So I have a sample... that is to long to play in the pattern, and create a drum pattern with. Am I doing this wrong? It's longer than 8 measures, so it cuts off at the wrong time.

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... how the hell do I get my patterns to sync up with the loops. I cant seem to get the loop to fit in with the measures of the pattern...

if that makes sense... BAH!

Cut it in smaller pieces man or at least that's what I would do.

Everything is 4/4 so it'll fit, just cut it into measures and place it on the beat.

word... okay.. by this do you mean chopping it? Or is there a way to cut it in the wave edit mode? I know when you truncate the sample after chosing start and end points it trashes the rest of the sample...

should i make copies of the sample and then cut it up?

Yup, make copies then do start/end points and then truncate each of those samples when they're on the pads.