# Playing sound once

**URL:** <https://uzu.lurk.org/t/playing-sound-once/6147>\
**Category:** TidalCycles\
**Tags:** questions\
**Created:** [28 April 2026 15:12 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/playing-sound-once/6147 "2026-04-28T15:12:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![fran](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/fran/32/508_2.png) [@fran](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/fran)\
**Post date:** [28 April 2026 15:12 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/playing-sound-once/6147/1 "2026-04-28T15:12:11Z")

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ok this is very basic but I couldn't find a solution...

I'm trying to play a long sample once, hence I've been trying to use the once function like this

`once $ s "ot_samples:1"`  
` # cut 1`

What happens is that it cuts the sample when the cycle ends, that's why I thought to put the cut 1 but still not working properly. Am I missing something?

thanks \<3

off topic: I'm trying to access the Uzu discord but the link on the tidal website seems not valid or broken

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**Author:** ![wahsp](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@wahsp](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/wahsp)\
**Post date:** [6 May 2026 07:53 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/playing-sound-once/6147/2 "2026-05-06T07:53:05Z")

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I am not sure, but isn't the # cut 1 actually the cause of the sample cutting off (if another event in the same cut group starts)?