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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

So, in this chapter, we looked at the fundamental ideas of arrangement, including patterns, playlist tracks, and template formulas. Producers and musicians can create intricate and dynamic arrangements that hold listeners’ attention throughout by using the strategies discussed in this chapter. The possibilities for arranging in FL Studio are essentially limitless with practice and experimentation, so I encourage readers to keep learning and honing their arranging techniques. Everything in this chapter should be expanded upon from a framework of foundation!

Now that we have covered the fundamentals of music production, it’s time to delve into the realm of mixing techniques. Mixing is the art of balancing and enhancing individual elements within a track to create a cohesive and polished sound. In this next chapter, we will explore a wide range of tools, tips, and strategies that will help you achieve a professional mix. We will discuss the importance of proper...