# FMOD core API profiler

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-core-api-profiler/23707>\
**Category:** FMOD Engine\
**Tags:** profiler-tool\
**Created:** [November 24, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-core-api-profiler/23707 "2025-11-24T07:59:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![alexander\_hammarsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@alexander\_hammarsten](https://qa.fmod.com/u/alexander_hammarsten)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-core-api-profiler/23707/1 "2025-11-24T07:59:51Z")

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![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/6/69852d2e6c323a2f188e2dd3d51bdfd8ac0f88c4.png)

So I downloaded the core and studio api. And somewhere along the way you seem to have lost the FMOD profiler for the core API. Is it not then a good idea to remove it from the reference page???

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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:** [November 28, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-core-api-profiler/23707/2 "2025-11-28T04:43:22Z")

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Hi,

Thank you for sharing the information.

I can still see the FMOD Core API profiler on my end in 2.03.11 (Windows), located under:  
`C:\Program Files (x86)\FMOD SoundSystem\FMOD Studio API Windows\bin`

Could I please grab the FMOD version and the platform you downloaded?

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**Author:** ![alexander\_hammarsten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@alexander\_hammarsten](https://qa.fmod.com/u/alexander_hammarsten)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-core-api-profiler/23707/3 "2025-11-28T08:40:52Z")

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I thought that the profiler in that folder was the Studio API Profiler tool and that the Core API Profiler tool was a different one since the screenshots in the user manual for each one are completely different.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/d/de8202444ce5853442e2eb436672c6f26d4c8445.png)

And the fact that I as a new user only can include one picture and had to do some MSPaint magic to get all the images in one post was mildly annoying, but I understand why since some people would spam the forum with stupid things. Im using the windows platform.

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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:** [November 30, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-core-api-profiler/23707/4 "2025-11-30T22:24:59Z")

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Thank you for sharing the screenshot!

> [@alexander\_hammarsten](#):
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> I thought that the profiler in that folder was the Studio API Profiler tool and that the Core API Profiler tool was a different one since the screenshots in the user manual for each one are completely different.

Sorry for the confusion.

The Studio API profiler shown in the manual is the profiler built into FMOD Studio (accessible via `Windows>Profiler`). The profiler executable located in`C:\Program Files (x86)\FMOD SoundSystem\FMOD Studio API Windows\bin` is the Core API profiler, which is why the UI looks different.