Tips From Sole About FL

I agree with illusivemind....Ive ran into that same issue with FL Studio, with the pops...
I raised the buffer size and they went away.
Now I use ASIO4all to control this issue.
Here is the web site to check out if you dont have it....
http://www.asio4all.com/

They have a few sections of FAQ's to help out as well.

I have some HOT VST's loaded here.....
http://www.4shared.com/dir/2189603/9022c14c/VST_Plugins.html

I'll add somemore later...Stay Tuned!

Hope this helps!

EmergeX.....

I will check out the vsts.. thanx for the tip E X
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I didn't know that bro. There is still much to learn. I appreciate all your help bro. How do you specify the buffer amount in FL?
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Yeah I think Sole mentioned he was using the onboard integrated 7.1 audio - which will likely be really struggling with VSTs etc... as the others have mentioned increasing the buffer can help alleviate those popping sounds etc, but with some programs can cause latency issues if you're trying to record midi tracks with VSTs over the top. Not sure how FLstudio will react as far as latency goes.

And yup Illusive is dead right about the loss of data when you encode original audio data into a compressed format such as MP3. Always a good idea to work with WAV samples rather than MP3 samples where possible, and keep WAV originals of your songs too (as well as track source files such as FLP etc) - just burn a DVD of them every so often if you're running out of space.

Speaking of backing things up - if you guys want an easy automated online backup site to use, check out my post about Mozy!

I figured out that in the Options/Audio settings theres a buffer size slider for direct sound buffer length. I deactivated all options and made my buffer under 3000 samples. Now I get no clicks,no pops no underruns.Some huge vst engines like Korg Legacy Cell don't Perform well in this envir. But most do.Also Heavy effects,as I'm sure you know, will also slow you. If you got any more Questions let me know. That's how I got rid of latency on my pc

When your PC is 'under load' and chuggin 'n poppin away, go to
Tools > Macros > Switch Smart Disable for FX
or something like that. :oD
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i WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS'SMART DISABLE FX' OPTION. dOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT TAB OR PAGE???

Thanks for that top itnocab, props.
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Hey Sole
I think you wanted to know how I make the vocals tune in as I did with most of our SOAP songs
So I'll simply post it here. In this example I will lay the effect on a SYTRUS pattern.

1. The Sytrus pattern you want to lay the effect on is PATTERN 1 in our example. It is 4 bars long.

2. Assign the SYTRUS vst the 1st effect pattern in the mixer.

3. Insert the FRUITY FAST LP or the FRUITY FILTER in the 1st effect pattern in the mixer.
(We only need to arrange the cutoff so you can use both)

4. Select pattern 2 (In the pattern window). You can of course choose any of the patterns, just be sure not to choose the same as the SYTRUS one.

5. Open the FRUITY FAST LP (or the FRUITY FILTER)

6. Right click on the CUTOFF controll

7. select EDIT EVENTS

8. Now hold the right mouse button and make a line from the lower left corner to the upper right, which should be 4 bars from the beginning)

9. Insert the pattern 2. You will see it is 4 bars long (Or however long you made it)
If these two patterns play at the same time, the cutoff os the SYTRUS will change while playing.

OF COURSE THIS EFFECT WORKS WITH ALL OTHER CONTROLS TOO!!!

ok bro
let me know if this is what you wanted

yeah sure!
I hope so

Thanks for the link post IM. I added it to my favorites man, and am gonna check it out when I get time. A break down of any sort of FL is a good thing. I still haven't checked out the FL bible yet either.My Showcase

YES IT'S OFFICIAL AND A BIT CRYPTIC

http://www.thefruittree.info

Welcome to TheFruitTree.info Fruity Loops tutorial resource. You will find a number of tutorials suiatable for the beginner to advanced Fruity Loops user.

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Oh an here's a very important tip that changed my whole world when I found it.

You will find on a lot of VSTi's and FX you aren't able to right click a control (like the Cut Off etc.) and click edit automation.

That doesn't necessarily mean the feature can't be automated.

Click on an empty pattern, click record and then play, whilst the pattern is playing twiddle the control you want to automate.

Now unclick the record button and press play, if the automation was recorded you'll see the know move about.

Then in the left pane goto (I think, from memory)
Current Project > Automation > Pattern 1 >
and you'll see automation data you can right click it and edit it all you like.

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Another time saver when I realised it.
If you're like me and have a lot of old flp files lying around which were made when your directory structure was radically different, then you're mostly gonna come up with empty red blocks where your samples used to be.

If you also have a large hard drive like I do, FL will sit there looking for crash.wav for some time.
Just press 'Escape' and it will skip this.
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Nice simple 'side-chaining' tutorial.

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Tutorials from the horse's mouth

Registered users get more. As always.
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Sure thing brother,
Automation allows you to control pretty much everything in your track. Volume Fad In, Fad Out, FX Fade in, FX Mute etc.

This clip is a little advanced, (I've never used the peak controller for example) but it demonstrates the some of the power of automation.
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Smagz has some cool video tutorials.

This One, called "Quick Mix in FL Studio" is a good one for beginners.
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