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A Power User's Guide to FL Studio 21

By : Chris Noxx
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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

Composition theory

When approaching music composition, there are several key components any producer should be aware of, as they relate to structuring notes and chords. This includes types of approaches and the utilization of certain scales:

  • Pentatonic scale: This is a five-note scale that is frequently used in pop, rock, and blues music. This scale is simple to sing and offers a melodic hook that is frequently used in choruses, as shown in Figure 5.12:
Figure 5.12: Piano Roll – pentatonic scale

Figure 5.12: Piano Roll – pentatonic scale

  • Arpeggiated chord progressions: To create this melody, a chord’s notes are sequentially played one after the other. This produces a melody that flows well and is simple to remember and can be used in verses or choruses.
Figure 5.13: Piano Roll – arpeggiated chord progressions

Figure 5.13: Piano Roll – arpeggiated chord progressions

  • Repeating melodic phrases: This melody makes use of a brief phrase that is repeated throughout the song several...