# Inconsistant sound.Start();

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inconsistant-sound-start/189610>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 4, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inconsistant-sound-start/189610 "2006-06-04T16:23:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![knappster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@knappster](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/knappster)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inconsistant-sound-start/189610/1 "2006-06-04T16:23:44Z")

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I have created sounds like so:

var tick:Sound = new Sound();  
tick.attachSound(“tickSnd”);

and call them like so:

\_root.tick.Start();

The results is that it seems to only play the sound half the time. Does anyone know why this would be happening?

Thanks!