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A Power User's Guide to FL Studio 21

By : Chris Noxx
Book Image

A Power User's Guide to FL Studio 21

By: Chris Noxx

Overview of this book

A digital audio workstation empowering both aspiring and seasoned producers to create original music compositions, FL Studio has not only advanced the culture of collaboration across several genres but has provided a creative outlet for up-and-coming artists worldwide. Achieving professional production prowess takes practice, market insight, and mentorship. This book explains how the author used FL Studio as a creative palette to build a successful career as a record producer, using specific techniques and workflow processes that only FL Studio can accommodate. You’ll develop a Power User's mindset, create signature sounds using stock FL Studio One Shots, create top-level drum loops, learn about FL Studio's VST’s, and approach arrangements from a practical and pop music perspective. This comprehensive guide covers everything from crafting and adding hypnotic melodies and chords, to mixing and mastering productions, and promoting those records to artists and companies, to take your career to the next level. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to create original productions from scratch using FL Studio’s virtual instruments and sound kits, mix and master the finished production, and arrange it using the Billboard-charting formula.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
1
Part 1:Understanding the Basics
3
Part 2:Creating Music with FL Studio
9
Part 3: Best Techniques and How to Appear on the Billboard Charts

Summary

To stand out in the crowded music industry, producers must develop their own distinctive sounds. You must put effort into producing unique instrument noises, custom drum kits, and synth sounds in order to accomplish this. This aids in developing a distinctive sound that distinguishes you from other producers and is recognizable to your audience. Custom drum kits are crucial because they support you by giving your tracks a distinguishable rhythm and groove. Stock drum sounds can produce a monotonous, unremarkable sound. Instead, you can achieve a distinctive sound that is particular to your style by making your own drum kits using samples or synthesizers.

Additionally important to developing a producer’s signature sound are synth sounds and instrument noises. To make your tracks stand out, experiment with various settings and effects to produce sounds that are distinctive to your style. Even if you are using FL Studio’s stock sounds, it’s crucial to continuously...