The mixer is EXTREMELY important when it comes to making beats with FL Studio, it'll make everything much more easier to control. Once you've done loading your sound in, you can adjust its volume and panning (where you hear a sound to the left or the right), and also determine its place on the mixer. You can choose either to:Ī) Replace that channel's sound (the blocks will still be filled in, volume meter, etc.)ī) Open a new channel, adding the sound instead of replacing one with another Right click the sound once, you'll see several choices. You must load a sound into a channel to hear the entire thing Note: If a sound is longer than 5 seconds, the sound will stop. Here's how to use it if you're looking for a kick, for example:Ĭlick a folder(s) and go through the subcategories of the folders until you find a list of sounds with an orange symbol similar to this this (should be on the left of the sound):Ĭlick through the selection of sounds until you've found the one you want by left-clicking each sound to hear what they sound like (if you don't like any of the sounds offered, just click the subcategory name in the folder like you did to open it, but just to close it) The Browser is the tool on the left side of your screen that allows you to load in practically any sound/VST you want, or to load up your FL Studio projects to continue working on them. Right-click the bar and it allows you to rename, delete, recolor, clone, and more options. If you're trying to make a new pattern, you go to a bar where it says 'Pattern 1', and scroll down to select a free one. I believe you can load up to 199 channels, but I highly doubt at this stage you want to use that many sounds. The name of the sound on the left is called a channel (basically whatever sound you're using). You can have it placed to as many places as you want, or not have sound there at all. It's extremely simple to use: Left-click to place the sound in that block, right click to remove it from that block. The Step Sequencer is basically where you place your sounds in a particular position (I'll refer to them as blocks). But, once you get used to it and know what you're doing, you'll be setting fire to your house in no time. The DAW itself is pretty large, and I had to learn how to use the majority of the tools myself (I personally don't even know how to use everything in there yet, haha). 'FL Studio for beginners is like putting a newborn baby in the Sahara Desert and expecting it to return to civilization.''ĭon't get nervous though - that's why I wrote this blog post: For beginners to get a basic knowledge of Fruity Loops. If you've chosen Image-Line's FL Studio 12 as your starting DAW for beat making, then you KNOW that you've got quite a bit to learn.

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