Recording with or without effects relates to the external audio you are recording. The recording of external audio was reviewed earlier in this chapter and relates to vocals, guitars, keyboard synthesizers, turntables, and any audio that is recorded with a microphone. When you are ready to record external audio in FL Studio, you can adjust your sound before recording. This means that your sound inside FL Studio will then hold the parameters and audio signal you tweaked before recording. The audio will be rendered inside FL Studio and may be difficult to change and adjust. The other method is to record your audio signal dry. This means that you will not have any compression or EQ changes on your signal, and you can then edit your audio after the recording. This gives you more freedom and flexibility to shape and change the sound you want inside the box, which means inside your computer program—FL Studio.

However, there is a slight middle ground here. You want...