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FL Studio Cookbook

FL Studio Cookbook

By : Shaun Friedman
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FL Studio Cookbook

FL Studio Cookbook

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By: Shaun Friedman

Overview of this book

This book is built on recipes written in an easy-to-follow manner accompanied by diagrams and crucial insights and knowledge on what they mean in the real world. This book is ideal for musicians and producers who want to take their music creation skills to the next level, learn tips and tricks, and understand the key elements and nuances in building inspirational music. It’s good to have some knowledge about music production, but if you have creativity and a good pair of ears, you are already ahead of the curve and well on your way.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Using automation for virtual instruments and effects

The basic knobs, sliders, buttons, and parameters equipped for automation include the step sequencer's panning and volume, all channel settings, and the FL Studio Mixer. We will illustrate a fundamental example on the Channel panning knob, which can be found directly next to each channel.

Getting ready

The steps that need to be performed to record automation are similar to the steps used before recording audio. However, in this case, we will be recording mouse movements as we click-and-drag a knob. If we wanted to use a physical MIDI control like a knob or slider, we can right-click on the function to be automated, select Link to controller, and then move the knob or fader you want to assign. This was reviewed in the Working with MIDI controllers and MIDI pads recipe in Chapter 4, Building Your Song. However, some third-party VST plugins don't allow that exact method, but there is a workaround. In cases where your plugin does...

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