# Song shuffle and selection

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/song-shuffle-and-selection/14999>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [August 31, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/song-shuffle-and-selection/14999 "2019-08-31T06:29:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![teezytaughtme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@teezytaughtme](https://qa.fmod.com/u/teezytaughtme)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/song-shuffle-and-selection/14999/1 "2019-08-31T06:29:04Z")

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I am new to Fmod.  
I’m doing a game audio project for my degree in audio engineering.  
I’m deisnging audio for a skate game.  
I need to create a timeline in fmod where songs can be selected by the user or shuffled randomly.

How can I do this in fmod?

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**Author:** ![richard\_simms](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/richard_simms/32/261_2.png) [@richard\_simms](https://qa.fmod.com/u/richard_simms)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/song-shuffle-and-selection/14999/2 "2019-09-06T06:06:27Z")

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For this I wouldn’t recommend using the timeline, instead place each song as a separate instrument in a parameter sheet. In FMOD Studio 2.00 you can use a discrete or labeled parameter to easily pick between songs, otherwise just use a continuous parameter to select each song. You can then use a random number generator to pass a random whole number to the parameter to give a “shuffled” feel.