FL Studio Cookbook

Shaun Friedman

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781849694148
• Topic: Informatik
• Subtopic: Informatik Allgemein

In Detail

Developed by the Belgian company Image-Line, FL Studio is a top-of-the-range digital audio workstation. FL Studio is used to make your own style of songs and share them with your friends, family, and the world.

This book shows you how to create music in various genres including but not limited to indie rock, pop, hip-hop, and experimental. You will learn the exact steps that you need to take while setting up your personal studio, composing music, adding effects, and making a high-quality music production. You will learn how to build drum beats, layer your song with harmonies and vocals, and mix sounds like a professional engineer. All in all, this book clarifies how to make a quality music production in the digital age.

Approach

This book is built on recipes written in an easy-to-follow manner accompanied by diagrams and crucial insights and knowledge on what they mean in the real world.

Who this book is for

This book is ideal for musicians and producers who want to take their music creation skills to the next level, learn tips and tricks, and understand the key elements and nuances in building inspirational music. Its good to have some knowledge about music production, but if you have creativity and a good pair of ears, you are already ahead of the curve and well on your way.

FL Studio Cookbook

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Table of Contents

FL Studio Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more

Why subscribe?

Free access for Packt account holders

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading color versions of the images for this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Configuring FL Studio

Introduction

Knowing your sound cards or audio interfaces

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Installing FL Studio

Getting ready

How to do it…

Building your digital audio workstation

Getting ready

How to do it…

Installing virtual instruments and effects

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

2. Using Browser

Introduction

Working with Browser

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Getting new sounds in Browser

How to do it…

There's more…

See also

3. Working with the Step Sequencer and Channels

Introduction

Gauging fundamental areas

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Exploring Channel settings

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Sending a channel to a mixer slot

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Working with the Graph editor

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Using the Keyboard editor

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Working with patterns

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

4. Building Your Song

Introduction

Working with rhythm and percussion

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Adding virtual instruments

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Working with MIDI controllers and MIDI pads

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Comparing pattern and song mode

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Using the Piano roll feature

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

5. Using the Playlist

Introduction

Using patterns to build a song

Getting ready…

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also…

Comparing patterns and audio

Getting ready…

How to do it…

How it works…

See also…

Using markers and snap

Getting ready…

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also…

Viewing the playlist

Getting ready…

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also…

6. Using the FL Studio Mixer and Recording Audio

Introduction

Using send tracks in the mixer

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Recording external audio – keyboards, vocals, guitars, turntables and devices

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Adding effects and your effect chain

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Perfecting equalization

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Understanding master tracks and loud wars

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Getting the best out of your mixer

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Recording with or without effects

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

7. Sampling Using Edison

Introduction

Finding a sample

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Obtaining a seamless loop

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Embedding your tempo information

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Importing your new saved sample

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Time-stretching your sample to your project

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Fine-tuning your sample

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

8. Exporting and Rendering Your Project

Introduction

Exporting an MP3 or WAV file

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Exporting your audio stems

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Highlighting your song in the playlist

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Rendering files

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Exporting and reimporting a WAV file

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

9. Humanizing Your Song

Introduction

Humanizing with the OFS knob

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Humanizing with the Graph editor

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Humanizing with the Piano roll

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Humanizing with Playlist

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

10. Recording Automation

Introduction

Using automation for virtual instruments and effects

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Creating an automation clip

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

11. Rewiring Reason to FL Studio

Introduction

Understanding the host and the slave

Ge...

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