Sound.PlaybackVolume keeps returning zero

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#1

Im trying to make a sound vizualizer thing but the volume keeps returning 0
The sound is in a humanoid root part and the script is a server script

soundInstance.Playing = true
hum.AutoRotate = false
for count = 1,360,20 do
	task.wait(0.2)
	local part = Instance.new("Part",workspace)
	part.CFrame = hrp.CFrame
	part.Anchored = false
	part.Size = Vector3.new(1,15,1)
	part.Position += Vector3.new(0,2,0)
	part.CanCollide = false
	part.Orientation += Vector3.new(0,count,0)
	part.CFrame += part.CFrame.LookVector * 5
	part.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
	local weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint",part)
	weld.Part0 = part
	weld.Part1 = hrp
	task.spawn(function()
		while task.wait() do
			print(soundInstance.PlaybackLoudness)
			local goal = {Size = Vector3.new(1,soundInstance.PlaybackLoudness,1),Color = Color3.fromRGB(-(soundInstance.PlaybackLoudness),-(soundInstance.PlaybackLoudness),-(soundInstance.PlaybackLoudness))}
			local tween = game.TweenService:Create(part,TweenInfo.new(2,Enum.EasingStyle.Quad),goal)
			tween:Play()
			tween.Completed:Wait()
		end
	end)
end
hum.AutoRotate = true
#2

Sound doesn’t play on the server, only on clients, thus PlaybackVolume will always be zero on the server

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#3

SoundService plays on the server and replicates to all clients.

#4

Have you tried moving your sound object to the workspace and trying it that way? Make sure to define it properly in script when u move it.

If you are creating an instance, then parent it to workspace.

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#5

I believe @Prototrode is right. Sound.PlaybackLoudness says that PlaybackLoudness is NotReplicated meaning that it’s not replicated across Roblox’s server/client boundary. The sound visualizer would have to be client-sided as shown in the example in the API reference.

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#6

Thank you all but the script i was working on didnt save so i cant test ur ideas ;-;