# Audio Quality Loss On Programmer Instrument

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/audio-quality-loss-on-programmer-instrument/20250>\
**Category:** Unity\
**Tags:** unity\
**Created:** [May 24, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/audio-quality-loss-on-programmer-instrument/20250 "2023-05-24T00:51:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![wengyhongwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@wengyhongwork](https://qa.fmod.com/u/wengyhongwork)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/audio-quality-loss-on-programmer-instrument/20250/1 "2023-05-24T00:51:14Z")

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Hi there,

I am loading music and playing music dynamically via programmer instrument following the example [https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.02/unity/examples-programmer-sounds.html](https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.02/unity/examples-programmer-sounds.html)

However, I noticed there’s a quality drop when I play the music via programmer instrument.

I tried several sound mode but to no avail. I would preferably use FMOD.MODE.ACCURATETIME  
because users are allowed to scrub through music.

This is my fmod setttings  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/5/5263f57fc780090042bce361025d7c595a9561fc.png)

Any thoughts are appreciated, thank you.

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**Author:** ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/audio-quality-loss-on-programmer-instrument/20250/2 "2023-05-29T01:38:59Z")

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Hi,

What version of FMOD are you using?

What is the original format of the audio source? Maybe changing build settings for the target platform may help as well:  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/d/de9e6913683db906de0062b5e9122fa35b46933a.png)

There may be some confusion about the `FMOD.MODE` as this will dictate how the sound is loaded rather than the quality and formatting that is used.

Hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![wengyhongwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@wengyhongwork](https://qa.fmod.com/u/wengyhongwork)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/audio-quality-loss-on-programmer-instrument/20250/3 "2023-05-30T15:18:37Z")

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Thanks for checking in, turns out the programmer instrument has mono channel (in and out ). I set it to Stereo and it apparently already better.

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**Author:** ![Connor\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/connor_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Connor\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Connor_FMOD)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/audio-quality-loss-on-programmer-instrument/20250/4 "2023-05-30T22:58:17Z")

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Hi,

Good to hear the problem is solved and thank you for sharing the solution!