my beats

[djsteezybeatz]

You can check them out at www.myspace.com/themartioan.

Those are all kinda sketchy ones up right now, i just bought fl studio 8 xxl and im trying to learn my way around that so there should be some sick ass beats up there in a while.

[Patriarch]

Re: my beats

They could be far, far worse considering you're just starting (think Uzzi bad). Right now they're simplistic and lack variety; however, the drum combinations you've chosen work nicely together. I advise you get some VST plug-ins so that you can move beyond the pre-packaged shit that fl studio comes with. Some nice plug-ins to look into would be Nexus, Hypersonic, and Albino (these may all be made by the same company, Steinburg - not sure).

[djsteezybeatz]

Re: my beats

Thanks man, yeah i just started using fl studio, all of those ones on my page i used Acoustica BEatcraft for, fl studios so fucking complex like im runnin around on that right now trying to figure it out. like how to just make the beats and stuff, like all the youtube videos show them with this big ass window open with all their sounds on it and i have no idea how to open that up. maybe you could help?

[Patriarch]

Re: my beats

They're probably using a VST plugin. I can't really say without seeing it.

[djsteezybeatz]

Re: my beats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhvDXNDn ... re=related


Like that, where it can have that many sounds open and it looks like a grid and you just click em through :/

[Patriarch]

Re: my beats

I see. It would appear that you have no understanding of Fl Studio whatsoever.

That "grid" (which is actually called the playlist) is a collection of musical patterns that are essentially painted on to a timeline of the song. When you open a new Fl Studio file, you may notice that each line is labelled "Pattern 1 (or 2 or 3 etc.)". You create your song by assembling a bunch of these patterns. To add information to a pattern, you must open it in the step sequencer, which, along with all these other panels I'm mentioning, can be brought up in the View menu. Your step sequencer will show you the instruments or samples available to your project. You can insert new instruments or samples by either finding something you like using the browser, right clicking and opening in a new channel (channel = instrument, sample) or by simply right clicking in your step sequencer and adding a new channel.

[djsteezybeatz]

Re: my beats

alright, and how do i add a name to the left of it? like i figured out how to paint it on there or whatever but how do it do that? and how do i make it super small like that? thanks for the help btw. and yea i have no clue haha. i litterally just got it like two days ago.

[Patriarch]

Re: my beats

Shift click on the pattern names in the playlist to label them (this is purely to help you, though, it doesn't have any effect on the music itself). I think that when you say "make it super small" you are confusing the playlist with a piano roll. Using a piano roll is just another way to add notes to a pattern.

[djsteezybeatz]

Re: my beats

Sick thanks, yeah ive got a hang of it to make enough now. Thankss dude.

[djsteezybeatz]

Re: my beats

that didnt help any, i want my screen to look exactly like that dudes in the video : [

[Patriarch]

Re: my beats

I don't know what you're referring to. You're either talking about the Piano Roll screen or the fact that he's maximized his playlist by double clicking on the heading bar.