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The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20

By : Joshua Au-Yeung
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The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20

By: Joshua Au-Yeung

Overview of this book

FL Studio is a cutting-edge software music production environment and an extremely powerful and easy-to-use tool for creating music. This book will give you everything you need to produce music with FL Studio like a professional. You'll begin by exploring FL Studio 20's vast array of tools, and discover best practices, tips, and tricks for creating music. You'll then learn how to set up your studio environment, create a beat, compose a melody and chord progression, mix sounds with effects, and export songs. As you advance, you'll find out how to use tools such as the Piano roll, mixer console, audio envelopes, types of compression, equalizers, vocoders, vocal chops, and tools for increasing stereo width. The book introduces you to mixing best practices, and shows you how to master your songs. Along the way, you'll explore glitch effects and create your own instruments and custom-designed effect chains. You'll also cover ZGameEditor Visualizer, a tool used for creating reactive visuals for your songs. Finally, you'll learn how to register, sell, and promote your music. By the end of this FL Studio book, you'll be able to utilize cutting-edge tools to fuel your creative ideas, mix music effectively, and publish your songs.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Section 1:Getting Up and Running with FL Studio
6
Section 2:Music Production Fundamentals
12
Section 3:Postproduction and Publishing Your Music

Chapter 1: Getting Started with FL Studio

Think about your favorite songs. What makes you like them? Is it the melody, the chords, the catchy rhythm? Maybe a combination of a whole bunch of things that fit together perfectly. Perhaps you've tried making songs at home and realized there's a big difference between the sound you're making and the level of professionalism you hear from your favorite musicians.

In the pages ahead, you'll learn the ins and outs of music production and be well on your way to making music similar to your favorite songs. You'll learn about tools used for composing, mixing, mastering, and publishing your music. By the time you've finished reading this book, you'll have all the tools you need to create music at a professional level.

In this chapter, you'll be introduced to music production and FL Studio. You'll be given a high-level overview of the music career you can take and we will introduce you to the steps involved. Lastly, you'll create your first song.

This chapter comprises the following topics:

  • Exploring the music production landscape
  • A musician's career path
  • Steps in composing a song
  • What is FL Studio?
  • Making your first song