# API: How do I get a reference to the master bus?

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/api-how-do-i-get-a-reference-to-the-master-bus/16544>\
**Category:** FMOD Engine\
**Created:** [December 14, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/api-how-do-i-get-a-reference-to-the-master-bus/16544 "2020-12-14T00:38:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/api-how-do-i-get-a-reference-to-the-master-bus/16544/1 "2020-12-14T00:38:29Z")

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I am calling `getBusList` on my master bank in order to find a reference to the global bus, but the list is coming back empty.

What is the best way to get a handle on the global bus? I want to call pause, unpause, and stop on all audio in my project and I think this is the right way to do it.

EDIT: After some _serious_ digging around the docs, I found [this page](https://www.fmod.com/resources/documentation-unity?version=2.0&page=api-runtimemanager.html) which mentioned how bus paths worked. I gave “bus:/” a try and that got me the master bus!