# Overlapping sounds creates 3 layers when only 2 are needed **URL:** \ **Category:** FMOD Studio\ **Created:** [August 24, 2022, 9:45am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/overlapping-sounds-creates-3-layers-when-only-2-are-needed/19172 "2022-08-24T09:45:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fractanimal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/fractanimal/32/3897_2.png) [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 9:45am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/overlapping-sounds-creates-3-layers-when-only-2-are-needed/19172/1 "2022-08-24T09:45:55Z")
This really isn’t a big deal, it’s just an eye-sore. When I overlap my third sound, it creates a third layer, when only 2 are needed. Is there a way I can stop this happening? ![untitled](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/7/7df92a3b7168be240ea5fb7baa6102ea6b21fa29.gif) ---
**Author:** ![joseph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/joseph/32/264_2.png) [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/overlapping-sounds-creates-3-layers-when-only-2-are-needed/19172/2 "2022-08-25T02:06:49Z")
Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent this behavior without renaming your instruments, as the order in which vertical positions assigned to the instruments in a track depends on their names as well as their positions. That being said, you can select “View \> Show Overlapping Instruments in Lanes” to toggle whether instruments are shown in separate lanes when they overlap the same parameter values. ---
**Author:** ![fractanimal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/fractanimal/32/3897_2.png) [@fractanimal](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fractanimal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/overlapping-sounds-creates-3-layers-when-only-2-are-needed/19172/3 "2022-08-25T04:17:22Z")
perfect, appreciated as always!