A cytometry system comprising: a computing system; a plurality of lasers (L1, L2, L3) controlled by the computing system to emit laser light, the lasers being spatially separated along a flow stream path; a light condenser for collecting a plurality of light pulses (P1, P2, P3), wherein the plurality of light pulses comprises a first light pulse from a first of said lasers and a subsequent second light pulse from a second of said lasers, wherein the plurality of light pulses are separated by time of flight intervals, each light pulse being derived from the spatially separated laser light intersecting material flowing in the flow stream path; and a first detector configured to receive the plurality of light pulses from the light condenser to create a first light pulse signal derived from the first light pulse and a second light pulse signal derived from the second light pulse, the first detector being coupled to sampling circuitry, wherein the sampling circuitry has one or more energy storage filter elements configured to store the first light pulse signal over the duration of a first predetermined sampling interval between the first detector receiving the first light pulse and the second light pulse, and wherein the computing system is configured to operate the sampling circuitry to process each light pulse according to the time of flight intervals, wherein the computing system is configured to turn the sampling circuitry OFF during the time of flight interval between the first light pulse and the second light pulse by discharging the one or more energy storage filter elements of the sampling circuitry to discharge the first light pulse signal of the first light pulse so that the first light pulse signal does not mask the second light pulse signal of the second light pulse in the sampling circuitry. a computing system; a plurality of lasers (L1, L2, L3) controlled by the computing system to emit laser light, the lasers being spatially separated along a flow stream path; a light condenser for collecting a plurality of light pulses (P1, P2, P3), wherein the plurality of light pulses comprises a first light pulse from a first of said lasers and a subsequent second light pulse from a second of said lasers, wherein the plurality of light pulses are separated by time of flight intervals, each light pulse being derived from the spatially separated laser light intersecting material flowing in the flow stream path; and a first detector configured to receive the plurality of light pulses from the light condenser to create a first light pulse signal derived from the first light pulse and a second light pulse signal derived from the second light pulse, the first detector being coupled to sampling circuitry, wherein the sampling circuitry has one or more energy storage filter elements configured to store the first light pulse signal over the duration of a first predetermined sampling interval between the first detector receiving the first light pulse and the second light pulse, and wherein the computing system is configured to operate the sampling circuitry to process each light pulse according to the time of flight intervals, wherein the computing system is configured to turn the sampling circuitry OFF during the time of flight interval between the first light pulse and the second light pulse by discharging the one or more energy storage filter elements of the sampling circuitry to discharge the first light pulse signal of the first light pulse so that the first light pulse signal does not mask the second light pulse signal of the second light pulse in the sampling circuitry.