Any FL studio Users Making garage?

[zerbaman]

Out of curiosity, What do you prefer for drumming: swing in the step sequencer or using the piano roll?

[ehbes]

when i was in FL i used swing in the step almost exclusively for that kinda stuff.

[wub]

Both - heavily swung triplet hi-hat patterns, bounced out then dropped directly into playlist.

[Dystinkt]

i convert to piano roll when i want to make a really complex beat, if not just standard step sequencer and swing

[Eridu]

You can make your own chop patterns, add swing, velocity variations and then just lay down one note and then select from the presets... speeds up workflow tremendously.

[zerbaman]

Anyone Using FPC in the Piano roll? That was always my preference, but the other day I tried the step sequencer with swing, got me wondering how other peeps like their programming.
I think I like it better the step sequencer way tbh, easier for playing with an individual drum sample/break

[InternetSlaveMaster]

I use the step sequencer. Never really messed around with the FPC to be honest. Step sequencer/piano roll gives you so much control.

[zerbaman]

One benefit is that it's easy for you to copy notes with specific properties to different patterns in the piano roll imo

[legend4ry]

I use step sequencer for hits on the grid and everything else (mainly hats) go into the piano roll.

[zerbaman]

For the step sequencer heads, do you usually group channels?

[wub]

For the step sequencer heads, do you usually group channels?

Yes, standard mixer layout for me for the drums would be;

Kick 1
Kick 2
-Kick Bus
Snare 1
Snare 2
-Snare Bus
Hat 1
Hat 2
Hat 3
-Hat Bus
Perc 1
Perc 2
Perc 3
-Perc Bus
--Beats Bus

[[Roots unknown]]

I use step sequencer for hits on the grid and everything else (mainly hats) go into the piano roll.

Same here. I just lay down a simple kick, snare and hats pattern in the sequencer and tweak the swing knob there.

Then i mess around with additional snare, hats and other percussion just jamming on my controller.
If i like what i hear i press record and the notes go straight into the piano roll for editing.
I do it like this because you achieve imperfections in timing and velocity. If it's really too off, quick quantize is a dream. I sure am not a metronome. haha.

Peace.

K.

[coogcoo]

ALWAYS in the step sequencer.. i dont really enjoy fine tuning that much and i rarely (never unless its recorded like that, really) open the piano roll for drums......... plus i think fl's built in swing sounds great

edit: i try to get rough levels of everything correct when i first open shit in the step sequencer.. then when the foundation of the song is laid out i usually just link every sound to the mixer and EQ/whatev

[zerbaman]

For the step sequencer heads, do you usually group channels?

Yes, standard mixer layout for me for the drums would be;

Kick 1
Kick 2
-Kick Bus
Snare 1
Snare 2
-Snare Bus
Hat 1
Hat 2
Hat 3
-Hat Bus
Perc 1
Perc 2
Perc 3
-Perc Bus
--Beats Bus

I just meant in the step sequencer, I guess ours are pretty similar, I only ever bus my kicks and snares though