diff --git a/include/Engine.h b/include/Engine.h
index 2f940dfbf..54ada4062 100644
--- a/include/Engine.h
+++ b/include/Engine.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 
 #include "export.h"
+#include "lmms_basics.h"
 
 class BBTrackContainer;
 class DummyTrackContainer;
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ public:
 	{
 		return s_framesPerTick;
 	}
+
+	static float framesPerTick(sample_rate_t sample_rate);
+
 	static void updateFramesPerTick();
 
 	static inline LmmsCore * inst()
diff --git a/src/core/Engine.cpp b/src/core/Engine.cpp
index a53abbe5d..ee8aef708 100644
--- a/src/core/Engine.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Engine.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ void LmmsCore::destroy()
 	delete ConfigManager::inst();
 }
 
+float LmmsCore::framesPerTick(sample_rate_t sample_rate)
+{
+	return sample_rate * 60.0f * 4 /
+			DefaultTicksPerTact / s_song->getTempo();
+}
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/tracks/SampleTrack.cpp b/src/tracks/SampleTrack.cpp
index ad1ae1b81..23decb1f0 100644
--- a/src/tracks/SampleTrack.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/SampleTrack.cpp
@@ -626,13 +626,16 @@ bool SampleTrack::play( const MidiTime & _start, const fpp_t _frames,
 		{
 			TrackContentObject * tco = getTCO( i );
 			SampleTCO * sTco = dynamic_cast<SampleTCO*>( tco );
-			float framesPerTick = Engine::framesPerTick();
+
 			if( _start >= sTco->startPosition() && _start < sTco->endPosition() )
 			{
 				if( sTco->isPlaying() == false )
 				{
-					f_cnt_t sampleStart = framesPerTick * ( _start - sTco->startPosition() );
-					f_cnt_t tcoFrameLength = framesPerTick * ( sTco->endPosition() - sTco->startPosition() );
+					auto bufferFramesPerTick = Engine::framesPerTick (sTco->sampleBuffer ()->sampleRate ());
+					f_cnt_t sampleStart = bufferFramesPerTick * ( _start - sTco->startPosition() );
+
+					f_cnt_t tcoFrameLength = bufferFramesPerTick * ( sTco->endPosition() - sTco->startPosition() );
+
 					f_cnt_t sampleBufferLength = sTco->sampleBuffer()->frames();
 					//if the Tco smaller than the sample length we play only until Tco end
 					//else we play the sample to the end but nothing more