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fl studio

Postby rickstamad » Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:21 pm

I use this program for making things. I like using the slicer instrument to slice up breaks and acapellas. When I sometimes slice up accapellas I sometimes make people say strange things. I also like the Sytrus plugin that comes with fl as it is good for making instruments. do any of you guys have thoughts about this. also do you reccomend anything to me. i have experience with trakcers (LSDJ)

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Postby baconhanger » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:28 pm

check this out:

i use FL too.

here's what i do in a nutshell:

template:

time signature - 1/4

playlist-
pattern 1: 25 bpm
pattern 2: 50 bpm
pattern 3: 100 bpm
pattern 4: 200 bpm
pattern 5: 400 bpm
pattern 6: 800 bpm
pattern 7: main pitch +12
pattern 8: main pitch -12
pattern 9: main automation

instruments:
slicer
direct wave
grainulizer
audio clip

direct wave - load 120+ samples in 1 channel
i make kits. one direct wave is nothing but kicks.
one direct wave is 1 break cut 120 different ways.
ill also use the slicer to load in loops, match them
to a common tempo, export that as a wav, and load
tons of beatmatched loops in the direct wave.

setting the time signature to 1/4 means you have small patterns, or make larger ones but in the playlist, youll be able to change up every 4 beats (if your bmp is 200+ youll only need one hit per pattern. so... i make tons of 1 bar patterns as my "pallet" and go to the playlist, select 16-32-64 bars at a time and make a bigger pattern out of the smaller ones

add fx to each channel...

go to main automation pattern, hit record, over and over, recording new knob tweaks each time (be subtle, too many things going on at once sounds like shit)

drop full acapellas in the audio clips section, use the xacto looking thing to cut the sample up, rearrange, etc. using the slicer with large files, not enough keys on the piano roll... and it cuts it automatically, leaving it sounding choppy at certain bpms...

zoom by using 1-2-3-4-5

i mostly use piano roll for patterns... can control duration easier. and always use the "cut itself" function


some good plugs to download:
js mini sample
buffer override

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Postby NovaTeryx » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:25 am

I recommend something, Get real good with FL, then move to Reason.

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Postby Traitor » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:25 pm

I recommend something, Get real good with FL, then move to Reason.


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Postby Your Impact » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:03 pm

fl studio -> reason

dont get why people actually think fl studio is like that it really depends on yourself what you make out of it, not how colourfull the buttons are

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Postby Hillgiant » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:36 pm

i use fl studio
i really like it
slicer makes chopping up breaks fun ass opposed to trackers which feel like writing code to me

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Postby JonBob » Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:22 am

I get a kick out of people who dont realize that FL can make real music, Its not what the tools are but who uses it. That said, I love the muthafucka.
Breaks in wavetraveller, sequenced in piano roll? hells ye. I'm still discovering new things about it all the time.

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Postby Hillgiant » Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:04 am

is there a way to change the time sig in fl

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time signatures

Postby Dr.DM » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:11 pm

Im pretty sure you cant change time signatures, I think you gotta kinda do it manually.

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Postby JonBob » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:00 pm

time sigs- set your bar length to whateer you want- 3/4 7/8 whatev- than go to the piano roll snapping options and set it to beat, as opposed to cell or whatever you have it on. so I guess thats manually.

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Postby kanab62 » Thu May 07, 2009 9:12 pm

good topic :D

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Postby idontsnipe » Fri May 15, 2009 2:45 am

if you don't understand time signatures properly i don't think you should be playing around with them just for the sake of it. just stick to 4/4 and learn some music theory. we already have enough wannabe avant garde bastards out there.

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Postby strych9 » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:33 am

i just went from fl7 to fl8 and some vst's crash for me does anyone here have that problem

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Postby MarkyPoo » Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:41 am

FL Studio Is Colorful?

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Postby sir johnson thursday » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:05 am

I'm also using FL and though I haven't made any experience with other daws I can imagine that it allows you to do anything you might need to make a really good track. But for fast working renoise might be better (If you can realy handle it).

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