How to get the beats of a song before playing it?

[Batata_Person]

Hi! (new here) making a rhythm game and because the notes need to start appearing before the song actually begins i need to have a way to start counting beats before playing the song itself. i tried simply having a muted version of the song played in a single instrument and to just start playing the actual song after some beats pass, but it seems as there’s a slight delay when starting new instrument. I’m sure there’s a proper way to do this with multi instrument or other instruments, but i don’t know how. does anyone have a good answer to this?

[li_fmod]

Hi,

Thank you for sharing the information.

@Batata_Person

I’m sure there’s a proper way to do this with multi instrument or other instruments, but i don’t know how. does anyone have a good answer to this?

Could you please share a screenshot of how you currently set up the events?

@Batata_Person

i tried simply having a muted version of the song played in a single instrument and to just start playing the actual song after some beats pass, but it seems as there’s a slight delay when starting new instrument.

To avoid the delay you mentioned when switching to the actual song instrument, you could ensure the song to be preloaded in memory before the transition by calling Studio::EventDescription::loadSampleData

Let me know if the issue persists, please don’t hesitate to ask questions.

[Batata_Person]

I see, thank you very much. I have a temporary fix for now but this will definitely come in handy in the future