Seems like this might be a solution… going back to one shot sounds?
“As long as you are correctly releasing your event instances (call EventInstance::release() after starting the one-shot gun fire event) then there shouldn’t be too much to worry about. Whilst you are correct that one event instance looping 10 times for 1 second would “perform” better than creating and releasing 10 separate event instances, the actual performance difference is so minute that you would not be able to tell. The benefit of having the sound sync up to your animations far outweighs the “increased” performance from using a looping event.”
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