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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

Part 3: Best Techniques and How to Appear on the Billboard Charts

In this part, we will delve into the art of mixing using FL Studio’s stock plugins, empowering you to create professional-sounding records that meet radio airwave standards. Moreover, you will discover how to leverage these mixing techniques to enhance your sound design and creative compositions, unlocking the full potential of your music. Building on that, we will take an in-depth walk-through of how to produce music to the caliber of Billboard chart-topping hits, providing invaluable insights and strategies to guide your success in the music industry. You will learn how to effectively use networking platforms such as social media and cold email to secure placements with major artists, companies, and record labels. Lastly, we will focus on what comes next after you’ve created your masterpiece in FL Studio and explore the best practices for promoting, distributing, and navigating the music industry to propel...