just to elaborate a bit more, you are not the first elektronaut to question AR’s sample playback. The cursed search on this board didn’t reveal this one big discussion that I recall from back in the day, but here’s at least one related to the topic:
Someone mentioned there should be stickies on this board a few days ago - a big AR faq would certainly be a good idea, as it seems that many reocurring topics recycle themselves every now and then. And with the search being what it is, you can hardly blame the posters…