Sample pitch problem

OP-1 field
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Hello everyone,
I can’t determine if this has been asked before and I’m sorry if this is happening again.
I’m loading a sample to OP-1F and the pitch is low and it plays at almost one tenth of the normal speed. What is the problem? Where am I going wrong. I’m recording 44,000 khz 32 bit PCM .aiff with Audacity. MAny thanks

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I love a good mystery so be prepared to be bombarded with questions :slightly_smiling_face:

Quick note: I’m assuming you’re using one of the sample engines and not just recording to the tape—please correct me if I’m wrong.

The questions:

  • What octave are you sampling to? If you’re accidentally sampling a couple octaves higher than you’re playing back, it will likely slow the sample waaaaaay down during playback.
  • What is global transpose set to? Hold shift and press COM. The first menu item, Keyboard, has a couple options for detuning notes. Check that they’re not enabled, since they’d lead to slower playback.
  • Juuuust in case: do you happen to have a sequencer enabled? I could see that causing some transposition issues.

Hope this helps. If it doesn’t let me know and I’ll think of more. Good luck!

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first of all, thank you for addressing the problem in detail.
I take the samples on the computer and transfer them to the Studio 4-track recorder via usb.
Hmmm the questions are complicated :).
Now, when I press different keys as you said, yes, the frequency becomes denser and finds its normal tempo as in normal note logic. The problem is why there is no normal tempo in all keys.And right now I am also thinking if I understood your question correctly :). @jtswearingen

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Ooooh, are you asking why lower notes make the sample last longer? If so, lower pitch = slower playback, so lower notes will last longer. A lot of hardware (but not all) can correct for this, but I think the EP series are the only TE devices with the ability to pitch shift without changing the note duration.

Is that the issue? If not I’m happy to keep troubleshooting.

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Ok, now everything fits perfectly. yes exactly what you are talking about. It turns out that what I called a problem was not a problem :D… Thank you very much for your help and time. @jtswearingen

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