The FL Studio Q&A Thread

[Rubik]

Yeah you can set up whatever you want
and save it as a new template
just look at how the existing ones are set up (folders etc; I can't remember off the top of my head and I'm on a bus right now so can't check) and follow that lead

my default one is pretty heavily customized like this

[Rubik]

Shit double post sorry

[5-0-what]

Quick question people.... Here's my example; I've got pad chords in midi spanning through the whole of my track in various sections, each pad is an 8 bar midi clip, I would like to automate say, the cutoff or another parameter throughout the whole track via my midi controller, is there a way to record it in one take across the whole track? Is the only way to have one very long clip spanning the whole track with notes placed where you want in that clip? There must be something obvious I'm missing here, I've searched about, tried a few things and checked the manual. probably very simple but would like to know, cheers. I don't enjoy drawing it in the whole way through a track i'd rather just jam and tweak when I please.

go to a empty pattern and then right click record and do just automation record automation into its own pattern for each automation for each original sound you want to automate name them so that way you can go back and edit them to perfection without getting lost in which one you wanted
now this is going to take a lot of space but in the end you can stack each automation on top of the pattern that it is automating hope this helps

[mthrfnk]

Yeah you can set up whatever you want
and save it as a new template
just look at how the existing ones are set up (folders etc; I can't remember off the top of my head and I'm on a bus right now so can't check) and follow that lead

my default one is pretty heavily customized like this

Ok Thanks.

Another problem I just encounter - in the browser window at the side of FL the standard font used has changed in my version and I have absolutely no idea how, why or when - any ideas guys? It's pissing me right off.

[Marzz]

I have a quick question. In FL why arent the notes 1/16, 1/32 and so on and so forth? why are the notes 1/6 and stuff? Anybody know the equivalents?

[Augment]

I have a quick question. In FL why arent the notes 1/16, 1/32 and so on and so forth? why are the notes 1/6 and stuff? Anybody know the equivalents?

What? You can make 1/32 notes easily, so I dont understand your question.. ?

[Marzz]

I have a quick question. In FL why arent the notes 1/16, 1/32 and so on and so forth? why are the notes 1/6 and stuff? Anybody know the equivalents?

What? You can make 1/32 notes easily, so I dont understand your question.. ?

Ok so in logic, you can change it to 1/16 and 1/32 so why cant you do that in FL? (im new to music production also so im not too good with notes but i know a bit.)

[Eridu]

1/16 is "beat" and 1/32 is 1/2 beat. its just phrased differently.

[Marzz]

1/16 is "beat" and 1/32 is 1/2 beat. its just phrased differently.

Thank you mate ;D

[Eridu]

quick question: I`m trying to parallel compress but I still get phasing, even though I place the same plugins on both of the channels...I have tried with the plugin delay compensation both on and off...what am I missing here?

[Perej]

I have a quick question. In FL why arent the notes 1/16, 1/32 and so on and so forth? why are the notes 1/6 and stuff? Anybody know the equivalents?

What? You can make 1/32 notes easily, so I dont understand your question.. ?

Ok so in logic, you can change it to 1/16 and 1/32 so why cant you do that in FL? (im new to music production also so im not too good with notes but i know a bit.)

Why in gods name would you switch from Logic to FL studio?

[Perej]

Question:-

I just bounced a kick down that I'd layered in Kontakt. When i put it in a new sampler, I can't change the pitch. Doesn't matter what notes I play on my keyboard or whether I move the knob around, pitch remains the same. How to change this?

Thanks,.

[Eridu]

the time knob in the time stretching tab must be unchanged. middle click it with your mouse to place it in the defult position.

[ehbes]

I have a quick question. In FL why arent the notes 1/16, 1/32 and so on and so forth? why are the notes 1/6 and stuff? Anybody know the equivalents?

What? You can make 1/32 notes easily, so I dont understand your question.. ?

Ok so in logic, you can change it to 1/16 and 1/32 so why cant you do that in FL? (im new to music production also so im not too good with notes but i know a bit.)

Why in gods name would you switch from Logic to FL studio?

switched from Mac to PC ?

[MaZa1]

Got to ask this: in mixer, is it possible to turn down all the other channels but master? I dont wanna touch to the master channel fader, but would like to turn everything down a bit, and its frustrating to turn down one by one all the channels equally...

[Marzz]

Got to ask this: in mixer, is it possible to turn down all the other channels but master? I dont wanna touch to the master channel fader, but would like to turn everything down a bit, and its frustrating to turn down one by one all the channels equally...

Use the copy feature then paste it. Right click and pick copy value when you hover over the fader then do the same for another track and pick paste.

[Marzz]

I have a quick question. In FL why arent the notes 1/16, 1/32 and so on and so forth? why are the notes 1/6 and stuff? Anybody know the equivalents?

What? You can make 1/32 notes easily, so I dont understand your question.. ?

Ok so in logic, you can change it to 1/16 and 1/32 so why cant you do that in FL? (im new to music production also so im not too good with notes but i know a bit.)

Why in gods name would you switch from Logic to FL studio?

Who said I did?

[William Brave]

when I play it on other notes the sample becomes shorter, modulates quicker... and doesn't sound right.

How do samplers work? When you tell the sampler to play the sample at a different pitch, it just speeds it up or slows it down. This is completely normal. If you don't want that to happen, you'll need to make a multisample patch, i.e., one sample for each key you intend on using, in Directwave or something, or use granulizer. The granulizer basically timestretches the audio to keep the same length with a different pitch but adds some artifacts of various flavours.

For a single note bass sound you can turn the "hold" all the way up on the granulizer and the artifacts pretty much disappear. Also, you avoid using single hit bass samples unless you want that warping effect.

[William Brave]

Got to ask this: in mixer, is it possible to turn down all the other channels but master? I dont wanna touch to the master channel fader, but would like to turn everything down a bit, and its frustrating to turn down one by one all the channels equally...

If you're turning down all the channels equally,than logically it would be better to just turn down the master channel on the mixer. It even says so in the FL Studio manual: the main volume at the top right corner is only for emergency volume fading; but the master mixer volume is for whenever you want to lower the level of the whole mix. I think you may have had these two confused.

[MaZa1]

Use the copy feature then paste it. Right click and pick copy value when you hover over the fader then do the same for another track and pick paste.

It doesnt work like that. If i copy the value of the another channel and paste it to the next, then those two tracks are in same level, but if i have 1 channel at volume 80 and second at 40, and i want to lower the level by 10, copying the first tracks value and pasting it to the second makes them both be in level 70, when the second should be in level 30.

And i know the difference between the master channel on the mixer and the main volume at the top right corner, but im just wondering if theres a way to like select the channels you want and lower those channels levels equally like 5% off every selected channel. But maybe i just do that one by one just like been doing before.