How to start and stop sound effect until requirement is met?

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I am trying to make a flying saucer’s take off sound effect. While the flying saucer is “ascending” upwards I have a sound cue I’d like to play. If the flying saucer stops in mid ascension I want the flying SFX to play. If the Flying Saucer decided to start ascending again, I want the Ascend SFX to pick up where it left off.

Essentially this is what I’m thinking. But I’m not sure how to play a SoundCue at a specific timeframe. (e.g. I’ve been ascneding for 2 seconds. I have 3 more seconds left in my ascention. I then want to play my ascneding Sound Cue at (2/3 * LengthOfAscendTimeSound)

Pseudo Code of what I’m thinking.

while(ascending)
{
    StopSounds();
    
    // TODO: play ascending sound at specific time-frame.
    Play(AscendingSound);
}

while(Flying)
{
   StopSounds();
   Play(FlySound);
}

Any direction to documentation or similar design pattern to make something like this work would be appreciated!

In C++ btw. Thank you!