Gate playback and recording

[wibblyglorph]

I am an MPC user, but just got a 303.

I am used to samples cutting each other off - since the 303 can't do this, I've been using the 'gate' setting a lot.

When recording a pattern, as the 2 measures end, and it rolls from 2.4 to 1.1, the last gated sample gets cut short at 1.1.

Is there some creative way around this? Or should I just not use the gate and cut the samples to the exact length I need them? Seems tough.

[yo-yo crunch]

for the 1.1 hit go into quantize mode and change setting to quarter notes (4).
turn quantize off while recording the rest of the samples.

[TGN]

Just drop a little bit of reverb or delay on your last sample...