---
title: Sound
description: "Play 0x75, server → client."
---

`play` · `0x75` · **clientbound** (server → client)

Plays a sound at a fixed position. The server sends it for most world sounds. Coordinates are fixed-point (multiplied by 8); `seed` selects the sound variant.

Sent by the server, read by the client. Listen for it with `client.on("Sound", (data) => …)` on the receiving side.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `sound` | ItemSoundHolder |  |
| `soundCategory` | soundSource |  |
| `x` | Int |  |
| `y` | Int |  |
| `z` | Int |  |
| `volume` | Float |  |
| `pitch` | Float |  |
| `seed` | Long |  |

## Send it

```ts
// Named sound at block (0, 65, 0). Coordinates are fixed-point: multiply by 8.
await client.sendPacket("Sound", {
  sound: { soundName: "minecraft:entity.experience_orb.pickup", fixedRange: null },
  soundCategory: "player",
  x: 0 * 8,
  y: 65 * 8,
  z: 0 * 8,
  volume: 1,
  pitch: 1,
  seed: 0n,
});
```

`sound` is a registry holder: an object with `soundName` (and optional `fixedRange`) for any sound, or a number for a vanilla sound registry ID. `soundCategory` takes the name (`master`, `music`, `record`, `weather`, `block`, `hostile`, `neutral`, `player`, `ambient`, `voice`, `ui`) or its index. `x`, `y`, `z` are fixed-point with 3 fraction bits, so pass the block coordinate times 8. `seed` picks the variant for sounds with several files.

Field aliases listed under Notes are accepted as alternative keys when writing.

Source: [`src/Core/Versions/776/Packets/play/clientbound/Sound.ts`](https://github.com/GDLev/mc-protocol/blob/master/src/Core/Versions/776/Packets/play/clientbound/Sound.ts)