# Can unity Check if certain fmod event is playing?

**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/can-unity-check-if-certain-fmod-event-is-playing/15342
**Category:** Unity
**Created:** [December 25, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/can-unity-check-if-certain-fmod-event-is-playing/15342 "2019-12-25T18:32:01Z")
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> how should i reference the specific Jetpack event doing so in the script  
> with no emitter ?

How are you actually playing your jetpack event? If by creating and playing an event instance in a script, then you can use the code snippet posted in my first answer in the same script.

> where should i put the “isPlaying” method script so i could call it anywhere on every event instance ?

There are different ways to go about this, you could make the method static so you can access it everywhere:

```
public class FmodExtensions
{    
    public static bool IsPlaying(FMOD.Studio.EventInstance instance)
    {
        FMOD.Studio.PLAYBACK_STATE state;
        instance.getPlaybackState(out state);
        return state != FMOD.Studio.PLAYBACK_STATE.STOPPED;
    }
}

```

Then just call `FmodExtensions.IsPlaying(yourInstance)` from where you want.

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