# Cannot get master bus with GetBus after upgrading unity integration

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/cannot-get-master-bus-with-getbus-after-upgrading-unity-integration/14872>\
**Category:** Unity\
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/cannot-get-master-bus-with-getbus-after-upgrading-unity-integration/14872 "2019-07-23T01:39:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![amosl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/amosl/32/86_2.png) [@amosl](https://qa.fmod.com/u/amosl)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/cannot-get-master-bus-with-getbus-after-upgrading-unity-integration/14872/1 "2019-07-23T01:39:43Z")

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After upgrading FMOD to 1.10.14 and updating the project, everything works fine when running from Unity IDE, however the standalone build throws an exception on the following line:  
`mainBus = RuntimeManager.GetBus("bus:/Master");`

Previously I has a similar problem that was fixed by setting the master bank in the FMOD Settings - however, the current version does not show that field anymore.  
The FMOD-\>Event Browser shows the bank ‘Master’ as before so I assume it’s there, but cannot get to it. Rebuilding the banks and clearing the cache did not help.

Again, that same code runs fine without any errors in the editor, I only get the exception at runtime.

Please advise.

FMOD Studio: 1.10.14  
Unity integration: 1.10.14  
Unity: 2018.4.3

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**Author:** ![KarateKidzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@KarateKidzz](https://qa.fmod.com/u/KarateKidzz)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 9:14am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/cannot-get-master-bus-with-getbus-after-upgrading-unity-integration/14872/3 "2019-07-27T09:14:35Z")

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If I understand you correctly, you are trying to get the master output bus, and not a bus you created yourself called “Master”.

If this is the case, the master bus is always “bus:/”, not “bus:/Master”.

You can see this for yourself in studio by right clicking the bus and selecting ‘Copy Path’

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**Author:** ![wildboystudios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7cd45c/32.png) [@wildboystudios](https://qa.fmod.com/u/wildboystudios)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/cannot-get-master-bus-with-getbus-after-upgrading-unity-integration/14872/4 "2021-03-10T02:50:01Z")

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“bus:/” used to work in 1.10 but not in 2.1 anymore - what was the master bus renamed too? I cant seem to find out. Not sure what I would right click on to get the Copy Path option in studio.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![cameron-fmod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/cameron-fmod/32/261_2.png) [@cameron-fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/u/cameron-fmod)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/cannot-get-master-bus-with-getbus-after-upgrading-unity-integration/14872/5 "2021-03-15T02:23:57Z")

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That should still work, what is the `FMOD_RESULT` returned by the FMOD function?

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**Author:** ![Gasimo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/gasimo/32/2010_2.png) [@Gasimo](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Gasimo)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/cannot-get-master-bus-with-getbus-after-upgrading-unity-integration/14872/6 "2021-03-16T12:06:53Z")

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Finding the bus and working with it works fine for me. Unity Integration 2.1.05 Studio 2.1.07, Unity version 2020.2.3. (Finding in Awake())

FMOD.Studio.Bus musicBus;  
musicBus = FMODUnity.RuntimeManager.GetBus(“bus:/”);  
musicBus.setPaused(false);

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**Author:** ![wildboystudios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7cd45c/32.png) [@wildboystudios](https://qa.fmod.com/u/wildboystudios)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/cannot-get-master-bus-with-getbus-after-upgrading-unity-integration/14872/7 "2021-03-16T22:18:48Z")

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Indeed it works now.  
I had inconsistent results when running on a M1 powered Macbook - but it seems like the issue had to do with linking and the whole library was not properly loading in the first place.
