# Sound object parent reference

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-object-parent-reference/290011>\
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**Created:** [June 8, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-object-parent-reference/290011 "2009-06-08T16:27:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![activa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@activa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/activa)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-object-parent-reference/290011/1 "2009-06-08T16:27:01Z")

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I’m creating a bunch of movieclips, associating a sound object with them, and then updating them with a progress bar, like so:

var theClip:MovieClip = new MovieClip;  
theClip.track = new Sound;

[load sound from URL pseudocode here]

theClip.track.addEventListener (ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onLoadProgress);  
function onLoadProgress (e:ProgressEvent):void {  
e.target [some reference???]

How do I reference the movieClip the sound is a child of? e.target refers to the sound object; e.target.parent returns an error. And you can’t assign properties to sound objects.