# Synchronized Sound

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/synchronized-sound/6949>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 20, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/synchronized-sound/6949 "2002-10-20T20:45:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/synchronized-sound/6949/1 "2002-10-20T20:45:07Z")

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I have just started using Flash MX wanting to build a visual sequence to fit an mp3 song. I would like to be able to use the soundtrack as a guide and influence over the animation’s content building it up as I go.

With this in mind, I have loaded an mp3 into the Library, created a dedicated layer for it and pulled the graphic waveform onto the stage.

In the Timeline - the audio representation can be set to various lengths. However, when I drag the red frame indicator over it I get no audio relay - although the graphics advance as expected.

When I try “Control” and “Play” - I DO get sound but too much of it as the whole song is played and I can find no way to halt it.

What is the correct method for importing a song to set an animation to allowing for it to be easily edited to ?