Get sample to stop playing after input?

[samh]

I know this may seem like a newbie question, but I've been searching for almost half an hour now and have got myself nowhere.

What I am asking is how (working in FL Studio) do I get a sample to stop playing after I end my MIDI input? For example, in a vocal sample, just want to hear the first word when I hit a pad, so I would tap it as long as the first word and would only hear that, rather than the entire sample playing.

Help would be appreciated :)

[hikula]

Put the sample in the Fruity granulizer or slice it up using Slicer or Slicex

[samh]

Thanks :)

[editline]9th April 2011[/editline]

You have no idea how many possibilities this opens for me right now haha.

[KmartSqrl]

Using a granulizer or slicex just for that is a waste. Hit the INS tab on the channel settings window for the sample you're trying to edit and enable the volume envelope.

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Click the circled things and then play with the underlined knobs.

[hikula]

I just found out about that an hour ago :v:

[Cruncy]

You could also slice it in the playlist. Which is easier.

[editline]9th April 2011[/editline]

And then save the chopped samples and then use it on a midi thingy pingy :D

[KmartSqrl]

[QUOTE=tomatmann;29070990]You could also slice it in the playlist. Which is easier.[/QUOTE]

Whether or not that is easier completely depends on what you are doing with the sample. If I bounce out and resample a sustained bass note and I want to use it to write a bass line it's going to be a lot easier to use the sampler in FL and the piano roll to do that versus doing it in the playlist ;)