What Do You Mean, Stab? Simply put, a stab is a sound commonly used in progressive house and trance tracks. They’re usually used to make melodies, and have quick attack and release times. This means they reach full volume very quickly and then come back down to zero volume relatively fast too. You can see below that the volume envelope of a stab looks like a sharp knife or blade, hence the name. If you’re a fan of progressive house or trance, you’ll instantly recognize the stabs in a track. The intro in the Kaskade remix below has a great […]

What is Sytrus? Sytrus is one of my favorite native FL Studio plugins. It is a very versatile FM (frequency modulation), additive, and subtractive synthesizer. This Sytrus tutorial post will focus solely on designing an epic trance lead. Lets get started! Step 1: Setting Up a Default Sytrus Channel Add a Sytrus channel to the channel rack and select the default preset from the list of presets. Bring the Channel rack to the front of your screen. Click the white plus at the bottom left of your Channel rack. Find and click Sytrus from the list of plugins. FL Studio […]