The FL Studio Q&A Thread

[Brisance]

2. Use the clips section, don't be archaic and there, click on the little arrowhead, from there "make unique"

[whet]

2. Use the clips section, don't be archaic and there, click on the little arrowhead, from there "make unique"

ya, depends. I still use the patterns to manage the tracklist.

[tim d]

I asked this question in general on the production forum but because it is centrally a problem I'm having with FL Studio, I thought I'd ask it here...

Everytime I record anything with my midi controller, be it in pattern mode or song mode, it never records the piano roll notes where they should be. There is always a delay and I have to actually move them to where I originally played them.

Does anyone know of a way to stop this from happening?

I use a Presonus Firebox audio interface with a Custom built 2.3 Ghz PC with 4 gigs of ram so it can't just be a latency problem...

Thanks in advance by the way

If you didn't find the solution yet simply set your latency lower. Or use ASIO drivers and you can get it down to around 3ms.

The notes are off because you said you have a 55ms latency; think of it as the notes record half a second after you press them, which is why you have to re-shift them later.

[Brisance]

think of it as the notes record half a second after you press them

more like 1/20 of a second, l2prefixes

[dave sey]

thanks guys, i had a look and found about automation but couldnt make any sense of it. Could anyone tell me a step by step way of changing wobble speed inthe same pattern so i dont have to keep makin more patterns? cheers.

[antics]

Create a Fruity fast LP or whatever its called, right click on the cutoff and select 'edit events'

then if you click on all of the menu's at the top one of them will offer you an LFO, and then you just utilise accordingly, if you want two lfo speeds in one pattern you just select the amount of time you want the LFO for with the selection tool and then generate the LFO

[dave sey]

yeah that kind of works. is there a way of doing it using automation cuts. i tried it but it only seemed to be adjusting the channel panning.

[dave sey]

right i think i've worked out automation clips kind of. what do i right click in sytrus to adjust the LFO automation?

[relik]

SPD knob within LFO articulator part on an operator or filter.

[ProducerChipmunk]

In the Piano roll I have written my notes for a bar for the 3x oscillator channel, this channel is on the same pattern that my drum loop is on, when i paint this in the playlist it plays the pattern but the block is longer than the pattern and there is nothing on the rest of it(this only occurs when the (3xosc is on the pattern). This is a very basic workflow question about whether or not I should separate all the elements of the track and how I would do this with a channel in order for better flexibility on the playlist.

[serox]

In the Piano roll I have written my notes for a bar for the 3x oscillator channel, this channel is on the same pattern that my drum loop is on, when i paint this in the playlist it plays the pattern but the block is longer than the pattern and there is nothing on the rest of it(this only occurs when the (3xosc is on the pattern). This is a very basic workflow question about whether or not I should separate all the elements of the track and how I would do this with a channel in order for better flexibility on the playlist.

I think this could be to do with some 'event 'changes' you have done. I think that is the word they use but I am not at FL so cannot be sure.

Open up the pattern (3xosc) so you can see the notes. In the bottom half of the screen you should see the velocity bars that you can adjust up/down. On the left hand side there if you right click you can change the view to pitch/pan etc. You may have made some ‘event changes’ that go on for longer than the actually notes. So go through the different options and see which one it is. U can draw in and just clear the ‘events’ that are there.

[serox]

2. Use the clips section, don't be archaic and there, click on the little arrowhead, from there "make unique"

clips are ok for some things but the blocks are cool still too. Clips take up quite a bit of space compared to a block that may have like 8 instruments playing. I also like the easy control you have with blocks , ie the events area for automation.

[ProducerChipmunk]

Cheers Serox!

[BananaBomber]

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[bengreen]

Hey guys ive been doing FL dubstep for a week or two and well i have made 2 sort of dubstep tunes.

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I couldnt help but feel as though what i had produced was too simple, and too boring, i know what i want to make i just have no idea how to go about getting the right sounds etc from my weeks training etc, ive been copying tutorials on youtube etc they help me with some wobbles but thats just about it. I want to be able to speed up my wobbles like the guy above has done and i know how to do that now.

what other tips can you give having listened?

[dave sey]

i ain't been on here for time so please forgive the same question. could anyone give a step by step guide of using automation clips so i can get 2 speeds of wobble without using synths on 2 channels? i can create the auto clip after right clicking the speed knob in the LFO but when i go to play it back it hasn't done anything. do i have to click anything for the auto clip to function? sorry for being a massive noob.

[burtonridr152]

wish i had the answer to that too.

[DubSac]

anyone can help me make a decent sounding wobble bass in FL studio 7??

[nothingno]

This works for all native FL synths that have the INS tab. You can do automation a few different ways. With Event Edits or Automation Clips so its up to you to decide which you want to use. I personally like the old school Event Edits

If your using the 3xOsc the what you do is this.

Step 1) Make the sound that you want to automate with the LFO

Step 2) Open Channel Settings window. ie click on the 3xOsc then click on the INS tab then under it the CUT tab. Right above the Keyboard on the left side you'll see LFO settings. Turn on TB (tempo based timing). Turn the Attack (ATT) off turn knob to the left if you don't want it to have an attack on the lfo. (if you wish to change the filter then its right beside the LFO settings. Play with the ModX and ModY for cut and Res)

Step 3) Turn on the LFO by turning the AMT (amount) knob all the way to the right. Now set your lfo speed by moving the SPD knob to your liking. If you wish to automate the speed of the wobble then see step 4

Step 4) Automating the speed. There are two ways to do this. Most people like using automation clips so here is how. Right click on the SPD knob of the lfo and choose create automation clip. It is helpful to highlight how long you want the automation clip to be in the playlist or it will be the whole song length if you don't.

I work with 8 bar loops to 16 bar loops so I highlight those in the play list window so when i right click on the SPD knob its only 8 or 16 bars long. When you create the automation clip it shows up in the play list as a envelope with a straight line. just click on the line to add points to it and the automation will follow them. You can only hear the changes if you are playing the song and not the pattern mode.

Step 4.5) Automating with the Event Editor. When working in the Event Editor you can hear the SPD changes when listening to the patterns as well as in song mode. All of the steps are the same but instead of right clicking on the SPD and choosing Create Automation Clip choose Event Editor. This will open a envelope graph much like the PR. Then use your pencil tool and draw it out. Much easier imho but thats just how I work. If you have a loop that works for you with the Event editor automation you can always ctrl+A and ctrl+c to copy it. Then go from say pattern1 to pattern2 and open it back up by right clicking on the SPD knob again and choosing event editor once more. Then just hit ctrl+v to paste it in and there you go.

I don't recall the older versions of Fl9 right off the top of my head but I know that in FL9 if you have automation in the Event Editor you will see it if you use the play list clips and not the blocks in the play list.

You can also turn Event edits into Automation Clips if you wish by opening the Event Editor then Pull down arrow (top left) edit, turn into automation clip.

How that helps.

[serox]

anyone know how to clear automation you have made on A VST when there is no automation clip or anything in Event Editor?

In reason you could right click the knob and clear:(