Lycereon
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Post by Lycereon on Apr 23, 2014 21:08:43 GMT -6
I'm seeing people talk about how weird FL Studio is and I'm laughing! I use that mostly, but I started out with a dumbed-down freeware linux ripoff called LMMS and the transition when i changed computers was really smooth since they're really similar (except FL Studio is more complicated because it has more features and when you use it you only need a small portion of them depending on whatever.) Other than that, I use celemony melodyne and audacity, and even garageband when i'm at school because it has really good instruments despite being INCREDIBLY limited, though I haven't used it in a long time because of that. It's all a very simple little arsenal, but that's because I'm poor and my current computer processor sucks XD 6-6;;
but seriously, if you can get LMMS to run, I recommend it beyond a shadow of a doubt. but if you want to jump right into and learn FL Studio, know what you want to do first and look up how to do it on youtube. go little by little. It's not all that difficult once you know the workspace. 
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Lorkiro
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Post by Lorkiro on Apr 23, 2014 21:35:14 GMT -6
I'm seeing people talk about how weird FL Studio is and I'm laughing! I use that mostly, but I started out with a dumbed-down freeware linux ripoff called LMMS and the transition when i changed computers was really smooth since they're really similar (except FL Studio is more complicated because it has more features and when you use it you only need a small portion of them depending on whatever.) Other than that, I use celemony melodyne and audacity, and even garageband when i'm at school because it has really good instruments despite being INCREDIBLY limited, though I haven't used it in a long time because of that. It's all a very simple little arsenal, but that's because I'm poor and my current computer processor sucks XD 6-6;;
but seriously, if you can get LMMS to run, I recommend it beyond a shadow of a doubt. but if you want to jump right into and learn FL Studio, know what you want to do first and look up how to do it on youtube. go little by little. It's not all that difficult once you know the workspace. When i wanted to make music (+/- 1 1/2 year ago) i just googled programs that people use, i've found ableton, fl studio, reason and another that i cant remember the name. I just HATE tutorials (really, i really hate people explaining things on youtube, especially music, because they use crappy microphones or explanations and this just piss me off like "if you gonna do it, please do it right) and i've downloaded FL, Ableton and Reason. I tried to make something on the three programs to test it, and FL was just so simple, was like "drop it here and press play and ta-da music", while ableton was like "how the hell this works" and reason was "why are you even trying to use me?". FL is just so simples to use, the mixer, the automation clips and everything, is just one click and everything is fine, you just have to adjust the effect or sample, and then use an automation clip to control it during the music. The piano roll is another thing that is just perfect, i think that Ableton, Reason, ACID Pro and other programs just don't have an easier way to write melodies without using an MIDI keyboard input. Everything just works on FL. |
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Post by Ditzy-Doe on Apr 23, 2014 21:42:52 GMT -6
I'm seeing people talk about how weird FL Studio is and I'm laughing! I use that mostly, but I started out with a dumbed-down freeware linux ripoff called LMMS and the transition when i changed computers was really smooth since they're really similar (except FL Studio is more complicated because it has more features and when you use it you only need a small portion of them depending on whatever.) Other than that, I use celemony melodyne and audacity, and even garageband when i'm at school because it has really good instruments despite being INCREDIBLY limited, though I haven't used it in a long time because of that. It's all a very simple little arsenal, but that's because I'm poor and my current computer processor sucks XD 6-6;;
but seriously, if you can get LMMS to run, I recommend it beyond a shadow of a doubt. but if you want to jump right into and learn FL Studio, know what you want to do first and look up how to do it on youtube. go little by little. It's not all that difficult once you know the workspace. When i wanted to make music (+/- 1 1/2 year ago) i just googled programs that people use, i've found ableton, fl studio, reason and another that i cant remember the name. I just HATE tutorials (really, i really hate people explaining things on youtube, especially music, because they use crappy microphones or explanations and this just piss me off like "if you gonna do it, please do it right) and i've downloaded FL, Ableton and Reason. I tried to make something on the three programs to test it, and FL was just so simple, was like "drop it here and press play and ta-da music", while ableton was like "how the hell this works" and reason was "why are you even trying to use me?". FL is just so simples to use, the mixer, the automation clips and everything, is just one click and everything is fine, you just have to adjust the effect or sample, and then use an automation clip to control it during the music. The piano roll is another thing that is just perfect, i think that Ableton, Reason, ACID Pro and other programs just don't have an easier way to write melodies without using an MIDI keyboard input. Everything just works on FL.
