# Multi Instrument: Select random and keep looping
**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270
**Category:** FMOD Studio
**Created:** [May 31, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270 "2021-05-31T14:44:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@trjaudio](https://qa.fmod.com/u/trjaudio)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270/1 "2021-05-31T14:44:40Z")
Hi. I have 8 audio files in a multi instrument. Upon activation of the event, I want it to randomly select one of the 8 audio files and loop it, until it is destroyed. I don’t want it to loop randomly between the different 8 files, but select randomly upon calling, and then stay on the randomly selected loop.
How would I do that?
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Skaven252](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Skaven252)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270/2 "2021-05-31T18:40:11Z")
Enable the loop in each sample of the playlist, instead of looping the playlist. You’ll need to do this separately for every sample in the playlist.
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### Author:  [@trjaudio](https://qa.fmod.com/u/trjaudio)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270/3 "2021-06-01T06:31:17Z")
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Douku](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Douku)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270/4 "2021-06-01T09:47:50Z")
When you have all the audio files selected in a multi instrument and then click that loop button there should be a feature implemented that loops all the selected audio files.
When working every day on FMOD and having to loop audio a lot, this task gets super tedious.
I might email someone about this tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270/5 "2021-06-01T23:35:25Z")
> [@Douku](#):
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> When you have all the audio files selected in a multi instrument and then click that loop button there should be a feature implemented that loops all the selected audio files.
Bulk edit of playlist entry loop mode? I can see how that would be useful. I’ll add it to our feature/improvement tracker.
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### Author:  [@Douku](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Douku)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270/6 "2021-06-02T00:02:12Z")
Exactly. Awesome, thank you - I appreciate all your help recently!
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### Author:  [@sandeben](https://qa.fmod.com/u/sandeben)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270/7 "2024-10-03T07:56:55Z")
I’d like to express my interest in this - as much bulk editing functionality as possible in FMOD would be fantastic!
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### Author:  [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270/8 "2024-10-07T04:27:22Z")
Thanks! I’ll add you to the list of people interested in this feature.
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### Author:  [@pedronico](https://qa.fmod.com/u/pedronico)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/multi-instrument-select-random-and-keep-looping/17270/9 "2025-05-27T16:55:39Z")
Thanks Skaven, you made my day