Clip Distorted On First Play

Running Windows 7 on HP Laptop, using NetBeans 6.9.1 and JDK 1.6
I am loading 4 aif sound samples into 4 Clips and testing them using buttons in my UI - one button per clip, press the button, play the clip. The first time each clip plays, the sample is distorted and ugly. Each clip sounds perfect for subsequent plays. Anyone experience this type of thing before? I went through my code twice already without seeing anything unusual. I will start looking through it again but was hoping someone might save me a little aggravation.
Thanks.
Edited by: tymk on May 26, 2012 10:37 AM

Set the First Play for the first chapter (your opening clip) and set the End Jump for that chapter to the menu.
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