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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

Obtaining a seamless loop


Obtaining a seamless loop in Edison means making your loop sync in time and on beat. This is usually done in 4/4 time, but you can also find loops in 3/4 time or any variation of time you need. We will be adjusting the start and end points of the loop and making sure everything flows in musical beats and bars. If you have too much empty space at the beginning or end of your highlighted loop selection, your sample simply won't be practical to use in your musical project because the timing will be off. Your looped sample must be seamless – you are extracting the musical idea and this must be in perfect sync with respect to time or as close as possible.

Depending on your source genre, it may sometimes be a tad difficult to get a seamless loop because the song in question is not actually played in perfect time. This is usually acoustic or rock genres because some bands don't actually play with a "click track", which is a guiding tempo used during recording. Some bands...