The FL Studio Q&A Thread

[SuperRyDog]

This question may have a simple answer...

I just started with FL and producing. Right now I'm trying to get a feel for how cutting and trimming patterns is used vs programing functions themselves... Specifically, when I listen to a dubstep song and try to figure out how the wobble is made, I have more trouble figuring out how the manipulation is made and not the actual sound. I'm probably not making much sense.

When you make a wobble and manipulate the speed, do you use one channel and manipulate the functions on the synth? or do you make multiple channels each with diff speeds and edit those in the playlist? If you use the functions on the synth, how on earth do you time the wobble with the beat? When I create a wobble with automation I have no way of telling if its with the beat or not after I manipulate it.

INSANELY CONFUSING QUESTION! But the concepts are whats getting me here.

Thank you!

[nowaysj]

All depends on how you like doing it. Those are some options with many more. Your choice. Use your ears.

[serox]

This question may have a simple answer...

I just started with FL and producing. Right now I'm trying to get a feel for how cutting and trimming patterns is used vs programing functions themselves... Specifically, when I listen to a dubstep song and try to figure out how the wobble is made, I have more trouble figuring out how the manipulation is made and not the actual sound. I'm probably not making much sense.

When you make a wobble and manipulate the speed, do you use one channel and manipulate the functions on the synth? or do you make multiple channels each with diff speeds and edit those in the playlist? If you use the functions on the synth, how on earth do you time the wobble with the beat? When I create a wobble with automation I have no way of telling if its with the beat or not after I manipulate it.

INSANELY CONFUSING QUESTION! But the concepts are whats getting me here.

Thank you!

Do whatever you find easier for how YOU work. There is always more than one way of doing anything so its personal taste! I wont tell you how to eat your dinner.

If you cannot even tell if your bassline is in time with your beat then you cannot have any riddum? solo your beat (kick, snare/clap and hats etc) and you should be able to nod ur head to it, 1 2 3 4 etc. Then unmute your bassline and see if it fits in with ur head nod hehe.

If you have no riddum your beat is going to sound like a mess. Keep ur beat simple.

[s3f]

There seems to be some pretty clued up FL users here maybe ill try my luck with this one i've been trying to figure out over the past few night...

I have been using gross beats in the mixer effects and was pretty impressed with the time envelope and how you can get some cool movement in to your sound. However it only seems to loop over one bar again and again ...

is there any way of say extending this time envelope over more than one bar? I'm sure there must be, i just aint seen this yet.

Any help would be great. nice1

don't think so. at least I don't know of it... you could work around it though by running several instances of gross beat with your desired patterns and then auomating which one is active (i.e. have them all in your mixer and automate the volume of each gross beat) this is not a nice solution but will work.

This question may have a simple answer...

I just started with FL and producing. Right now I'm trying to get a feel for how cutting and trimming patterns is used vs programing functions themselves... Specifically, when I listen to a dubstep song and try to figure out how the wobble is made, I have more trouble figuring out how the manipulation is made and not the actual sound. I'm probably not making much sense.

When you make a wobble and manipulate the speed, do you use one channel and manipulate the functions on the synth? or do you make multiple channels each with diff speeds and edit those in the playlist? If you use the functions on the synth, how on earth do you time the wobble with the beat? When I create a wobble with automation I have no way of telling if its with the beat or not after I manipulate it.

INSANELY CONFUSING QUESTION! But the concepts are whats getting me here.

Thank you!

this question has been asked before in this thread, read back

[serox]

@s3f » : Sort ur quotes out. You just confused the shit out of me reading that quote above with my name! I was thinking, damn I must have been wasted when I wrote this and then I read on and realised it was not my post lol

[nowaysj]

hahaha

[Dystinkt]

Ez all, quick question how do i change the screen resolution of fl? its too big for my screen its really quite annoying

[wub]

Ez all, quick question how do i change the screen resolution of fl? its too big for my screen its really quite annoying

It should auto adjust with the resolution of the monitor/desktop you're running it through. What are your current Windows resolution settings?

[Nacklewicket]

may seem like a silly question! - but how do i automate pattern changes in love philter?

