# Scatter instrument subtle voice stealing

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/scatter-instrument-subtle-voice-stealing/23382>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [September 19, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/scatter-instrument-subtle-voice-stealing/23382 "2025-09-19T14:14:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![eshkor101](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/eshkor101/32/8889_2.png) [@eshkor101](https://qa.fmod.com/u/eshkor101)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/scatter-instrument-subtle-voice-stealing/23382/1 "2025-09-19T14:14:03Z")

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Hey there.

I’m looking for a scatter instrument functionality that is also mentioned here:

> [@Allow Sound to Fade Out when Scatterer Spawn Steals Voice](https://qa.fmod.com/t/allow-sound-to-fade-out-when-scatterer-spawn-steals-voice/13832):
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> I’ve got 3 events: A, B, C. A & B each have play one looping sound (Each has one track, one Single Instrument, and one Loop Region matching the Instrument region). The master track has AHDSR on the volume so when I stop the event it fades out. I want to trigger these events every couple of seconds or so, alternating between A & B, fading out the previous event, and localizing the new event from a random position in my 7.1 system. So, I created a Scatterer Instrument in Event C, referenced A & …

I want to achieve the same thing that is written in the post, but I want to have a number of events that can be added with ease and removed. The Marker and Transition does achieve this functionality, but it takes too much time to tinker each time I want to add or remove sounds.  
Is it possible to do this easier? Or is this currently the only way to do so?

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**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:** [September 22, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/scatter-instrument-subtle-voice-stealing/23382/2 "2025-09-22T04:07:37Z")

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> [@eshkor101](#):
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> Is it possible to do this easier? Or is this currently the only way to do so?

Assuming you want to keep the functionality described in that other post: No, at the time of writing (September of 2025) there’s no easier way to do it.

If you’re willing to compromise or simplify the behavior of the events, there are a number of ways to make it simpler. Is there any part of the behavior that you’re willing to give up?