# Sound tutorial doesn't appear to be preloading

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-tutorial-doesnt-appear-to-be-preloading/310747>\
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**Created:** [June 17, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-tutorial-doesnt-appear-to-be-preloading/310747 "2010-06-17T22:20:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sound-tutorial-doesnt-appear-to-be-preloading/310747/1 "2010-06-17T22:20:03Z")

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Hi,

I just tried this code from this url and it didn’t preload my sound:

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/as3/playing\_sounds.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/as3/playing_sounds.htm)

is there more to it that I need to know?

here is the link to the project. You can see that the sound takes several seconds, but the animation already plays:

[http://www.taylorimaging.com/clientArea/GM2GB/GM2GB\_04NBs.html](http://www.taylorimaging.com/clientArea/GM2GB/GM2GB_04NBs.html)

thanks,  
Dave