Tutorial - Creating A Strum Effect In Piano Roll

Skill Level Needed: Moderate

The following video and text walkthrough applies to Fruity Loop Studio 8 XXL Producer's Ed.




First click on "Piano Roll Options" otherwise known as the arrow in the top left corner of your piano roll. Scroll down to "Tools", and then "Strum...". Before the previous however you need a chord or series of notes that you want to be strummed. Once the notes are highlighted click on "Strum" or press "Alt + S" on your keyboard. This will bring up the strum window.

The main concern for the basic user is the "Time" knob within your strumizer. The left most knob controls the strumming of the chord/notes as a whole, and the right most knob controls the final note or highest note on the chord. The "Alternate Direction" button at the bottom of your strumizer controls which way the chord is played: Low to High or High to Low. Thus changing which note the right most knob controls.

The other concern are the "Velocity" knobs. Again the left most knob controls the chord/notes as a whole and the right most knob controls only the last note. For information on the other buttons provided to you in the strumizer you can email me at Geistsoul13@gmail.com or stay tuned for a future video and text walkthrough.

Tutorial - Creating/Saving Presets

Skill Level Needed: Novice

The following video and text walkthrough applies you Fruity Loop Studio 8 XXL Producer's Ed.




Open the VST you wish to Create/Save a preset in. This VST can be an effect or a generator, this works for either one. Once you have the sound or effect you want click the arrow on the top left corner of your VST (click the lower arrow if your VST did not come with FL Studio - the arrow next to the name of the VST). Scroll down to "Save Preset As...", name your preset and then "Save". I recomend using the default location as the location to save your newly made preset(s). A very helpful thing is music production is keeping organized and knowing where everything is at all times.

To learn how to save Mixer Track Presets go to:
http://flstudioshelp.blogspot.com/2009/07/tutorial-changing-time-signature.html

Tutorial - Saving/Creating Mixer Track States/Presets

Skill Level Needed: Moderate

The following video and text walkthrough applies to Fruity Loop Studio 8 XXL Producer's Ed.




Open the Mixer and select the Mixer track that you want to create a track state for or save one you have already created. Once your Mixer track is built to the way you want it, right click on that mixer track, go to "File" then "Save Mixer Track State". That's all!

To access your Mixer Track presets or the ones FL Studio has built in right click on the track you want and go to "File" then "Open Mixer Track State".

Tutorial - Adding More Folders To The Browser

Skill Level Needed: Novice

The following video and text walkthrough applies to Fruity Loop Studio 8 XXL Producer's Ed.



After opening FL Studio click on the "View Project Info" button on the top of your screen. Next click "System" on the top right corner of the new screen that popped up. Now click on the "File" button located at the bottom of the 4 thumbnails along the left side of the current window.

Now you should see "Browser Extra Search Folders" close to the top of the current window. Simply click on any folder icon in the table below and then search your computer for the folder you would like to add to the browser. Now that you have chosen the folder you want displayed in the browser you can rename it on this same screen to something that will make it easy to remember the contents within that folder. Exit the window.

OH NO! It's not in my browser! Easy fix, click the "Re-read structure" button located at the top of your browser. It kind of looks like a refresh button. It is the last button on the right of the top of the browser (NOT THE X).

Tutorial - The Plug-In Picker

Skill Level Needed: Novice


The following video and text walkthough applies to Fruity Loop Studio 8 XXL Producer's Ed.




This is an extremely basic tutorial for very new users to FL Studios.

Using the plug-in picker makes writing music in FL Studios a lot faster then adding the new channel manually from the "Channels" drop down menu at the top of the screen. The plug-in picker will also display a thumbnail of each plug-in registered in FL Studio's database. To open the plug-in picker simply type "Ctrl + F8" on your keyboard, or you can also click on the "View" dropdown menu at the top and then click "Plug-In Picker". To exit the Plug-In Picker hit "Esc" on your keyboard.

For a tutorial on how to add new VST's to the plug-in picker and browser click the lick below:
http://flstudioshelp.blogspot.com/2009/07/tutorial-adding-extra-plug-ins-to-plug.html