Friday, July 17, 2015

HOW TO MAKE MUSIC USING FL STUDIO



How to  Make music with FL STUDIO?

First of all-Main Windows


The FL Studio is based on a number of windows, most of which you can rearrange yourself (with overlap),so if a window isn't visible open it using the shortcut toolbar (or the function keys as noted in brackets). The main windows involved in FL Studio music creation are –
 Channels. F6
 Piano roll.  F7
Mixer. F9
 Playlist. F5
The browser (F8)is used to access internal audio files and presets in FL Studio (see the file settings options for adding directories on your PC to the Browser).
To reset back to default use Ctrl + Shift + H





Workflow
Once you have mastered the fl studio interface, then you need to learn the procedure for creating music. The five main activities you need to start with are outlined below:
1. Instruments
Instruments – instruments make the sounds used in a song and are loaded in the channel window. In the screen-shot below, the instrument interfaces are minimized and are accessed by clicking on the Channel buttons, down the left side of the window. Instruments generally fall into two types, software synthesizers that create audio using an internal 'synthesis engine' or sample players that play back 'audio recordings' such as drum loops, percussion samples or instrument samples.
There are several ways to load a new instrument:
Add a new instrument channel - Use the Channel menu to add one.

Replace an existing instrument channel - Right-click on a channel button and select 'Replace >' from the pop-up context menu.
Drag items from the Browser - Drag a plugin preset or samples/loops from the Browser to the Channel window OR a Mixer track and the Channel will be loaded and routed to that Mixer track.
Use the plugin picker - Open the Plugin picker database(Ctrl + F8) and double-click an instrument OR drag it to the Channel window OR Mixer track and the Channel will be loaded and routed to that Mixer track.
In the case of samples & loops you can also drag these from the Browser to the Playlist (see below). When you drag a sample to the Playlist an Audio Clip instrument is automatically added to the Channel window. Alternatively you can Right-click the sample in the Browser and 'send' it to one of the instruments in the pop-up list.
Add your own directories to the Browser with the F10 > file settings dialog.
To open an instrument interface Left-click on the Channel button.
Think of the Channel window as a rack of synthesizer/sampler modules that can be routed to any one of the 99 Mixer track using the Channel settings FX (Mixer selector). Now you can  start by trying what you've just learnt.






Watch out for next tutorial on fl-studio
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