FL (fruity loops) STUDIO "tips n tricks"

A lot of cats use this program, many are ashamed of it because of the name... who cares.. the program is powerful and aint a joke no more.

Post up your tips and/or tricks.




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I'll start:


The mpc2000 classic style autochop trick in FL Studio:

remember the mpc 2000 classic trick from this thread? :
http://mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=141468&p=1315356&hilit=mpc+2000+classic+autochop#p1315356

Here is a way to get a similar effect (or the 2000 classic effect reminds me of this):

select a granulizer and drop the sample into it... make the switch from pitch and it will start the sample later on in the wave... you do not need to play with the params above but that is a bonus too.

^^Thats really nice. Didnt know that.

peace

I definitely think that FL catches slack but it's all in how you use it. I'll try that tip even though I generally use Edison. I'll have to come with a tip later. I cant think of any good ones right now.

mr_debauch wrote:A lot of cats use this program, many are ashamed of it because of the name... who cares.. the program is powerful and aint a joke no more.

Post up your tips and/or tricks.




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I'll start:


The mpc2000 classic style autochop trick in FL Studio:

remember the mpc 2000 classic trick from this thread? :
http://mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=141468&p=1315356&hilit=mpc+2000+classic+autochop#p1315356

Here is a way to get a similar effect (or the 2000 classic effect reminds me of this):

select a granulizer and drop the sample into it... make the switch from pitch and it will start the sample later on in the wave... you do not need to play with the params above but that is a bonus too.

It didn't occur to me that this tip would actually be good to share because I have been doing this for some time now but not quite the same exact way.. none the less it's very handy to use for adjusting automations and what have you..

imageline recently posted this video actually showing the tip in action with a bit of a bonus twist on it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2V6oHR0Ylc&feature=feedu


copy/pasting values (or the position of a fader/knob) to get other faders and knobs to the exact same level.

Fruity has always been a really useful and powerful program, and is more than capable of giving top quality results.

I'm just keeping my fingers crossed for a Mac release.

Coz wrote:Fruity has always been a really useful and powerful program, and is more than capable of giving top quality results.

I'm just keeping my fingers crossed for a Mac release.

Isn't the MAC version in Beta right now?

I heard that rumour.

and the minor tip of copy/pasting values was something I posted only because before I discovered about that back years ago... I used to go to the control panel for the mouse and turn the movement speed down a bunch which makes it easier to get to a specific number. lol... that sucks but it was what it was.

or you can just use edison higlight the sample and move it to fruity slicer, it works for me all the time

I got a tip...































Use your MPC instead.

Soundsmith the Programmer wrote:I got a tip...


Use your MPC instead.

oh great tip! and I have made a few mpc beats this week on various mpc models I have ... but I also made some stuff with my mv and cd tables... as well as with fl studio and what have you...


so tip well received cause you cant make better mpc beats on anything more efficiently then you can with an mpc.

o cool i just baught an mv 8000 and was woried aboute the amount of paterns i can have per song, it only allows me to have 4 midi tracks and 4 audio tracks

uli9595 wrote:o cool i just baught an mv 8000 and was woried aboute the amount of paterns i can have per song, it only allows me to have 4 midi tracks and 4 audio tracks

that is odd, you should be able to do 8 audio tracks and 128 midi tracks if i'm not mistaken...

oh wait, you only see those by default... push menu then push add midi track etc..

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*** Using midi notes to control knobs... for example, a kick drum to lower and re-raise your bass so it wont clash ***



try this out just to get the trick of "the synth hiding from the kick".



Creating the scenario for applying the technique:

so you start fl studio, you might have your usual kick, hat, clap, and snare... if not.. throw a kick drum in the pattern window and switch the kick to mixer insert 1 so you can add effects.. the default kick is already set to 1. (it's the "fx" numeric display on the top right of the "channel settings - kick" window when you click the kick button in the pattern window in case you don't know)

next go to the channels > add generators menu and choose a synth .. one that works clearly for this example is the WASP which comes with fl studio... choose the bellsynth preset because it has sustain and can be clearly heard in this example... put the wasp in mixer insert 2.

now, in the pattern window... click in a couple of kicks randomly in there (i recommend right-clicking the kick and choosing "fill each 4 steps) and also add a midi note the length of the pattern for the wasp using the piano roll. (it doesn't have to be in the same pattern as the kick for this to work)

so now you push play and you have a constant wasp note as well as kicks... looping of course



Setting up the technique's components:

step 1
In mixer insert 1 for your kick, as you would add any effect pluggin... add the fruity peak controller. when you push play you wont hear the kick because the controller muted it... which we don't want, so on the bottom right of the peak controller's window de-click the "mute" square.. next on the top half of the peak controller window you will notice the "TNS" (tension) tv looking thing.. drag the line up in the tv... this will cause the curve to go and stay higher which in this case is needed so the knob we will control stays down better.. if that makes sense.. it will once you mess around later on.

step 2
In mixer insert 2 for the wasp bellsynth or what ever you picked.. add a fruity PanOMatic. In that window close to the top on the left side you will see the pan and volume knobs.. right-click "VOL" and click "Link to Controller" .. (if you have a midi controller with knobs or sliders you could simply touch one of those and it will automatically detect the motion ... assigning the vol knob of the panomatic to it .. however dont do that now.)
okay, so you will see "INTERNAL CONTROLLER" with a drop down menu.. click that and choose "peak control (insert 1) peak + lfo" (you could also pick the option that only has PEAK as you may not use the LFO part of the peak controller) ... this makes the peak controller now control the motion of that volume knob... however what will happen is.. it will do the opposite of what we want if you push "ACCEPT" on the remote control settings window right away... it will keep the wasp turned down and the kick will turn it up which is no good therefore.. click the drop down menu next to "MAPPING FORMULA" .. choose "INVERTED" .. now click "ACCEPT" on the bottom right of the remote control setting window.



The Result:

With the panOMatic window focused, push the space bar or click play... you will see the volume knob staying up except when the kick's midi note hits... the knob swerves down..

you can go into piano roll for the kick and adjust the lengths of the notes to keep the knob down for longer or shorter lengths... also in the peak controller window you can mess with that tension tv thing ..

While listening to the wasp synth and watching the PanOMatic you will notice the volume is staying too high (perhaps) .. so in the peak controller window ... just to the left of the tension thing you adjusted.. you have a knob called "BASE" .. turn it up a bit and it will fix that issue.


Now you have the wasp hiding from the kick!

also, this trick can be applied to almost any knob including the mix level knob (on the right edge of the mixer just to the right of an effect) of a compressor for example.

fl is everything its not cracked up to b.