[s3f]

@s3f » : Sort ur quotes out. You just confused the shit out of me reading that quote above with my name! I was thinking, damn I must have been wasted when I wrote this and then I read on and realised it was not my post lol

Sorry mate, might have been wasted myself.

[thor_beatz]

may seem like a silly question! - but how do i automate pattern changes in love philter?

Never tried it, but should be one of these options: right the parameter and edit events. Or just tweak the parameter, go to options, select last tweaked parameter>automate.

[killahbeez]

There seems to be some pretty clued up FL users here maybe ill try my luck with this one i've been trying to figure out over the past few night...

I have been using gross beats in the mixer effects and was pretty impressed with the time envelope and how you can get some cool movement in to your sound. However it only seems to loop over one bar again and again ...

is there any way of say extending this time envelope over more than one bar? I'm sure there must be, i just aint seen this yet.

Any help would be great. nice1

Hey -- let me begin by saying I'm a total noob and haven't completed a full track to date.

That said - I've been playing with lots of plugins lately - trying to get myself familiar with the tools of the trade, and thinking about how I might piece together a track in the future. From what I gather - grossbeat is pretty tough to "tame" or automate with a great deal of control - so I think it's the kind of plugin I would personally run a full riff or a single note through at many different "time" settings, then resample and arrange into a rhythmic melody.

With respect to "extending the time envelope over more than one bar" - this may not be what you're looking for, but I've got some good, usable results from changing the project tempo (slowing it down), and running grossbeat.

For example - bounce a riff from massive at 140bpm and load into playlist. Change tempo to 70 bpm (or 35bpm, 17.5bpm, etc...) and run the riff through grossbeat, bounce into slicex or some other sample chopper, and integrate the sounds into the original melody (or go off on another tangent all together).

Hope this wasn't redundant/obvious, and gets some ideas flowing - sorry I can't be of more help. maybe someday!

[iontheable]

Hey guys, a search wasn't of much help..I am most recently using FL 9 and I am curious as to how I am able to drag some of these windows (ie piano roll, mixer etc) onto my other screen.

I've got 2 24" monitors and I intend to use that real estate!

Thanks !

[Nacklewicket]

may seem like a silly question! - but how do i automate pattern changes in love philter?

Never tried it, but should be one of these options: right the parameter and edit events. Or just tweak the parameter, go to options, select last tweaked parameter>automate.

yes i know i can do this just autoamte the volume of each pattern but theres this "on" button on each pattern is there someway to automate that? already tried last twawekad parameter on it it dosent work with that on/off! i want to automate that because its so much easier then automating the output of each pattern to get it at just the right volume

thx anyway and thx in advance if anyone know a solution!

[Nacklewicket]

Hey guys, a search wasn't of much help..I am most recently using FL 9 and I am curious as to how I am able to drag some of these windows (ie piano roll, mixer etc) onto my other screen.

I've got 2 24" monitors and I intend to use that real estate!

Thanks !

awesome. im gonna get my other screen up again i thought so i could have all dBmeters and EQs on the other window and the playlist and sequancer and shit in the regular one... so im also curious to know if this works..

[killahbeez]

Hey guys, a search wasn't of much help..I am most recently using FL 9 and I am curious as to how I am able to drag some of these windows (ie piano roll, mixer etc) onto my other screen.

I've got 2 24" monitors and I intend to use that real estate!

Thanks !

did u try a google search?

http://support.image-line.com/knowledge ... =53&ans=88

http://flstudio.image-line.com/misc/Fla ... ached.html

lol let me know if its any help

[iontheable]

That second link is awesome.

Haha, thanks killah

[Heihachi]

does anyone know how to make the transformers like sound that datsik uses in calypso at 0:58-0:59?? if so please help i would really like to know, cheers ( clearly this is for FL)

[Nacklewicket]

does anyone know how to make the transformers like sound that datsik uses in calypso at 0:58-0:59?? if so please help i would really like to know, cheers ( clearly this is for FL)

yeah because clearly thats a fl studio specific question

[5-0-what]

does anyone know how to make the transformers like sound that datsik uses in calypso at 0:58-0:59?? if so please help i would really like to know, cheers ( clearly this is for FL)

go to youtube and sample the movie