I suck at FL

[deltro300111]

I can read music, I play trumpet, Piano, Recorder... and clarinet some... but why can't I use FL Studio... is there like a Mary Had a Little Lamb/Hello World-ish tutorial for FL out there?

[spookymagician]

Don't feel bad... I know how to play the piano and I suck at it too. (Mostly melody... I'm good at beats only...)

[Chrissi]

I suck at FL. My loops are definitely fruity.

[darklink87]

Yeah, I have several music creation programs including FL, and I suck at all of them so don't feel bad.

[aperson]

Working with music programs requires much knowledge about how the internal parts of the program work rather than just common music theory. It will take you years to get associated with DA (digital audio) programs to the point where you can make what sounds you want with them.

[evilbutterfly]

FL comes with a tutorial. Use it. Many of the question people IM me with are answered fairly quickly in it. I didn't even finish the tut and I can at least make a semi-decent song. Seriously, rtfm.

[deltro300111]

FL comes with a tutorial. Use it. Many of the question people IM me with are answered fairly quickly in it. I didn't even finish the tut and I can at least make a semi-decent song. Seriously, rtfm.thank you for being a jackass, I didn't asked to be bitched at. I asked for a link to a general usage tutorial (i.e Mary had a little lamb/HellowWorld-ish)

[aperson]

There is no hello world to music production.

[Omeganitros]

There is no hello world to music production.

So damn true, I quoted it. The only way you get better is by trying until you figure it out for yourself. Sound cannot be explained in any way except by sound.

[Xaimus]

I've never gotten used to FL. Trackers for life`1Q21!

[deltro300111]

There is no hello world to music production.understanding FL isn't music production it's a music production program,... far different from Finale/Notepad, which uses actual Musical Notation... so stfu,... I've sort of gotten some of FL figured...

[dormir]

its always good to use a midi controller (little piano that plugs directly into your computer). For people out there with actual music knowledge, this tool helps. With one, you can record the instruments you want into the computer instead of putting each individual note in by hand. Not to say this will get you arround the technicalities of FL, but it certainly will help you develope melodies and bass lines and such much quicker. you can pick them up at places like sam ash, guitar center for like $100. (I recomend oxygen 8, its small and portable if you've got a laptop. Also, its got knobs good to control various parameters in FL.)

now if you don't feel like paying 100 bucks or something, you might have a cheap casio piano or something with "midi in and midi out" on it. you can hook this up to your computer and you'll have the same thing.

If niether of the above two work, you can always go to a piano or whatever you have, and write it out there.

[Naeguro]

oxy 8's go for around 140 now. I would just get a gameport to midi adapter ($20) and plug in an old yamaha or casio keyboard if you have one laying around.

[aperson]

There is no hello world to music production.understanding FL isn't music production it's a music production program,... far different from Finale/Notepad, which uses actual Musical Notation... so stfu,... I've sort of gotten some of FL figured...

Wow, you're a fucking retard.

[Privateer]

he's we todd ed

[eyespewgreekfire]

deltro, there is a difference between notation and production. FL, buzz, reason, synths, and that kind of stuff is for production. Finale and that kind of program is for notation, which is completly separate. Using Finale for production is a exercise in frustration, since it has no mixing, effects, or anything else necessary for production. Also, production takes years to master. From what Ive seen, I would say 5 years is how long it takes to be at the point where a sound in your head can be created almost exactly.