# Microphone.rate

#### Availability

Flash Player 6.

#### Usage

    activeMicrophone.rate

#### Description

Read-only property; the rate at which the microphone is capturing sound, in kHz. The default value is 8 kHz if your sound capture device supports this value. Otherwise, the default value is the next available capture level above 8 kHz that your sound capture device supports, usually 11 kHz.

To set this value, use Microphone.setRate().

#### Example

The following example saves the current rate to the variable `original`.

    original = myMic.rate;

#### See also

`Microphone.setRate()`