

If you do want to stretch a sample, you can right click the Time knob and select from one of the preset amounts (1 beat, 2 beats, 1 bar, 2 bars, 3 bars, or 4 bars). So you might find it better to leave this option enabled and just manually reset those samples that are giving you a problem. But then of course your drum loops that do have the correct tempo information won't automatically adjust to fit your project tempo. To do this click Options > General settings and disable "Read sample tempo information". You can stop FL from reading Tempo information when it loads a sample. If it didn't have that information, the default middle C on the piano roll would trigger the sample at F#.

So, if a sample is recorded in say, F#, it will play F# when you hit the F# key on the piano roll. Embedded Root notes are really only needed for pitch based samples. Unfortunately, some samples contain root note information when they don't need to - like drum samples.

If you are unsure whether to reset the Time knob or the Root note, try resetting Time knob and if it still sounds wrong, try resetting the root note.Īs mentioned above, FL reads root note and tempo information and adjusts the sample accordingly. If it's root note information causing the problem (which is more likely for a single shot sample, than a loop) then you need to change it to the default C5, by right clicking above the C5 note on the keyboard display in the channel settings (MISC Tab). Center click the time knob or turn it all the way to the left to reset it. If it is tempo information causing the problem, you'll need to reset the Time knob in the Time stretching section of the channel settings (SMP tab) to get it sounding as it should. Both of these things can affect how the sample sounds when you load it into a channel in FL Studio (as FL reads root note and tempo information when it loads a sample). Sometimes that information is wrong, or just not needed. Some samples have root note or tempo information embedded in the wav file. So, why do your samples sound all screwy? But since it's asked so often, I thought I would post the answer in it's own thread, so it can be easily found and the screenshot linked to if needed. It's usually a new user wondering why their samples sound all screwed up when they load them in FL. One of the most common questions here is about Time stretching.
