Nodes/ComfyUI Telegram Suite/AUDIO To Any πŸ”½
ComfyUI Node

AUDIO To Any πŸ”½

The legacy half of the audio converter pair

By SwissCore92Β·Created about a year agoΒ·Updated 2 months agoΒ· 9
AUDIO To Any πŸ”½
  • AUDIO
  • any

AUDIO To Any is the type converter that takes an AUDIO input and declares its output * (any), passing the object through untouched. It's the mirror of Any To AUDIO, and of the two directions, this one has quietly become the less useful - for reasons that tell you something about how this pack evolved.

The asymmetry, explained

The pack's trigger mechanism (execution-order control - see the Send Chat Action article) routes signals through wildcard * ports. There are two moments a converter can help: before the signal goes into a trigger, and after it comes out.

  • Before (AUDIO β†’ *): the README says this step is no longer required. You can feed a typed output like an AUDIO directly into a trigger input now, so converting it to * first is pure ceremony.
  • After (* β†’ AUDIO): still needed, because a trigger output is * and ComfyUI won't let a wildcard wire into a typed port. That's Any To AUDIO's job.

So AUDIO To Any is the legacy half of the pair - the one that existed when the author still made you convert signals to * before triggering, and that the README now explicitly tells you you don't need. If you grab a workflow that predates that change, this node will be in it, and you can wire the trigger input straight to the audio output and delete the converter.

When it still has a purpose

Outside the trigger system, AUDIO To Any is the generic unblocker: any node that expects a * input (there are plenty across ComfyUI packs) will accept its output without argument. It's also harmless as a "loosen this wire" tool when you're fighting a type mismatch and don't care about the downstream type. Same shape as every converter: one typed input, one any output, no settings.

The honest take

Keep it installed - it comes free with the pack and costs nothing - but reach for Any To AUDIO if you ever need to restore an audio type after a trigger. This direction is mostly for reading old workflows and understanding why the converter fleet is as big as it is: one trigger design, twenty type adapters, and a README that keeps evolving around them.

Install

Standard pack install:

cd ComfyUI/custom_nodes
git clone https://github.com/SwissCore92/comfyui-telegram-suite.git
cd comfyui-telegram-suite
pip install -r requirements.txt

Or "ComfyUI Telegram Suite" from ComfyUI Manager. No extra downloads.

CategoryTelegram Suite πŸ”½/converters

Inputs (1)

NameTypeDefaultDescription
AUDIOAUDIOβ€”

Outputs (1)

NameTypeDescription
any*β€”