# How-to play sounds while music is streaming in background?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-sounds-while-music-is-streaming-in-background/936962>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner\
**Created:** [October 28, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-sounds-while-music-is-streaming-in-background/936962 "2020-10-28T21:30:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![axelgod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@axelgod](https://community.thunkable.com/u/axelgod)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-sounds-while-music-is-streaming-in-background/936962/1 "2020-10-28T21:30:42Z")

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I’m creating a DJ app where you can play soundbites over music that is already streaming.

How do I set up the streaming component so that the sounds play but do not pause the music that would be streaming from either Tidal, Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Music, etc?

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**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-sounds-while-music-is-streaming-in-background/936962/2 "2020-10-28T22:04:14Z")

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Hey @axelgod, I don’t think you can layer multiple tracks like this.

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> streaming from either Tidal, Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Music, etc?

Oh, are you going to have another app playing in the background? Have you tried a simple test app?

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**Author:** ![axelgod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@axelgod](https://community.thunkable.com/u/axelgod)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-sounds-while-music-is-streaming-in-background/936962/3 "2020-10-28T22:17:02Z")

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Hey @domhnallohanlon. Thanks for the suggestion. I didn’t even think to run it with the music playing in the background.

It worked though! Thanks man.

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**Author:** ![axelgod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@axelgod](https://community.thunkable.com/u/axelgod)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-sounds-while-music-is-streaming-in-background/936962/4 "2020-10-29T05:06:16Z")

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@domhnallohanlon Would you be able to help me complete the set up of an Airtable spreadsheet with three songs? I’m trying to operate a basic media player with 3 buttons, play/pause/resume - next song - previous song.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-play-sounds-while-music-is-streaming-in-background/936962/5 "2024-11-08T12:21:52Z")

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