The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20: Create production-quality music with FL Studio 9781800565326, 1800565321

Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1:Getting Up and Running with FL Studio
Chapter 01: Getting Started with FL Studio
Technical requirements
Exploring the music production landscape
The musician's career path
Steps in composing a song
What is FL Studio?
Exploring the FL Studio workspace
Making your first song
Creating a drum beat with the Channel Rack
Adding an instrument to the Channel Rack
Creating a melody with the Piano roll
Routing channels to the Mixer
Exporting the song
Summary
Chapter 02: Exploring the Browser, Playlist, and Channel Rack
Technical requirements
Introducing the FL Studio workbench
Getting the most out of your samples
Using the Browser
Locating a sample's file location
Searching for samples
Adding your own samples to the Browser
Swapping samples
Using the Channel Rack
Channel Rack option features
The Channel Rack Rename, color and icon option
Instrument options
Detaching windows
Installing new instruments
Using layers
Using the Playlist
Playlist Toolbar
Element pattern options
Using the main header Toolbar features
Version control
Revert to last backup
Audio Stream Input/Output (ASIO)
Purge unused audio clips
Undo and redo
Viewing project info
Summary
Chapter 03: Composing with the Piano Roll
Using the Piano roll
Choosing an instrument
Adding notes in the Piano roll
Selecting multiple notes
Deleting notes
Muting and unmuting notes
Slicing notes
Sliding notes
Using the stamp tool to get assistance with scales
Composing great chord progressions
Recording into the Piano roll with MIDI instruments
The snap to grid (magnet) tool
Quantizing notes
Editing note articulations with the Event Editor
Using Piano roll velocity
Comparing instrument melodies with ghost notes
Exporting sheet music
Using and exporting MIDI scores
Summary
Chapter 04: Routing to the Mixer and Applying Automation
What is mixing?
Routing audio to the Mixer
Navigating the Mixer console
Understanding the insert mixer track
Understanding the master channel
Understanding the effects rack
Applying an effect
Applying automation
Applying automation to external third-party plugins
Freezing Audio Clips
Summary
Section 2:Music Production Fundamentals
Chapter 05: Sound Design and Audio Envelopes
What is sound?
What causes a note's pitch?
How do we hear things?
How do instruments create sound with different pitches?
Why do different instruments playing the same pitch sound different?
Modifying sound envelopes
Using Mod X and Mod Y for automation
Summary
Chapter 06: Compression, Sidechaining, Limiting, and Equalization
Understanding compression
Applying compression with Fruity Limiter
Applying gates and expanders
When to use gating
Applying sidechaining
Using limiters
Applying equalization
EQ best practices
EQ general rules
Summary
Chapter 07: Stereo Width – Panning, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, and Flangers
Panning audio
Panning best practices
Using reverb
Applying digital reverb with Fruity Reeverb 2
Applying convolution reverb with Fruity Convolver
Using delay effects
Applying delay effects with Fruity Delay 3
Delay effect best practices
Using chorus effects
Chorus effect best practices
Using flanger effects
Using phaser effects
Understanding mix buses
Mix bus best practices
Summary
Chapter 08: Recording Live Audio and Vocal Processing
Technical requirements
Understanding microphones
Dynamic microphones
Condenser microphones
Ribbon microphones
USB microphones
Setting up your recording environment
Recording instruments
Recording drum kits
Preparing to record vocals
Recording audio into FL Studio
Recording with Edison
Using pitch correction with Newtone
Pitch correction best practices
Vocals effect processing best practices
Backing vocals effects best practices
Summary
Chapter 09: Understanding Vocal Effects
Understanding vocoders
Understanding MIDI
Using vocoders
Harmonizing vocals with Pitcher
Using Vocodex
Vocoder best practices
Creating vocal chops
Using Slicex to create vocal chops
Vocal chopping considerations
Summary
Section 3:Postproduction and Publishing Your Music
Chapter 10: Creating Your Own Instruments and Effects
Understanding glitch effects
Creating glitch effects with Gross Beat
Mapping time and volume effects to a sample
Gross Beat sequencer
Creating instruments with DirectWave
Creating effects with Patcher
Creating custom dashboards in Patcher
Summary
Chapter 11: Mastering Fundamentals
What is mastering?
Can you master music yourself?
When should you master your music?
How do I get good at mastering?
What equipment do I use to master music?
Equalization in mastering
Diagnosing frequency problems
Understanding spectrograms
Adjusting dynamics
Using multiband compressors
Applying multiband compression with Maximus
What are saturators/harmonic exciters?
Understanding limiters
Understanding stereo imaging with vectorscopes
Stereo imaging best practices
Exporting audio for third-party mixing and mastering
Summary
Chapter 12: Branding, Promotion, and Marketing
Marketing essentials
Creating a brand
Choosing your artist name
Creating a website
Making the most of your live performances
Booking your first gigs
Filming your shows
Streaming performances online
Collaborating with others to promote yourself
Advice for creating content on social media
Getting more views on YouTube
What about YouTube video titles and thumbnails?
Creating music visuals with ZGameEditor Visualizer
Summary
Chapter 13: Publishing and Selling Music Online
Registering your music
Tagging your music in preparation for distribution
Selling music on online stores and streaming services
DistroKid walk-through
Claiming revenue from songs on YouTube using AdRev
What are ISRC, ISWC, and UPC codes?
Summary
Further reading
Share your music
More from the author
Conclusion
Why subscribe?
About PACKT
Other Books You May Enjoy
Index