muted`. These are all the same as with their video counterpart. `autoplay` starts the audio automatically, `loop` seeks back to the start of the audio when it reaches the end, and `muted` sets the default volume to silenced.

You can read more about the audio element [here](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/audio).