# Is FMOD not suitable for playing background music?

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/is-fmod-not-suitable-for-playing-background-music/22714>\
**Category:** Unity\
**Created:** [March 20, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/is-fmod-not-suitable-for-playing-background-music/22714 "2025-03-20T19:40:19Z")\
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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:** [March 24, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/is-fmod-not-suitable-for-playing-background-music/22714/2 "2025-03-24T00:06:51Z")

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Hi,

Thank you for sharing the information.

> [@twocomet](#):
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> I am using FMOD to play sound effects and background music.  
> Currently, all sounds are being played from a single management system.  
> However, when multiple sound effects repeatedly play and stop, the background music sometimes stops as well.  
> I tried setting priorities, but the background music still gets interrupted.  
> Is FMOD not suitable for playing background music?

This does sound like an issue related to [voice stealing](https://fmod.com/docs/2.02/studio/advanced-topics.html#stealing-and-virtualization) and [channel count limits](https://fmod.com/docs/2.02/unity/settings.html#virtual-channel-count).

I found a similar discussion that might be helpful : [Lower Priority Events Are Voice Stealing Highest Priority Events - #2 by cameron-fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/t/lower-priority-events-are-voice-stealing-highest-priority-events/13711/2)

Additionally, could you please enable API Error logging and set the Logging Level to “Log” ([Unity Integration | 8. Settings | 8.2 Initialization | 8.2.1 Logging Level](https://fmod.com/docs/2.02/unity/settings.html#logging-level))?

This will provide more detailed logs in the console. If possible, please share the full log output so we can investigate further.

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXf3hzQKO-laUrl8Eskh_88bDYERuaJiUKcF2sOg55mVGIZsalD0U1tzLej4DDUgRpwvdwCNF9091GnL91o5vQlA1bOaZo4QMu8lpWcA-tAeEVXYbkW1f03TmaHtFZqoPpEmrlnR3WXh4g2TwECp52EFOb70?key=_2Q9-kUJZBt5PiJ8ILZQyg)

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