# How do I make a sound file that's .wav or .mp3 loop when a gun is being fired?

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**Category:** Audio\
**Tags:** gun, unreal-engine, loop, question\
**Created:** [July 4, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-sound-file-thats-wav-or-mp3-loop-when-a-gun-is-being-fired/485744 "2021-07-04T14:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheDeadlyArtist](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@TheDeadlyArtist](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/TheDeadlyArtist)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-sound-file-thats-wav-or-mp3-loop-when-a-gun-is-being-fired/485744/1 "2021-07-04T14:24:49Z")

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Right now it just plays the noise once whenever I hold down left click, but the muzzle flash I made continues until I release the button (which is what I want it to do.)

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**Author:** ![ClockworkOcean](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/clockworkocean/32/1169999_2.png) [@ClockworkOcean](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClockworkOcean)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-sound-file-thats-wav-or-mp3-loop-when-a-gun-is-being-fired/485744/2 "2021-07-04T14:52:40Z")

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Something along the lines of:

 ![343223-screenshot-3.jpg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/a/4/2/a4241465094f5bdb274a33d2ea80ac329a133f96.jpeg)

but I don’t know how you currently have it setup.