# Event Auditioning in mixer view

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/event-auditioning-in-mixer-view/12906>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [January 4, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/event-auditioning-in-mixer-view/12906 "2017-01-04T13:23:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Gianni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/gianni/32/840_2.png) [@Gianni](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Gianni)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/event-auditioning-in-mixer-view/12906/1 "2017-01-04T13:23:11Z")

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Hello,  
is there a way to auditioning a sound event while in Mixer View or in the routing window?  
I’ve so many groups and events, and since event folders doesn’t necessarely follow mixer grouping I have to jump back and forth the event editor and the mixer view to play an event listed in the mixer routing list/routing window

Vice-versa: a way to see the group assigned directly in event editor would also be very useful

Thanks  
Gianni

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**Author:** ![patrick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/patrick/32/261_2.png) [@patrick](https://qa.fmod.com/u/patrick)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/event-auditioning-in-mixer-view/12906/2 "2017-01-06T02:57:50Z")

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Hi Gianni, thank you for the request. This feature currently isn’t available within the tool but it does sound very useful. I have added a task to look at implementing something to address this in a future release.

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**Author:** ![johntennant\_sjs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@johntennant\_sjs](https://qa.fmod.com/u/johntennant_sjs)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/event-auditioning-in-mixer-view/12906/3 "2025-02-18T18:29:51Z")

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Just wanted to 2nd this feature request: It would be very useful to play events in the Mixer view–how else could I easily decide if I’ve assigned them to the correct Group? Maybe this is scriptable… will report back…

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**Author:** ![johntennant\_sjs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@johntennant\_sjs](https://qa.fmod.com/u/johntennant_sjs)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/event-auditioning-in-mixer-view/12906/4 "2025-02-18T18:51:21Z")

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I created a js script to do this in case anyone is also needing this. After installing the script, you can just select the event in the Mixer view and type “Ctrl+Alt+Space” to select the event in the Event Editor and play the event.

```auto
studio.menu.addMenuItem({
    name: "Scripts\\Select and Audition Event from Mixer",
    keySequence: "Ctrl+Alt+Space",
    execute: function () {

        console.log("=== STARTING EVENT SELECTION AND PLAY FROM MIXER ===");

        function getSelectedMixerInput() {
            var selectedItems = studio.window.editorSelection();
            if (!selectedItems || selectedItems.length === 0) {
                console.log("No selection found in Mixer View.");
                return null;
            }

            for (var i = 0; i < selectedItems.length; i++) {
                if (selectedItems[i].isOfType("MixerInput")) {
                    return selectedItems[i]; 
                }
            }

            console.log("No Mixer Input selected.");
            return null;
        }

        function navigateToEvent(event) {
            if (!event) {
                console.log("No event found to navigate to.");
                return;
            }

            console.log("Navigating to Event in Event Editor: " + event.name);
            studio.window.navigateTo(event); 
        }

        function auditionEvent(event) {
            if (!event) return;
            
            console.log("Attempting to play Event: " + event.name);
            event.play(); 
        }

        var selectedMixerInput = getSelectedMixerInput();
        if (selectedMixerInput) {
            var event = selectedMixerInput.event;
            if (event) {
                navigateToEvent(event);
                auditionEvent(event); 
            } else {
                console.log("No associated event found for this Mixer Input.");
            }
        }

        console.log("=== EVENT SELECTION AND PLAY COMPLETE ===");
    }
});

```

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**Author:** ![li\_fmod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/li_fmod/32/6577_2.png) [@li\_fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/u/li_fmod)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/event-auditioning-in-mixer-view/12906/5 "2025-02-19T03:09:14Z")

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Thank you for sharing this solution here!

This will definitely be helpful for others looking for a quick way to audit events from Mixer window.

Really appreciate you taking the time to contribute.