You guys got any tips?
My music is getting kinda ambitious ngl
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Keep pushing out beats (even if they're subpar) and share them. Comparing your creations to other peoples mixes and seeking feedback is the best way to get through the learning stages.
Watch a youtube video on all the common shortcuts. This goes for any programs you use... if you learn the most common 20-30 keyboard shortcuts it will speed up your workflow significantly. I like to write down all the shortcut commands on a cheatsheet and keep it beside me for reference until I've committed them to memory.
I absolutely plan to do this! I'll be sharing a lot more crap than usual while I continue figuring stuff out on the new DAW. It feels like learning music production all over again!
I'll continue watching tutorials!
Have fun
I SO AM
@OVERSCORE i pray for you
thanks, I have no idea how to work this thing lol
FL Studio is quite fun and not too hard to learn, I started making music using it. While I still kinda suck at properly using it, it's been nice lol. Mainly I miss the more advanced techniques because I have learned what I know through just navigating and using stuff by myself :p
That's a relief, because learning everything and here and getting comfortable with it seems a little daunting! But I'm feeling more reassured and confident every second :)
what did you use before?
This dope little app called SunVox, used it for almost 5 years. I managed to create some amazing stuff, but I was stil limited... this change has always been the goal.
interesting...I've always found FL Studios to be the most intuitive DAW by a wide margin. That includes tracker based DAWs like SunVox. Often if you start with another DAW and then go to FL Studio, it's not to hard to pick up but in this case there's a wider range of capabilities.
Maybe try re-creating some your old tracks, re-envisioned without the limitations. I imagine the composing/entering notes part might be a little different and the synth selection may be a little underwhelming
It has been pretty intuitive so far, and music production is, at its core, still the same. Just with a different interface to navigate, and the introduction of PLUGINS! I'm absolutely going to pick this up, I'm already obsessed. I might try re-creating some old tracks sometime though, that sounds like a fun idea!
You're already a very skilled musician, it's more or less just technical stuff you need to learn first, switching from one DAW to another.
Here's what you need to know.
First, make sure you have room on your FL instance to lay out ~4 windows simultaneously.
I usually keep the playlist stretched out on the top third of the screen and use the bottom to store 2-3 or more other windows that I can switch around with.
Second, figure out these following windows:
Playlist, channel rack, piano roll, patterns, mixer, and two types of plugins, generator and effects.
To start with:
WINDOWS
The playlist is your main timeline, containing all your musical elements and effects
The channel rack lets you add, edit, or delete generators to the song, create drum loops, or access the generator plugin editor or piano roll, as well as assign track numbers etc.
The piano roll lets you make melodies for a given pattern. Easy.
The mixer displays all the song's channels, you can assign effects that alter the output of all plugins going through that channel. You can rewire channels to go through another channel, or you can add effects to the master.
PLUGINS
Generator plugins create the sound. FL Studio has many built-in plugins such as FLEX, Fruity DX10, FL Keys, or the simple sampler.
Effect plugins alter existing sound outputs. These can include chorus, flangers, compressors, limiters, reverb, delay, vocoders, pitchers, and visualizers. Again, FL already has many built in.
IDK what using SunVox was like, so I have no expectations on how similar or different these are.
Thanks for such an in-depth guide to FL, this is super helpful! Especially the bit about the screen layout, I'm not used to so many moving parts lol. The experience is completely dissimilar to SunVox, and that's not at all a bad thing. I'm really enjoying it so far, and want to learn this software! I've already watched multiple hours of tutorials and explanations of how FL works, so I kinda have an idea of what everything is and how to use it. But putting it all into practice is the tough part!
I've been using FL Studio almost as long as I've been making music (I was 13 when I started using it) and all I can really say is good luck and have fun! It's very advanced and might take some learning to use to it's fullest potential, but it's really good and has a lot of great features other DAWs don't have! :3
Really? I've been using this random app I found under a rug somewhere. Thank goodness I'm finally switching to the good stuff, right?
@OVERSCORE Oh Hell yeah! FL Studio kicks ass and you're definitely in the right place! >:3
Test out the features and chords. Keep practicing with them, the better you know your tools the better you can translate the sound in your head to IRL meatspace.
Oh and Dont forget about plugins because there is a lot of free DLC you can find out there to work with
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prepare
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believe me, I have been lol. Plan to continue preparing for the next 5 years or so