# Strange sample playback in Cubase **URL:** \ **Category:** Cubase\ **Created:** [December 5, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/strange-sample-playback-in-cubase/821327 "2022-12-05T18:19:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Charb](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Charb)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/strange-sample-playback-in-cubase/821327/1 "2022-12-05T18:19:57Z")
When using a simple kick drum sample in the sampler track there is a weird alternating playback phenonium which is audible also (pic 1). I then used the same single sample but just placed it on the beat for two bars on a regular audio track, this sounds the same but the waveform is different every time viewing supervision (pic 2). Any ideas on why this is happening? There is no processing at all and the LFOs are not used in Sampler track… ![1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/8/d/8d5ca9c100558a9f75116bb6900320cad24e66fd.jpeg) ![2](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/a/4/a409d771036c501a87bb7238661938b091fd8350.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Moneto](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/johnny_moneto/32/329861_2.png) [@Johnny\_Moneto](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Johnny_Moneto)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/strange-sample-playback-in-cubase/821327/2 "2022-12-05T18:35:55Z")
Do you have double note events on the sampler track maybe? Have a look with the List Editor. If not, a screenshot of the Sampler Control view might be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Charb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Charb](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Charb)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/strange-sample-playback-in-cubase/821327/4 "2022-12-05T18:59:24Z")
Hi Johnny, here are the pictures… ![List](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/f/4/f4a93d486c980eb62b7839b0659b1bd72b8f7130.jpeg) ![track](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/5/f/5f519b49c579d9742da59d82904d7077eba350e1.jpeg) There is also a crazy amount of sub in the sampler track version compared to the same sample on the audio track ![sub](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/5/b/5bb43091e548f6fc3954c8a0519a0bf6b7dff1fc.jpeg) ![samp](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/5/7/574d5b0ded33b1ba05e3f7ef62f03c9ec0da3683.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Charb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Charb](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Charb)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/strange-sample-playback-in-cubase/821327/5 "2022-12-05T19:05:02Z")
I’ve also deleted the event and the sample track continues to play a low quality version of the sample every 1st and 3rd beat. Strange… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Moneto](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/johnny_moneto/32/329861_2.png) [@Johnny\_Moneto](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Johnny_Moneto)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/strange-sample-playback-in-cubase/821327/6 "2022-12-05T19:09:31Z")
That’s why I asked for the double note events. It looks like the sample gets played twice every other beat. I’d look around my project where this my be coming from. Some hidden track maybe? Edit: Some MIDI plugin? ---
**Author:** ![Louis\_R](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/louis_r/32/291861_2.png) [@Louis\_R](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Louis_R)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/strange-sample-playback-in-cubase/821327/7 "2022-12-05T19:14:41Z")
Heh, you removed the Event and it keeps playing you say ? Some people had similar experience not long ago : > [@Non-existant Notes Triggering Sampler Track](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/non-existant-notes-triggering-sampler-track/819590): > > I have an Audio File of a drum-loop which you can see on the Track named “DLoop” in the animation below. Notice that it is not Tempo aligned. Below that I created a Sampler Track (SLoop) to Slice the drums so the individual hits could be triggered by MIDI. When I dragged the MIDI out of the Sampler it snapped to bar 58 and I had to move the MIDI Part to align it with the audio drum-loop. Now the weird thing is when I playback the Track the drum hits get triggered starting at bar 58 exactly like… ---
**Author:** ![Charb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Charb](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Charb)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/strange-sample-playback-in-cubase/821327/8 "2022-12-05T19:32:16Z")
Yes, but only for the first 2 bars. Then it fixes itself and comes back. My ongoing phrase is “imagine being in a professional recording studio, then this happens”.