# Programmer Sounds playing in mono

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/programmer-sounds-playing-in-mono/15607>\
**Category:** Unity\
**Created:** [April 2, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/programmer-sounds-playing-in-mono/15607 "2020-04-02T09:33:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![pmduda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/pmduda/32/807_2.png) [@pmduda](https://qa.fmod.com/u/pmduda)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/programmer-sounds-playing-in-mono/15607/1 "2020-04-02T09:33:58Z")

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Hi,

I am using programmer sounds to play sounds in my project, but all sounds are mono. I have other events, which are played using `RuntimeManager.PlayOneShot` and for those stereo works fine. Also the file I’m trying to play works fine when played through PlayOneShot - it is stereo, but when played through programmer sounds, it is mono.

I tried both ways - as audio table sound and from disk - and both are mono.

I am not posting any code - because I am using this example one to one: [https://fmod.com/resources/documentation-unity?version=2.0&page=examples-programmer-sounds.html](https://fmod.com/resources/documentation-unity?version=2.0&page=examples-programmer-sounds.html)

Here is my FMOD setup:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/9/94fec113e0a5751641ecf7e709e79ea30c81587e.png)

Why the sound is in mono?

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**Author:** ![bdawidow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@bdawidow](https://qa.fmod.com/u/bdawidow)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/programmer-sounds-playing-in-mono/15607/2 "2020-04-08T08:00:53Z")

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Is there any update on this? There seems to be no way to play Programmer Sounds in stereo.

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**Author:** ![KarateKidzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@KarateKidzz](https://qa.fmod.com/u/KarateKidzz)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/programmer-sounds-playing-in-mono/15607/3 "2020-04-08T08:27:09Z")

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It looks like your ‘Audio 1’ channel strip is mono. The event might be stereo but that’s only upmixing from a mono source

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**Author:** ![pmduda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/pmduda/32/807_2.png) [@pmduda](https://qa.fmod.com/u/pmduda)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/programmer-sounds-playing-in-mono/15607/4 "2020-04-08T16:22:24Z")

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Yes, you are right! Thank you!

What a stupid mistake on my side…

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**Author:** ![NikMikk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/nikmikk/32/5599_2.png) [@NikMikk](https://qa.fmod.com/u/NikMikk)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/programmer-sounds-playing-in-mono/15607/5 "2021-05-26T10:59:35Z")

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How did you see that the channel was in mono? 🙂

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**Author:** ![KarateKidzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@KarateKidzz](https://qa.fmod.com/u/KarateKidzz)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/programmer-sounds-playing-in-mono/15607/6 "2021-05-26T13:26:40Z")

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By looking at the four level meters.

The first one, the middle leftish of the screenshot, shows only one channel, while the three others show two channels.

It’s also a mistake I’ve made myself, so the number of channels normally stands out to me.

Hope that helps!

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**Author:** ![NikMikk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/nikmikk/32/5599_2.png) [@NikMikk](https://qa.fmod.com/u/NikMikk)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/programmer-sounds-playing-in-mono/15607/7 "2021-05-27T08:12:57Z")

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Lovely, thanks so much! 🙂