You just click the block where you want your sample to take part and you can instantly start making beats.Īfter you have your drum beat set, let’s open a piano roll to make our melody. Or you can insert plugin by clicking right mouse buttonĪfter inserting plugins and samples that you wanted, then you can start messing with melodies and rhythms.įL Studio channel rack is very friendly for making quick beats.
But you are able to insert any other sample from the packs folder by drag and drop This folder content will be different than stock, because it is my personal sample folders:) Channel Rackīy default, there are 4 basic samples: kick, clap, hat and snare.
In this folder you will find stock FL Studio samples. Installed – Your own purchased third party plugins that are installed separately.Generators – Stock synthesizers, samplers plugins.The only folder that you need to know are only these two: Plugin databaseĪs it says, it includes all the stock and third party plugins. It includes your sample packs, installed plugins and effects, project files and presets. In this section you can find all the files that are installed or placed in your installation directory. View section controls what is shown and what is hidden(works like shortkeys to open different windows). Plays a track only after keyboard is pressedįor beginners, I recommend leaving it as it is – Line snap.130.00 shows BPM(Beat Per Minute) of the projectĪs a beginner, you can only remember button 1 – Metronome, others are used less.SONG – This plays what you see in the playlist.After you press play, this will play what you have in the opened channel rack pattern. Let’s zoom in and cover it in different sections: Play Section Toolbar contains the main controls of essential production flow. There are more to cover, but I will make intermediate, advanced tutorials in another post to make this article more easy to follow. These are the main points that you will be using more oftenly as a beginner. The most basic and most used functions in Menu bar is: It is nicely built so that you can manage your project faster and access main features without spending a lot of time.
This is where all the menu preferences, main controls, shortkeys and most used functions are placed. What are the main parts of this program, and what do all these weird buttons mean. In order to get familiar with FL Studio, the first thing we have to cover is all the interface. So without further ado, let’s get right into the basics! FL Studio 20 Interface
Time is the most valuable currency there is, so I will do my best to give it to you. But I do not recommend this method, since you will be limited by capabilities that you didn’t know existed! Personally I’ve learnt the hard way by doing it manually. It might take you a few days to get used to it if you keep reading the points I have to share with you. With the proper guidance, you can master FL Studio basics very quickly. I could do classic four on floor beat with the given initial samples, but that was it. I had the same feeling back in 2009, when I first opened FL Studio. If it is the case, you are in the right place. Nothing seems to make sense and it can get difficult to even produce a basic and simple beat. If you are new to music production, opening FL Studio for the first time might be confusing.
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