# Suggestion: trigger instrument only at its beginning

**URL:** https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-trigger-instrument-only-at-its-beginning/17820
**Category:** FMOD Studio
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-trigger-instrument-only-at-its-beginning/17820 "2021-10-19T23:19:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Alcibiade](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/alcibiade/32/4284_2.png) [@Alcibiade](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Alcibiade)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-trigger-instrument-only-at-its-beginning/17820/1 "2021-10-19T23:19:36Z")

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It should be on option to trigger a specific instrument only when the timeline playhead touches the start of the instrument. At the moment, there are some workarounds, but they are not very handy.

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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: [October 26, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/suggestion-trigger-instrument-only-at-its-beginning/17820/2 "2021-10-26T04:25:38Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion! I’ve added it to our feature/improvement tracker.