As a producer, getting a new drum kit is an awesome feeling. It is like being a kid and getting a new toy; you just can not wait to start using it. However, if you stumble upon an 808 or loop that sounds awesome, but when you use it just sounds off, there is a strong chance that it may be out of tune and is set in the wrong key.

In FL Studio when you load a sample the default root note it is set to is C. However different drums will be in different keys. FL Studio makes it super easy to detect the actual key of the drum you have loaded in, and very easy to set the root note to match the original key of the sample. Once it is tuned, this means that now when press a key on your keyboard, the drum sample will actually be in that key.

Unfortunately, all drums are not created equal. When you get low quality drums it can be quite difficult and tricky to find their exact key and tune. When you go to analyze the key it may pick up some crackling or other distorted signals that are in the audio file itself, meaning it isn’t necessarily a clean sample. Some producers like that gritty sound, but personally I like my drums to be crisp and clean sounding. The Drum Broker is a great website that can get you high quality drums and samples that have been used to make beats for some of the biggest artists out.

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