# PlayDelayed(float)

> Plays the AudioSource.clip with a delay specified in seconds. Users are advised to use this function instead of the old Play(delay) function that took a delay specified in samples relative to a reference rate of 44.1 kHz as an argument.

## Definition

* **Type:** Method
* **Namespace:** [UnityEngine](/engine/6000.0/script-reference/unityengine.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEngine.AudioModule

```csharp
public void PlayDelayed(float delay)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[float]\(https\://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.single)): Delay time specified in seconds.

### Remarks

**Note:** This function replaces the Play(delay) function when called with the delay-argument. In that function the delay had to be specified as samples relative to a reference rate of 44100. This is inconvenient when the engine is running on a different sample rate and the source sound has an even different rate. Working with delays specified in seconds makes this independent of these.