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 - 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 Extra Plug-Ins To The Plug-In Picker/Browser

Skill Level Needed: Novice/Moderate

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




Start by opening to VST you want to add to the Plug-In Picker/Browser in FL Studios. Now in your browser scroll down to "Plugin Database". Depending on whether your VST is an effect or generator click the appropriate folder. Now you have to choose what type of effect or generator your new VST is. All the different types are listed inside the folder you clicked on. In each catagory of generator/effect there are multiple sub-catagories you can choose to have your VST labeled under, OR you can simply have it labeled under the main catagory.

Once you locate and open the folder where you want the new VST to be incorperated in to click on the top left arrow next to the header "Fruity Wrapper". NOT the arrow next to actual VST name. Now click "Add to plugin database" in that drop down menu and your done! You have successfully added your new VST to your Browser AND Plug-In Picker.