---
title: renderingState
framework: phase
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: phase/phaseengine/renderingstate
---

# renderingState

The status of the engine’s audio playback.

## Declaration

```swift
var renderingState: PHASESoundEvent.RenderingState { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Access this property to check the engine’s playback status. The value reflects the state that you control by calling one of the functions: start(), stop(), or pause().

## See Also

### Controlling and Inspecting Playback State

- [pause()](phase/phaseengine/pause().md)
- [start()](phase/phaseengine/start().md)
- [stop()](phase/phaseengine/stop().md)
- [update()](phase/phaseengine/update().md)
- [lastRenderTime](phase/phaseengine/lastrendertime.md)