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  • deltro300111
    FFR Player
    • Aug 2003
    • 1014

    #1

    I suck at FL

    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
    Forum User
    • May 2004
    • 378

    #2
    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...)

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    • Chrissi
      FFR Player
      • Mar 2004
      • 3019

      #3
      I suck at FL. My loops are definitely fruity.
      C is for Charisma, it's why people think I'm great! I make my friends all laugh and smile and never want to hate!

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      • darklink87
        FFR Player
        • Oct 2003
        • 396

        #4
        Yeah, I have several music creation programs including FL, and I suck at all of them so don't feel bad.
        \"Darkness is only the absence of light. It\'s always darkest, just before dawn.\"

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        • aperson
          FFR Hall of Fame
          FFR Simfile Author
          • Jul 2003
          • 3431

          #5
          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.

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          • evilbutterfly
            FFR Player
            • Apr 2003
            • 5784

            #6
            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.
            So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =(

            In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz.

            So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright.
            And I write the blog for their website.

            Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O

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            • deltro300111
              FFR Player
              • Aug 2003
              • 1014

              #7
              Originally posted by 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.
              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)

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              • aperson
                FFR Hall of Fame
                FFR Simfile Author
                • Jul 2003
                • 3431

                #8
                There is no hello world to music production.

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                • Omeganitros
                  auauauau
                  • Jun 2003
                  • 8897

                  #9
                  Originally posted by aperson
                  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.

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                  • Xaimus
                    FFR Player
                    • May 2004
                    • 136

                    #10
                    I've never gotten used to FL. Trackers for life`1Q21!
                    hooray bsd-tan

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                    • deltro300111
                      FFR Player
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 1014

                      #11
                      Originally posted by 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...

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                      • dormir
                        FFR Player
                        • May 2004
                        • 52

                        #12
                        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.

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                        • Naeguro
                          FFR Player
                          • Dec 2003
                          • 103

                          #13
                          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.

                          http://aerogroove.com

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                          • aperson
                            FFR Hall of Fame
                            FFR Simfile Author
                            • Jul 2003
                            • 3431

                            #14
                            Originally posted by deltro300111
                            Originally posted by 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.

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                            • Privateer
                              FFR Player
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 2962

                              #15
                              he's we todd ed

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