Need help or tips with FL studio?

[OnixRose]

this would be a very helpful thread if I had FL studio -_-

[championanwar]

How do you make saw leads for dance.. without copying platinum saw

[DJ Mamu]

Where's a good place to get more drum samples?

I use Sytrus a lot for the synths and stuff, but I'm sick of using Afterkill (I think it's called) And DrillNB. I've gotten really good at manipulating them, but I'm sick of hearing all my songs with the same few types of drum.

Always screwed around with FL studio, for a long time, but I've been really making FL Studio stuff for 2 years now. I need some variety.

[Cyanite]

VIPzone has a pretty good selection of drum samples, that's where I got most of mine. I also used sliced loops from VEC's essential house samples or something

@cornandbeans, I have two questions:

There are songs that have certain synths that go from a very dull, softer sound to a sharper, more piercing synth. Gradeus from FFR or Flaming June by BT are two examples I can think of.. I'm pretty sure this is caused by an LFO, since I've used synths like those in z3ta+ and the only constant I can see between them is an LFO filter. I can't seem to replicate it, though. How would I create this effect with other synths?

I'm also considering buying a syntheziser, so I have something to work with outside of VSTs. Do you have any suggestions? I'm looking for something that'd be useful in club music, but not something that primarially focuses on saw synths or anything. I'm also trying to stay away from anything that's more than 200 dollars.

Thanks in advance

[Pixbae]

Hi people!

I have a question, sometimes when Im creating sounds, in certain sounds there's some cracking sound thats really annoying and shouldnt be there, its a short crackng sound as if the speakers were damaged. I was wondering what could fix this, at first I thought it may be a problem of mine, but the sample project that came with fl studio (one that's named "what I found", some sort of techno house thingy music) also has that cracking sound all over it. I really doubt they didnt filter it before putting it as a sample.

Also, it isnt the speakers because with earphones it can still be heard. Help?

[sleeplessdragn]

Originally Posted by iPatcH

Something that's always annoyed me in FL:

Say I'm in record move and I'm doing some on the fly knob twisting for stuff like cutoff, resonance etc. and I decided I didn't like it. How the hell do I remove what I just twisted without opening up a clone synth and dumping my notes into it? Every time I set it to record mode and do something like holding the knob down, it just makes it even worse.

Go into the events window for that knob and erase everything, as if you were working from Edit Events. In record mode, FL basically is just writing MIDI sequencing on the fly.

[DarkbearX]

Originally Posted by Pixbae

Hi people!

I have a question, sometimes when Im creating sounds, in certain sounds there's some cracking sound thats really annoying and shouldnt be there, its a short crackng sound as if the speakers were damaged. I was wondering what could fix this, at first I thought it may be a problem of mine, but the sample project that came with fl studio (one that's named "what I found", some sort of techno house thingy music) also has that cracking sound all over it. I really doubt they didnt filter it before putting it as a sample.

Also, it isnt the speakers because with earphones it can still be heard. Help?

On "What I Found", it's probably because of high CPU / RAM usage (playing the song as a whole can be pretty intensive). This happens to me on all my tracks and I end up having to render out samples to make sure things sound how I want them. :|

Other than that, it could just be clipping. Just make sure your sounds (or track for that matter) don't go above 0 dB.

[Pyroshock]

Originally Posted by Pixbae

Hi people!

I have a question, sometimes when Im creating sounds, in certain sounds there's some cracking sound thats really annoying and shouldnt be there, its a short crackng sound as if the speakers were damaged. I was wondering what could fix this, at first I thought it may be a problem of mine, but the sample project that came with fl studio (one that's named "what I found", some sort of techno house thingy music) also has that cracking sound all over it. I really doubt they didnt filter it before putting it as a sample.

Also, it isnt the speakers because with earphones it can still be heard. Help?

