diff --git a/src/classes/AbstractEvents.ts b/src/classes/AbstractEvents.ts
index 82bd223..7fe450e 100644
--- a/src/classes/AbstractEvents.ts
+++ b/src/classes/AbstractEvents.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   safeScale,
 } from "zifferjs";
 import { SkipEvent } from "./SkipEvent";
+import { SoundParams } from "./SoundEvent";
 
 export type EventOperation<T> = (instance: T, ...args: any[]) => void;
 
@@ -236,6 +237,46 @@ export class AbstractEvent {
     }
     return this;
   };
+
+  protected processSound = (
+    sound: string | string[] | SoundParams | SoundParams[],
+  ): SoundParams => {
+    if (Array.isArray(sound) && typeof sound[0] === "string") {
+      const s: string[] = [];
+      const n: number[] = [];
+      sound.forEach((str) => {
+        const parts = (str as string).split(":");
+        s.push(parts[0]);
+        if (parts[1]) {
+          n.push(parseInt(parts[1]));
+        }
+      });
+      return {
+        s,
+        n: n.length > 0 ? n : undefined,
+        dur: this.app.clock.convertPulseToSecond(this.app.clock.ppqn),
+      };
+    } else if (typeof sound === "object") {
+      const validatedObj: SoundParams = {
+        dur: this.app.clock.convertPulseToSecond(this.app.clock.ppqn),
+        ...(sound as Partial<SoundParams>),
+      };
+      return validatedObj;
+    } else {
+      if (sound.includes(":")) {
+        const vals = sound.split(":");
+        const s = vals[0];
+        const n = parseInt(vals[1]);
+        return {
+          s,
+          n,
+          dur: this.app.clock.convertPulseToSecond(this.app.clock.ppqn),
+        };
+      } else {
+        return { s: sound, dur: 0.5 };
+      }
+    }
+  };
 }
 
 export abstract class AudibleEvent extends AbstractEvent {
diff --git a/src/classes/SoundEvent.ts b/src/classes/SoundEvent.ts
index 272c4a3..13ec682 100644
--- a/src/classes/SoundEvent.ts
+++ b/src/classes/SoundEvent.ts
@@ -369,46 +369,6 @@ export class SoundEvent extends AudibleEvent {
     this.values = this.processSound(sound);
   }
 
-  private processSound = (
-    sound: string | string[] | SoundParams | SoundParams[],
-  ): SoundParams => {
-    if (Array.isArray(sound) && typeof sound[0] === "string") {
-      const s: string[] = [];
-      const n: number[] = [];
-      sound.forEach((str) => {
-        const parts = (str as string).split(":");
-        s.push(parts[0]);
-        if (parts[1]) {
-          n.push(parseInt(parts[1]));
-        }
-      });
-      return {
-        s,
-        n: n.length > 0 ? n : undefined,
-        dur: this.app.clock.convertPulseToSecond(this.app.clock.ppqn),
-      };
-    } else if (typeof sound === "object") {
-      const validatedObj: SoundParams = {
-        dur: this.app.clock.convertPulseToSecond(this.app.clock.ppqn),
-        ...(sound as Partial<SoundParams>),
-      };
-      return validatedObj;
-    } else {
-      if (sound.includes(":")) {
-        const vals = sound.split(":");
-        const s = vals[0];
-        const n = parseInt(vals[1]);
-        return {
-          s,
-          n,
-          dur: this.app.clock.convertPulseToSecond(this.app.clock.ppqn),
-        };
-      } else {
-        return { s: sound, dur: 0.5 };
-      }
-    }
-  };
-
   // ================================================================================
   // AbstactEvent overrides
   // ================================================================================
diff --git a/src/classes/ZPlayer.ts b/src/classes/ZPlayer.ts
index de8bedb..8ce6f74 100644
--- a/src/classes/ZPlayer.ts
+++ b/src/classes/ZPlayer.ts
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ export class Player extends AbstractEvent {
     return areWeThereYet;
   };
 
-  sound(name?: string) {
+  sound(name?: string | string[] | SoundParams | SoundParams[]) {
     if (this.areWeThereYet()) {
       const event = this.next() as Pitch | Chord | ZRest;
       const noteLengthInSeconds = this.app.clock.convertPulseToSecond(
         event.duration * 4 * this.app.clock.ppqn,
       );
       if (event instanceof Pitch) {
-        const obj = event.getExisting(
+        let obj = event.getExisting(
           "freq",
           "note",
           "pitch",
@@ -171,10 +171,14 @@ export class Player extends AbstractEvent {
           "octave",
           "parsedScale",
         ) as SoundParams;
+        
         if (event.sound) name = event.sound as string;
+        if(name) obj = {...obj, ...this.processSound(name)};
+        else obj.s = "sine";
+
         if (event.soundIndex) obj.n = event.soundIndex as number;
         obj.dur = noteLengthInSeconds;
-        return new SoundEvent(obj, this.app).sound(name || "sine");
+        return new SoundEvent(obj, this.app);
       } else if (event instanceof Chord) {
         const pitches = event.pitches.map((p) => {
           return p.getExisting(
@@ -187,8 +191,11 @@ export class Player extends AbstractEvent {
             "parsedScale",
           );
         }) as SoundParams[];
-        const add = { dur: noteLengthInSeconds } as SoundParams;
-        if (name) add.s = name;
+
+        let add = { dur: noteLengthInSeconds} as SoundParams;
+        if(name) add = {...add, ...this.processSound(name)};
+        else add.s = "sine";
+
         let sound = arrayOfObjectsToObjectWithArrays(
           pitches,
           add,