# \[REAPER\] Cannot create Timeline Event from Reaper

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/reaper-cannot-create-timeline-event-from-reaper/19551>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [November 20, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/reaper-cannot-create-timeline-event-from-reaper/19551 "2022-11-20T23:37:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paysagetriste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Paysagetriste](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Paysagetriste)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/reaper-cannot-create-timeline-event-from-reaper/19551/1 "2022-11-20T23:37:58Z")

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Hello everyone, this is my first post here !  
I have a problem for some hours now, and cannot find any solution for this…

I have just started to use Reaper as a DAW, because I saw it can be linked to FMOD quite simply.

I followed _[this official tutorial](https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.01/studio/appendix-b-reaper-integration.html)_, but after creating my Reaper project, created the FSPROMETA, set up and exported my regions, imported my project in the FMOD asset tab. Now, I am stuck at the Timeline Event creation.

For the software versions I am using Reaper 6.10, and FMOD 2.02.10 ( _and tried 01.01_ ).

In the asset tab, everything seems correct. I have my audios under my RPP.link file, and can play everything from this tab.

Here is the error I receive :  
 ![image_2022-11-21_003226676](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/5/5752a5aeb06cfc417db2f1d009c0b3a6409681a5.png)

I would very glad if someone could help me, maybe I am just missing something stupid, but I verified all the process many times…

Thank you 😁

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**Author:** ![Leah\_FMOD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/leah_fmod/32/3685_2.png) [@Leah\_FMOD](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Leah_FMOD)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/reaper-cannot-create-timeline-event-from-reaper/19551/2 "2022-11-21T02:39:12Z")

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Hi,

It’s likely that your `.timeline.fsprometa` file and your exported audio regions aren’t in the same directory. The error message that you’ve received shows where FMOD Studio is expecting your audio files to be based on `.timeline.fsprometa` - try moving the audio files to those locations and seeing if that fixes things.

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**Author:** ![Paysagetriste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Paysagetriste](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Paysagetriste)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/reaper-cannot-create-timeline-event-from-reaper/19551/3 "2022-11-21T19:35:41Z")

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Hey just came back from work !  
Thanks for the reply, though it seems everything is in order about file directory… or maybe not !

Here is what my directory looks like : in the Audio files there are the audios used by reaper, and these wav files are the rendered regions.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/fmod/original/2X/6/6ced9dece046c4a2620936d24cc363b14c8d7de1.png)

I’ve read that rendered regions audios should be in the same directory than both the timeline.fsprometa ( as you told ) AND the Reaper project.

Do you have think about any other possibility ? Or is something wrong in the way I organized my files ?

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**Author:** ![Paysagetriste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Paysagetriste](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Paysagetriste)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/reaper-cannot-create-timeline-event-from-reaper/19551/4 "2022-11-21T19:43:34Z")

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God damn, just realised that the file names FMOD waited weren’t the same that I recorded… Don’t know why, I will look for this later !  
Thanks for the reply though 🙂