That's juts overload, press F10 click on audio then increase your buffer size. Or try ASIO4ALL

Originally Posted by Cyanite

There are songs that have certain synths that go from a very dull, softer sound to a sharper, more piercing synth. Gradeus from FFR or Flaming June by BT are two examples I can think of.. I'm pretty sure this is caused by an LFO, since I've used synths like those in z3ta+ and the only constant I can see between them is an LFO filter. I can't seem to replicate it, though. How would I create this effect with other synths?

If I get what you're saying, it's just a lowpass filter. That could be controlled by an LFO but usually it's just automated

For a quick example load up the 3xOsc preset Short 8 and mess with this knob:

[Pixbae]

Thanks alot, editted the audio settings and it works fine now!

[macgravel]

I need help with FL.

Why do I suck at it? XD

[kid_merkury]

lol it takes time

[danny53x]

Do you know anything about dblue Glitch VSTi? I have a semi-vivid understanding of FL (you can find some songs I've done on myspace.com/tehemissaries). I would like to fully edit the whole song directly through Glitch, but it seems I can't automate anything with it. The time frame also only seems to be limited to 16 beats before repeating the same effects. Is there a similar VSTi that allows automating? Otherwise, could you assist me with this one?

The problem is also stated in this thread: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ad.php?t=94833

EDIT: Here's a link to the .flp and here's a link to the VSTi
The drum loop I sliced is inside FL8.

[DaPhinoXX]

I need a little help with making Filter and stuff Automated in the playlist!

Like in Open>Cool Stuff>Electroconductor-Midnight, He uses a Love Philter that's in the playlist and automated! How does he do that?!?

[danny53x]

Originally Posted by DaPhinoXX

I need a little help with making Filter and stuff Automated in the playlist!

Like in Open>Cool Stuff>Electroconductor-Midnight, He uses a Love Philter that's in the playlist and automated! How does he do that?!?

The love philter can be found on FX slot 11.

He right clicks a knob (Mod X/Y, and Mute in this case) in the love philter and selects "Create automation clip" and then edits it within the playlist.

[DarkbearX]

Originally Posted by danny53x

Do you know anything about dblue Glitch VSTi? I have a semi-vivid understanding of FL (you can find some songs I've done on myspace.com/tehemissaries). I would like to fully edit the whole song directly through Glitch, but it seems I can't automate anything with it. The time frame also only seems to be limited to 16 beats before repeating the same effects. Is there a similar VSTi that allows automating? Otherwise, could you assist me with this one?

The problem is also stated in this thread: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ad.php?t=94833

EDIT: Here's a link to the .flp and here's a link to the VSTi
The drum loop I sliced is inside FL8.

Basically you can fit four measures on each number on the 'pattern bank' and use automation or Edit Events to switch between the bars during the song. There might be an easier way but I don't know it. :|

[danny53x]

Originally Posted by DarkbearX

Basically you can fit four measures on each number on the 'pattern bank' and use automation or Edit Events to switch between the bars during the song. There might be an easier way but I don't know it. :|

How would I automate with it? I can't right click anything... I guess I could try the record thing... but I really never use that. Could you demonstrate how you'd go about doing this? Also, anyone else is open to this subject.

[DaPhinoXX]

*Slaps myself in face.

Duh! Thanks Danny

[danny53x]

Originally Posted by DaPhinoXX

*Slaps myself in face.

Duh! Thanks Danny

I guess it just looks confusing because he overlaps them
And FX 11 is pretty far out there. I rarely get to those slots. When you get out there, you've probably done a lot of meticulous editing :P

[DarkbearX]

Originally Posted by danny53x

How would I automate with it? I can't right click anything... I guess I could try the record thing... but I really never use that. Could you demonstrate how you'd go about doing this? Also, anyone else is open to this subject.

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...5&postcount=20

Same concept. ;]

[stargroup100]

I have a question about the basic way FL works

let's say I want to create a song that has an irregular structure, like a rhapsody. very little of what I put in the song repeats. I don't want to have to use a separate pattern for each measure and stuff, so how would I simplify this?