# Channels

`channels` _int32_ Default: `1`

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The default value is `1`.

The Channels feature is used when the [Encoding](/guides/media-input-settings-encoding) feature is also being used to submit streaming raw audio. It is not read at any other time.

## Enable Feature

To enable Channels, when you call Deepgram’s API, add a `channels` parameter in the query string and set it to the number of channels in your submitted audio.

`channels=NUMBER_OF_CHANNELS`

## Related pages

- [Amazon SageMaker](./amazon-sagemaker-index.md)
- [Aura](./aura-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Custom Vocabulary](./custom-vocabulary-index.md)
- [Deepgram's Docs](../index.md)
- [Deployment](./deployment-index.md)
- [Docker/Podman](./docker-podman-index.md)
- [Features](./features-index.md)
- [Flux TTS](./flux-tts-index.md)
- [Formatting](./formatting-index.md)

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