Quick & Easy Gating Effects in FL Studio
Quick & Easy Gating Effects in FL Studio Gating is a cool way to add a fluttering effect to your synths or vocals. Basically what we’re doing here is quickly changing the volume of a sound in quick succession. The outcome is called gating and it’s used all the time in trance, progressive house, and many other genres. As with a lot of things in FL Studio, there are multiple ways to create gates. You can even create gates in Gross Beat. In this tutorial, we’ll run through the fastest and easiest way to add epic gating effects to your […]
How to Add Reverb in FL Studio
How to Add Reverb in FL Studio Reverb is an excellent way to add space and depth to your mix. But mixing reverb can be tricky. If done wrong, it can sometimes take away from the clarity of the sound you want to add reverb to. But if done right, it’s a powerful and versatile tool that you can use to add some epic and spacious characteristics to your track. Let’s take a look at how to add reverb in FL Studio. Step 1: Prep Your Sound Use a Dry Signal First, we need to make sure the sound we’re […]
Best Headphones for Music Production
Best Headphones for Music Production A good pair of headphones can be a key part to any producer’s gear collection. Headphones are useful in music production during the mixing and mastering stages. They can provide the listener with a second reference to compliment a pair of studio monitors. They are also useful to vocalists and instrumentalists during recording and tracking. In this guide, we’ll go over how dynamic (moving-coil) headphones work, their advantages and specific applications, and finally cover the best headphones for music production in 2019. Full Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Buying through […]
How to Use Parallel Compression in FL Studio
How to Use Parallel Compression in FL Studio In the email I sent you, we covered what parallel compression is and how it works. Parallel compression is useful for making things stand out in your mix. It will work for pretty much anything, but it’s commonly used on 808s, vocals, bass synths, and drums. Now, let’s get to work and figure out how we can apply this technique. Again, if you aren’t familiar with compression and why we use it, I highly suggest reading this article first. I also suggest getting a look at how the Mixer works as a […]
How to Export Stems in FL Studio
How to Export Stems in FL Studio Stems are simply audio files of each individual track or bus in your DAW. Exporting stems to audio can be helpful when sending your project to a professional mixing or mastering engineer. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to export stems in FL Studio. Let’s get started! Step 1: Proper Mixing In order for you to successfully export stems in FL Studio, you’ll need to make sure you’ve properly routed the signals in your project. Each instrument, generator plugin, and audio sample used in the project will need its own Mixer track. From […]
How to Zoom Out in FL Studio
How to Zoom Out in FL Studio Zooming in and out in FL Studio can be a very useful tool! Unfortunately, with the large number of buttons and controls found in the DAW, how to do it can be unclear to beginners. And like many other features, there are multiple ways to achieve the same goal. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to zoom out in FL Studio while using the Playlist and Piano roll. Then, we’ll look at how you can zoom out to change the look of the FL Studio GUI. Zooming Out in the Playlist First up, […]
How to Update FL Studio
How to Update FL Studio One great thing about FL Studio is that it comes with a lifetime supply of free updates. Image-Line, the company that created FL Studio, periodically releases newer and more advanced versions, and having the latest and greatest is something we all strive for. In this tutorial, we’ll go over a walkthrough on how to update FL Studio. Let’s get started. Note: This will not work with a pirated version of the software! Please support the Image-Line team and purchase the software if you haven’t already. Your FL Studio Version Number You can see the version […]
In-depth Review: Sony MDR-7506
Sony MDR-7506 Review There’s no time for gear manufacturers to rest on their laurels in the highly competitive world of audio equipment. At the same time, however, change for its own sake rarely turns out well. This is the predicament facing Sony when it comes to their venerable MDR-7506 monitoring headphones. First introduced in 1991, with roots that trace back even further, the Sony MDR-7506 headphones have gone largely unchanged for decades. As it turns out, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. We’ll dig a little deeper into the ins and outs of this classic headphone in this Sony MDR-7506 […]
Ultimate Guide to the Best Closed Back Headphones
Ultimate Guide to the Best Closed Back Headphones Over-ear headphones come in two main varieties: open back and closed back. Each have their own features, strengths, weaknesses, design differences, and situational advantages to consider when making a purchase. In this buying guide, we’ll look the advantages, disadvantages, and specific functions we’ll encounter when using closed back headphones, design choices that set the best apart from the rest, and finally go through a list of the best closed back headphones in 2019. If you’re looking for closed back headphones specifically geared towards music production, take a look at this buying guide. […]
FL Studio Basics Tutorial
FL Studio Basics In this FL Studio basics tutorial, we’ll cover what FL Studio is, how it works, which parts do what, and how they all interact to help us make great music. But first, a few words… Getting Started: The Journey If you’re just starting your music production journey, it can be an extremely overwhelming experience. The amount of technical know-how that goes on behind the scenes is a real eye opener for many, and deters thousands of would-be musicians from chasing their dreams, forcing them to settle for the average life that so many people have already lived. […]
