How to Stretch an FL Studio Sample in 3 Easy Steps

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Do you need to make that sample in FL Studio longer? This wikiHow teaches you how to stretch a sample in FL Studio by selecting an option and then dragging and dropping.

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    You'll find this program or app in your Start Menu or Applications folder; then you can open your project by going to File > Open or you can right-click the sample file in your file manager (like Finder for Mac or File Explorer for Windows) and select Open with > FL Studio .
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    It's a tiny circle in the top left corner of your tracks and you want to make sure the circle is filled in, which means the feature is enabled.
    • You can also press Shift + M to enable and disable the feature.
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    The audio sample will snap to the grid unless you press the Opt (Mac) or Alt (Windows) keys, which will remove the 'snap-to-grid' setting.
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      1. Open your project in FL Studio.
      2. Click to enable Stretch .
      3. Click to grab the end of the audio you want to stretch and drag it.

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