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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

Drum sequence templates for hacking billboards

The drum sequence templates discussed in this section are just framework suggestions and are not meant to be overly complicated “plug and play” patterns, but rather, starting points to experimentation using BPM ranges and specific pattern points as a frame of reference.

Let’s now discuss these drum sequence templates.

East Coast Patterns

So, let’s talk about East Coast Patterns, which is a drum programming template for creating hip hop beats in the East Coast style. This style is known for its hard-hitting boom bap drums and sample-based production.

The East Coast Patterns framework is designed for a BPM range of 80-90, and it features a combination of kick, snare, hi-hat, and percussion elements. Here’s how it works: the kick drum is placed on the first and third beats of the bar, while the snare is placed on the second and fourth beats, creating that classic boom-bap rhythm. The hi-hat is...