# Does 'Master Bank.strings.bank' hold every names from other banks in '.fspro'?

**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/does-master-bank-strings-bank-hold-every-names-from-other-banks-in-fspro/11653
**Category:** FMOD Studio
**Created:** [September 30, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/does-master-bank-strings-bank-hold-every-names-from-other-banks-in-fspro/11653 "2014-09-30T08:50:05Z")
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### Author: ![Sohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sohn](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Sohn)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2014, 8:50am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/does-master-bank-strings-bank-hold-every-names-from-other-banks-in-fspro/11653/1 "2014-09-30T08:50:05Z")

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Hi,

We are looking into FMOD Studio API for migrating from FMOD Designer.  
It seems ‘Master Bank.bank’ is always in there with or without event.  
As far as I understand, we need to load ‘Master Bank.strings.bank’ for retrieving events by name.

I wonder there’s any specific reason to maintain ‘Master Bank.bank’ and ‘Master Bank.string.bank’ in FMOD Studio.  
Would it cause ambiguity if build process generates ‘~strings.bank’ for every bank instead of Master Bank’s?

Thanks for reading.

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### Author: ![Guest1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Guest1](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Guest1)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/does-master-bank-strings-bank-hold-every-names-from-other-banks-in-fspro/11653/2 "2014-10-05T22:15:07Z")

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> As far as I understand, we need to load ‘Master Bank.strings.bank’ for  
> retrieving events by name.

That is correct, all of the path look up for the entire project is in the Master Bank.strings.bank.

> I wonder there’s any specific reason to maintain ‘Master Bank.bank’ and ‘Master Bank.string.bank’ in FMOD Studio. Would it cause ambiguity if build process generates ‘~strings.bank’ for every bank instead of Master Bank’s?

It is not currently possible to separate the string data per bank. Is that a feature you would like to see in the future?
