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21 Jan 2012 07:54 AM |
Ive been using FL 9 for about a couple of months but I dont want to get any bad habits.
Anything I sohuld know about FL or anything about music making on it? |
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21 Jan 2012 09:55 AM |
Want to know how to make music with it? Read the manual. ;P |
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Make lovely mixes not loudness war. |
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22 Jan 2012 07:15 AM |
Thanks, although I meant like producing bad habits, something that experience teaches you kinda things.
For an example, using a specific plugin at the beginning or not switch a specific button
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22 Jan 2012 07:07 PM |
-Take all the effects off the master channel before doing anything else.
-Don't ever put out a track that is clipping (going over 0db/hitting the red part in your Db meter)
Main two things I tell all beginning producers |
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23 Jan 2012 01:18 AM |
Don't keep listening your beats over and over couse it just sounds awesome to you. It will take u much more to finish beats doing that + u might get bored of it in which case it's less likely u will actualy finish that beat.
I got into habit of doing that and it's rly bad.
Also don't use soundgoodizer 2 much. |
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23 Jan 2012 08:21 AM |
When mixing, you don't always have to follow the same procedures. There are some common techniques that are used, but that doesn't mean you always have to use them for every beat. A good mix, is whatever sounds good to your ears.
I can't even count how many times I tried to force the same effect on all my drums. |
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25 Jan 2012 04:55 PM |
@Djnance Thanks C: and also, what is clipping and what does it do?
@CycloBeats Ahaha thanks, that soo true, there a song Ive been working on and I listened to it waaay too much. Now Im starting to get annoyed of it. Is Soundgoodizer 2 a effect?
@Mach6Kid THanks , true things C:, its where style comes for right? What are some ways to change the drums to be different? |
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26 Jan 2012 05:53 PM |
Unless your doing a remake don't concentrate on trying to make your track sound like so-and -so's track. Be original and have fun.
Take the time to read and learn what your different effects do.
Also remember that compression is not a volume control...
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27 Jan 2012 09:12 AM |
Clipping is when your beat is essentially "too loud", or when your peaks exceed 0 db's. If you youtube a video on clipping I'm sure it could explain it to you much better than I could with just text. |
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27 Jan 2012 02:26 PM |
Nah man, I ment "too much", just the good old 1 knob ABCD effect  |
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27 Jan 2012 06:01 PM |
Thanks guys.
I was also encountering a pretty strange problem,
When I play my music (on FL) there is a noisy crackling sound. It comes everytime I play the music and when I lower the volume, the sound gos down also. |
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27 Jan 2012 06:01 PM |
Thanks guys.
I was also encountering a pretty strange problem,
When I play my music (on FL) there is a noisy crackling sound. It comes everytime I play the music and when I lower the volume, the sound gos down also.
Edit:Actually forgot what I asked, I found out it was clipping. I fixed it too C:
Edit again: It actually didnt work :l |
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27 Jan 2012 10:00 PM |
Try increasing your buffer size on your interface. |
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30 Jan 2012 08:30 PM |
^ x2
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31 Jan 2012 07:38 AM |
I'm surprised no one said the obvious and maybe most important habit to have. SAVE OFTEN!. Save after you add a new drum, record a new sound etc. There's nothing like making the best beat of your life, then the power cuts off or you computer freezes and it kills your motivation. Sometimes you can be so into the beat that you forget to save, remember to save. Also, Back up your files, on a external hard drive or CD or some other way. I spent the summer making beats.... at the end of the summer my computer crashed and had to be reinstalled. I never backed up my summer beats so I lost all of those. If you don't take heed to what I say, don't worry you will learn.  |
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31 Jan 2012 09:40 AM |
SAVE OFTEN!. ^2nd. Not fun at all when you lose what might be your best beat so far... |
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07 Feb 2012 10:38 AM |
My top 5:
1) Put projects in their own folder
2) CTRL-N is your friend. Quickly saves as a new numbered file (eg. Project1, Project2, Project3, etc.)
3) Name your channels as you make them (both mixer and pattern channels)
4) Work with no FX on the master channel until your get the composition/arrangement done.
5) Learn to save/load your mixer channel states to make it easier to use/tweak them again. This is useful for the master where you find that you load the same plugins to maximize/limit/eq/etc.. |
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