The FL Studio Bible

362 Pages·2006·43.33 MB·English

by  Scott W. Fisher

THE FL STUDIO BIBLE

Making music happen
Cover art by PaQ
www.paqwak.net
Publications

copys 2000-2803

Contents

4. INTRODUCTION

Setting Up Your Studio 8
Audio Settings... u
Connecting Keyboards & Contraliers.. 18
‘The Interface 18
The Menu Bar 7
Main Menus tg
Menu Bar Panels a

2, STEP SEQUENCER,
Keyboard Esitor..
Graph Edtor...
Channel Mano

3. PIANG ROLL.
Piano Roll Operations

Operating wih Notes Ad
MEU enon vonennce A?
ae 51
Quanszer 51
Chop EE anessssnesnenenecnns, BB
Arpeagiator Foal... a
uum Teat 55
Flam Too! 57
Import MIDI Data Dialog neces 62
Score Flipper. 58
Key Kinites Transposer.. 58
Randoniizer 58
Scale Lavei Taol 60
LFO Tool wet
4, BROWSER mr
Project Browser. 84
Browser Nome. 85
Browser Folders, 68
Mistary, so BB

. INSTRUMENTS. -
Instaling VST & BX Plugins a
‘Tho Channal Wranger. m

(Channel Settings
Automaton Cips..
Layer rn
Sampter Channel
Audio Clips.
T3404 .
x08C
BeepMas,
BooBiass,
Buzz Generator Adapter .
Dashboard :
FL Keys.
FL Slayer.
FPS.
Fruit kick.
Drumsynth Live.
Dxi0.
Grenulizer
Keyboard Controle.
Slicer. .
Soundiont Player .
Vitrator
Video Player.
MIDI Out...
Plucked!
ReWired
sSimynte Live.
Sys
FM Synthesis
Sytrus Envelope Editor
Harmories Eallor
Main Maduie
Operator Moxie
Filler Module
Effects Module.
Notes & Tips ta Patch Creators
FM Synthesis Tutorial
Wasp,
Wave Traveller
6, MIXER & MIXING
Levels and Clipping
Miar Window.

Mixer Tracks (Channels)
Supported Effects Standards
Mixer Track Properties
Audio InputOutput Routing
Disk Recording

Mixer Pop-Up Menu.

7. EFFECTS
Moro about 3 Party Plugins
Buzz EFect Adapter...

7 Band £0
Porametic £3.
Balance,

Bass Boost

Big Clack

Blaod Overdrive.
Cantor.

Ghorus.
Compressor...

dB Mater

Dalay

Delay 2

Fast Dist

Fat LP

Filter

Free Filer.
Flanger

Flangus.

Formula Gentroler
Notefionk,

HTML Notesock
LSD. .
uta 2

PanoMatic

Peak Controter.
Phase inverter
Phaser

Reverb.

Soratcher

Sand,

Saft Gipacr.

Speqroman snes BOD

Stereo Enhancer. 22a
Veoeder. Ba
Waveshaper. 26
X-¥ Catralier Dar
8, PLAY LIST...

‘Agia and Automation Clits
Patterns

8, RECORDING.
Live Recording,

Recording Controller Data Dat
AudiciMfixer Channel Recording sun 242
Repording Using MIDI Gontrolr 248,

Ingomal Controller Plugins 287
Step Eciting 249
Suoported MIDI devices ware neue 250
Event Editor. oT 250
40, WAVE EDITOI 256
Pop-Up Menu 258
Settings. name 261

44, SYSTEM SETTINGS
MIDI Settings.

Audia Settings

General Settings...

File Satngs.

Project Scltings|

12. EXPORTING SONGS

13. LINKING / REWIRE / VST...
ReWira Support

Rewire Client Made

Rewire Step By Stop Guides.

FL Studio ReWire with Cubase 8X... 283,

FL Studio RaWire with SanBr 2 wun 284
FL Studlo ReWire with ReBih...... 288
FL Studio ReWiro with Reason ..... 269,
44, FL STUDIO HISTORY
Staff Interviews

Didier Davabnin (GOL).
‘Jean Matis Cannie (IMC). 298
Frank Van Biesen (Frank). 288
Frederle Vanmol (Reflex) 27

15, INTERVIEW WITH DIDIER.

48, POWER USERS.

Miko Gldiatd
Sth Wonder

Salamic Crow

Mark Tinlay.

Meg Heniges

Petar (Skaven) Hajba sso sonc BAR
Deagitavs 313
Toby Emerson. 35
RipleyeJenson scrasscnn 316
Doug Lazy, 37
Stave Duda 38

‘7 FAMOUS LAST WORDS.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS.

‘Must Have

GLOSSARY,

Other Image-Line Software..

Why Register FL Studio?..

INDEX

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4. Instrumentation — Instrumensigenerators make the sounds used in the song and are
srranged vartcmiy in the channel window (canter panel above). Insiumants can bo native
FL plugine, eamples er vrwal synthesizers (VSTI. D¥-et). Think oftha channel window 3
a racic of synthesizersampler modules. See page 70 fr more detail on inetrurnents.