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I'm making a MIDI visualizer, and the first instrument I decided to try was the cowbell. Just to start, I'm storing a list of times of when the cowbell should play (I'll get to MIDI parsing later). It then checks if the current time is past or equal to the time of when the note should play.

for (int i = 0; i < times.Length; i++) { // For each note

         bool notePlayed = false;

         while (!notePlayed) { // While current note hasn't been played (waiting for its time)

             if (Time.timeSinceLevelLoad >= timesAdjusted [i]) { // If the current time is past or equal to the time it should play

                 anim.Play ("hit"); // Play animation

                 Debug.Log ("hit!");

                 notePlayed = true; // The note has been played.

             }

             yield return null;

         }

     }

This works, but only if the time between the previous note and the current note is big enough for the animation to finish. So, how can I get the animation to play regardless of whether or not the animation has finished?

You are using "Play" method which will play an animation state regardless of your transition (Idle->Hit) , plus there's no condition defined in your transitions which will create an infinite loop between your states.

To resolve your main issue, you have to use set "normalizedTime" parameter to 0, like:

anim.Play ("hit",0,0); //assuming "hit" state is in your 0 layer

Disable has exit time checkbox to change animation without waiting another