# Start Offset is rather working like an End Offset

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/start-offset-is-rather-working-like-an-end-offset/13047>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/start-offset-is-rather-working-like-an-end-offset/13047 "2017-03-17T21:06:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Yannic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/848f3c/32.png) [@Yannic](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Yannic)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/start-offset-is-rather-working-like-an-end-offset/13047/1 "2017-03-17T21:06:05Z")

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Hi,

I just started using FMOD, with Unity integration. And I’ve followed the viking village tutorial and thought to get right into it. So I made a project, an event, added an asset, gave it a loop region, and gave it a start offset + random modulation.

The start offset is at 50%, modulation is at 100% (which should be complete random start).

However, when I now play the file, it will play from the start, to a random point in the file, where the audio cuts off until the end of the file, and then it loops.

It’s really weird behavior and I was wondering what I am doing wrong.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![joseph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/joseph/32/264_2.png) [@joseph](https://qa.fmod.com/u/joseph)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/start-offset-is-rather-working-like-an-end-offset/13047/2 "2017-03-20T05:46:38Z")

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> Hi,
> 
> I just started using FMOD, with Unity integration. And I’ve followed the viking village tutorial and thought to get right into it. So I made a project, an event, added an asset, gave it a loop region, and gave it a start offset + random modulation.
> 
> The start offset is at 50%, modulation is at 100% (which should be complete random start).
> 
> However, when I now play the file, it will play from the start, to a random point in the file, where the audio cuts off until the end of the file, and then it loops.
> 
> It’s really weird behavior and I was wondering what I am doing wrong.
> 
> Thank you!

I haven’t been able to reproduce the behaviour you describe here, which makes me think I’m missing some crucial detail of your setup. Are you able to send a copy of the afflicted event to [support@fmod.com](mailto:support@fmod.com)?

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**Author:** ![robinstereo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@robinstereo](https://qa.fmod.com/u/robinstereo)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/start-offset-is-rather-working-like-an-end-offset/13047/3 "2017-04-05T18:26:14Z")

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I am having this same issue, followed the tutorial every step of the way and my loops will cut out (although the timeline continues through the clip) and then restart with repeat.