Matt breaks down the basics of MIDI in the easy guide for producers.Īdding an instrument channel to the channel rack will allow you to play it in real time or edit the pattern with the piano roll or step editor. In addition to note information, the channel rack’s Graph Editor view allows customization of deeper MIDI parameters like velocity and panning and fine pitch adjustment.įor polyphonic material, the Channel Rack also provides quick access to the Piano Roll editor for creating other types of patterns. This window allows you to make basic edits to the file such as time stretching and looping behavior. That said, each channel in the rack features additional volume and panning controls for quick access.Ĭlicking a sample in the channel rack will open the basic Sampler plugin in FL Studio. The channel rack is also where you’ll assign sounds to mixer tracks in the bottom portion of the default view. You can include multiple channels in a pattern, but most producers prefer to reserve a pattern for each separate part in the arrangement. The step-style pattern input that most producers associate with FL Studio is found inside a window called the Channel RackĬreating a new pattern allows you to activate steps on any of the devices in the channel rack. You’ll also find effects, instruments, samples and assets from previous projects located here, so it’s worth knowing your way around the files and folders. To add a sound to your project, simply drag it from the browser onto the channel rack and assign it a mixer strip to hear the playback

The browser is where your sounds, samples, loops and plugins are listed in FL Studio.

With the basics out of the way, I’ll get into the main details of FL Studio’s workflow.

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