# Microphone.silenceLevel()

#### Availability

Flash Player 6.

#### Usage

    activeMicrophone.silenceLevel

#### Description

Read-only property; an integer that specifies the amount of sound required to activate the microphone and invoke `Microphone.onActivity(true)`. The default value is 10.

#### Example

See the example for Microphone.silenceTimeout().

#### See also

`Microphone.gain`, `Microphone.setSilenceLevel()`