Syncing in-game events with music bpm

FMOD Engine
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Hello there :smiley:

I want to subscribe game logic and UI animations to the bpm of a music track. What would be the best way to do this with FMOD?

Thanks for your help!

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The best way to handle this is to use event callbacks with the Studio API, which will allow you to receive a callback on an event’s timeline reaching a beat and/or bar, based on the tempo set by tempo markers in Studio.

Based on your posting history, you seem to be using Unity - our Timeline Callbacks Unity scripting example demonstrates how to do this with Unity. If you’re not using Unity, you can take a look at the “music_callbacks” Studio API example included with the FMOD Engine installer instead.

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Thanks for your reply! Sorry I forgot to mention it bur this is actually about Unreal Engine. Where can I find documentation on the music_callbacks?

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The music_callbacks example isn’t Unreal specific, but can be found in the Studio API examples included with the FMOD Engine installer, which are located in the install directory at “./api/studio/examples”. For Unreal-specific info, our Unreal documentation on callbacks provides a brief guide on using timeline callbacks with Blueprints.