# Playing more than 1 sound at a time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [August 7, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/playing-more-than-1-sound-at-a-time/726405 "2020-08-07T15:56:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![exploriverse.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/exploriverse.com/32/77609_2.png) [@exploriverse.com](https://community.thunkable.com/u/exploriverse.com)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/playing-more-than-1-sound-at-a-time/726405/1 "2020-08-07T15:56:38Z")
Again the example with the piano keys. When 1 key is pressed it plays a sound. When another key is pressed it plays a sound. If you press the keys fast the following key will stop the previous from finishing, cutting it short of the full sound. Is this a limit of the sound component? Only 1 sound can be played at a time? What about if I want to play background music and at the same time play sound effects? ![Screen Shot 2020-08-07 at 7.12.49 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/7/f7af4b70a28916ae8e39d20c5b6d4b19167a3208.png) ---
**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:** [August 7, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/playing-more-than-1-sound-at-a-time/726405/2 "2020-08-07T23:18:31Z")
Hey @exploriverse.com - I don’t think this is possible unfortunately. Have you tried using multiple sound components? Would one of the keys have to have a “sustain” effect to it? ---
**Author:** ![exploriverse.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/exploriverse.com/32/77609_2.png) [@exploriverse.com](https://community.thunkable.com/u/exploriverse.com)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/playing-more-than-1-sound-at-a-time/726405/3 "2020-08-09T04:24:27Z")
@domhnallohanlon Thank you i added more sound components and it works for my need. ---
**Author:** ![exploriverse.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/exploriverse.com/32/77609_2.png) [@exploriverse.com](https://community.thunkable.com/u/exploriverse.com)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/playing-more-than-1-sound-at-a-time/726405/4 "2020-08-09T15:49:31Z")
I’m now experiencing in the LIVE app that i’m only able to press 1 button at a time. If I tap two buttons at once only 1 will respond. Is this a limit of the LIVE app or/and when published to ios? Is there a work around so user can press many buttons at once and all respond? ---
**Author:** ![carlinmclellan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/carlinmclellan/32/77831_2.png) [@carlinmclellan](https://community.thunkable.com/u/carlinmclellan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/playing-more-than-1-sound-at-a-time/726405/5 "2021-03-19T12:25:24Z")
Were you able to find a solution to this? I’m having the same problem as you making a keyboard app. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/playing-more-than-1-sound-at-a-time/726405/6 "2021-03-31T06:12:28Z")
@carlinmclellan I think this is a more general limitation of the sound component. My understanding is that it’s specifically designed to play a single audio track (such as a song) rather than multiple simultaneous tracks (such as notes in a chord) We’re expecting some updates to the sound component shortly, but I’m not expecting this functionality to be part of that update. (I will check for you though! 👍) ---
**Author:** ![carlinmclellan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/carlinmclellan/32/77831_2.png) [@carlinmclellan](https://community.thunkable.com/u/carlinmclellan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/playing-more-than-1-sound-at-a-time/726405/7 "2021-06-07T01:08:24Z")
Gday Dom Just checking if there will be any updates to this functionality in the foreseeable future? Cheers ---
**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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/playing-more-than-1-sound-at-a-time/726405/8 "2024-11-08T12:26:46Z")