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FL Studio Cookbook

By : Shaun Friedman
Book Image

FL Studio Cookbook

By: Shaun Friedman

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
FL Studio Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding virtual instruments


Adding virtual instruments, software sounds, and software plugins allow you to make inspirational harmonies in your music production. Usually, you will find presets that you can scroll through in any given virtual instrument plugin. You will also find knobs that affect the sound parameters. Virtual instruments mean sounds that are based in software. You will be able to control these sounds using your QWERTY keyboard, MIDI controller, your mouse (preview only), or by using the FL Studio Piano roll. The actual installation of virtual instruments and effects to be utilized in FL Studio was covered in Chapter 1, Configuring FL Studio. There is a wide array of virtual instruments, from low quality to high quality. For example, Hans Zimmer uses certain virtual instruments when composing scores for film, so there are many high-quality orchestral and sample libraries. NATIVE INSTRUMENTS and EASTWEST are two companies known for high-quality virtual instruments. The quality...