that also just makes it all the more fun to learn on a trial-and-error basis. i only look up tutorials when i'm really super stuck. my friends who introduced me to it were able to get going pretty well after a few weeks, and they aren't even musicians. it's all about familiarizing yourself with the workspace. |
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Lorkiro
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Post by Lorkiro on Apr 23, 2014 22:21:50 GMT -6
omg yes exactly
that also just makes it all the more fun to learn on a trial-and-error basis. i only look up tutorials when i'm really super stuck. my friends who introduced me to it were able to get going pretty well after a few weeks, and they aren't even musicians. it's all about familiarizing yourself with the workspace. in my whole time trying to make music, i only watched 3 or 4 tutorials, 2 for making risers and other 2 for i don't remember. i think that if you use the trial-and-error method is like "i want to really make something by me", that is much better. and funnier (sometimes i laugh at myself because i forget to turn down the volume or accidentaly use a distortion instead of other effect and i just nearly piss myself because of the suddenly high pitched sound). Just do what you think is cooler. and the most important thing: don't make it thinking about "i need to make people like it". just do it, i can say that someone will find it cool.
please dont be a david guetta. or a producer that just make it because "i want to be famous". pleeeease ;-;
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Post by Kurokibo on Apr 24, 2014 6:44:56 GMT -6
omg yes exactly
that also just makes it all the more fun to learn on a trial-and-error basis. i only look up tutorials when i'm really super stuck. my friends who introduced me to it were able to get going pretty well after a few weeks, and they aren't even musicians. it's all about familiarizing yourself with the workspace. in my whole time trying to make music, i only watched 3 or 4 tutorials, 2 for making risers and other 2 for i don't remember. i think that if you use the trial-and-error method is like "i want to really make something by me", that is much better. and funnier (sometimes i laugh at myself because i forget to turn down the volume or accidentaly use a distortion instead of other effect and i just nearly piss myself because of the suddenly high pitched sound). Just do what you think is cooler. and the most important thing: don't make it thinking about "i need to make people like it". just do it, i can say that someone will find it cool.
please dont be a david guetta. or a producer that just make it because "i want to be famous". pleeeease ;-;
I used to like Zedd's Legend of Zelda remix before he was popularTutorials* are fine, but personally I'd go watch one and then try expanding the knowledge I got on my own. Though, most of the tutorials I've watched are mostly mixing and mastering guidelines; what needs to be cut at certain frequencies, for example. For those, you don't necessarily have to firmly follow them, but sometimes it's best to stick to some of the rules. Tutorials like for sound designing (like for example how to make a Knife Party lead), on the other hand, doesn't have much rules stuck into it, so you can go nuts. In the end, though, find what's comfortable for you. That's all I could say. The rest is up to you. *the entire post I really meant "tutorials" by "guidelines"; i'm pretty sure they're not far off, but it still kinda sounds pretty farfetched to me. |
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Post by /////// on Apr 24, 2014 7:29:40 GMT -6
Now that I've been using it, I find fl studios to actually be really simple to
learn. I'm the same as kiro tho, I dont have the patience to watch tutorials. I think trial and error is the best way to go about this.
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Post by Pinkaminks on Jun 20, 2014 5:09:17 GMT -6
I was one of the first people to sign up here, hoping to pick some things up along the way, meet people, and eventually learning how to actually make music, but kind of just quit when I realized there wouldn't be anything I could do that someone else couldn't.
Iv'e wanted to get into making music for years now, I got FL Studio, spent awhile trying to learn everything in it, and looking up some tutorials, but nothing seemed to work. The tutorials were all hit and miss with helpfulness but never seemed to answer any questions I needed answered.
I picked up a bunch of free source instruments, hoping I could scrounge something together out of it, but without knowing how to edit them (lower pitch, make specific channels loop faster than others, etc) I could never make anything more than generic ~10 second loops that didn't even sound very good.
Using the mixer and channels are probably the first things I need to know, but what I was mostly curious about is if it's possible to create and edit sounds in FL Studio, and if so, how?
I wanted to try making some ambient loops, or something similar, but using premade samples seemed pretty... cheap? I'm not sure what to call it, but without using them, I was stuck either finding out how to edit other samples, or somehow create my own, neither of which I knew how to do.
I rambled on quiet a bit here, but hopefully someone is able and willing to help.
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