# Infinite instances of a sound in a preloader

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-instances-of-a-sound-in-a-preloader/198215
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 23, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-instances-of-a-sound-in-a-preloader/198215 "2006-08-23T07:57:32Z")
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### Author: ![Wes\_Ide](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wes_ide/32/1119_2.png) [@Wes\_Ide](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wes_Ide)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/infinite-instances-of-a-sound-in-a-preloader/198215/1 "2006-08-23T07:57:32Z")

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I’ve created a three-frame preloader for my Flash movie (frame 3 is just a play button for when the whole thing is loaded).

The problem is if I place a sound clip on the preloader (even within a movie clip), as the loading loops between bouncing from frame 1 to frame 2 and back again, each time it does so, a new instance of the sound clip begins to play. Several seconds in and it’s just a constant murmur of annoyance.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as for how to make a sound play in a preloader, looped, but not infinite instances?

Thank you so much!