# Best way to have a sound play when a snapshot is activated
**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-sound-play-when-a-snapshot-is-activated/20388
**Category:** FMOD Studio
**Created:** [July 6, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-sound-play-when-a-snapshot-is-activated/20388 "2023-07-06T00:07:51Z")
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### Author:  [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-sound-play-when-a-snapshot-is-activated/20388/1 "2023-07-06T00:07:51Z")
Whenever I load my “timeslow” snapshot, I want a SFX to play.
Is the best way to do this just have a separate event, with only that sound effect, be triggered at the moment of the timeslow?
Or is there a way to efficiently incorporate it into the timeslow, so the snapshot itself also triggers that sound/event?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-sound-play-when-a-snapshot-is-activated/20388/2 "2023-07-07T05:45:47Z")
> [@fractanimal](#):
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> Is the best way to do this just have a separate event, with only that sound effect, be triggered at the moment of the timeslow?
Yes.
> [@fractanimal](#):
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> Or is there a way to efficiently incorporate it into the timeslow, so the snapshot itself also triggers that sound/event?
There is no way to make a snapshot trigger an event. It is possible, however, for an event to trigger a snapshot by using a snapshot instrument. Perhaps that would suit your needs?
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### Author:  [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-sound-play-when-a-snapshot-is-activated/20388/3 "2023-07-07T19:22:53Z")
hmm im not sure. I want a single sfx to play when a timeslow snapshot is triggered…
The timeslow snapshot effects a group bus with heaps of stuff being sent to it.
How does the event trigger the snapshot?
If it uses a parameter that might suit my needs… Cos I could use the parameter to also trigger a sfx in the same event (sent to a different bus), while also triggering the snapshot?
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### Author:  [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-sound-play-when-a-snapshot-is-activated/20388/4 "2023-07-09T23:23:20Z")
To maybe describe what I’m trying to do better →
I’ve also created a “jump” snapshot in fmod which works great with an EQ and reverb setup Ive made. But when the snapshot is activated I want a new “jump” music layer to kick in.
I know how to do it with a “jump” parameter, but if I can somehow pull it off with snapshots i’m thinking it would simplify things seeing as there are like 20 tracks .
Or do you think just using a “jump” parameter is the best way to go for each track?
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### Author:  [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/best-way-to-have-a-sound-play-when-a-snapshot-is-activated/20388/5 "2023-07-10T01:17:59Z")
> [@fractanimal](#):
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> How does the event trigger the snapshot?
A snapshot instrument triggers and untriggers a snapshot instance in the same way that an event instrument triggers and untriggers an event instance, and you can trigger and untrigger a snapshot instrument in all the same ways that a you could trigger and untrigger any instrument.
> [@fractanimal](#):
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> If it uses a parameter that might suit my needs… Cos I could use the parameter to also trigger a sfx in the same event (sent to a different bus), while also triggering the snapshot?
Yes, you could do this. Just put the snapshot instrument on that parameter in the event.