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How To: Work with scales in FL Studio

This tutorial explains why scales are important and how they give your song a specific mood or sound and how to work with them in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).

How To: Use quantize and groove templates in FL Studio

Ever want a true MPC swing on your FL? well you can do it with groove templates and this Fruity Loops tutorial will show you how.

How To: Humanize your drum patterns in FL Studio

You can get the best acoustic drum kit ever made and it can still sound artificial and computer-ish. Unless you watch and learn from this tutorial. Check it out and learn to humainze your drum patterns in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).

How To: Create a Reggaeton beat in FL Studio

This tutorials shows how easy it is to create a basic reggaton beat in Fruity Loops Studio. This is a 3 3 2 rhythm beat.

How To: Compose a drum beat or loop in FL Studio

This FL Studio tutorial details how to compose a basic drum beat or loop.

How To: Split tracks in FL Studio

NFX shows how to split tracks into WAV files using FL Studio. You would do this to send your song to a professional mixing engineer or maybe to collaborate with a non-FL user. Split tracks can be used in Protools, Audition, etc., but are demonstrated here in Fruity Loops.

How To: Use shortcuts and keyboard modifiers in FL Studio

This is a simple tutorial covering (quickly) the usage of the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift modifiers in everyday usage in FL Studio. Speed up your FL Studio workflow by learning how to use shortcuts and keyboard modifiers.

How To: Import a folder of files into FL Studio

Importing entire folders of music files into FL Studio is a much more convenient way of importing files than one by one. This method imports an entire folder of samples or sounds for instant and easy access opposed to one sample at a time (wav, mp3, or whatever you may use). Watch and see how to import folders of music files easily in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).

How To: Make a simple but effective bassline in FL Studio

Making an effective bassline is probably easier than you think. Check out this tutorial and see how easy it is to make a simple and good bassline for your music in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).

How To: Create a melody in FL Studio

Writing a good melody is harder for some people than others but anyone can do it with practice. The key is to show you what makes up a melody & why the parts are important and NFX shows you how in this FL Studio tutorial.

How To: Automate panning in FL Studio

A short tutorial on panning automation in Fruity Loops (FL Studio). Panning is moving a sound from the one speaker to another from left to right or vice versa.

How To: Create a funk guitar wah wah sound in FL Studio

This video demonstrates a couple of ways to get a wah wah sound. It shows some of the power of FL Studio's Formula Controller as an automation source as well.

How To: Create a Pumping Effect (Like Sidechain Compression) in FL Studio [Advanced]

You may have heard those cool effects artists like Axwell, Ingrosso, Guetta, Antillas and many others use in their songs, the "pumping effect" on the Lead Synths or the vocals, like fading in and out.

How To: Humanize a composition in FL Studio (fruity loops)

Is your FL Studio composition sounding too "robotic"? Too repetitive? Learn to Humanize! In this music production software tutorial you will learn how to humanize a composition in FL Studio and really improve your music making skills and professionalism.

How To: Compose an emotional R&B beat in FL Studio

Learn how to compose an emotional R & B beat in this FL Studio tutorial. The Fruity Loops tutorial shows you how to create the melodic R & B beat from scratch, but there is no audio instruction so you should know how to use the FL Studio interface before starting.

How To: Double your kick drum in FL Studio

NFX shows you how to create secondary kicks, also known as doubling your kick drum using FL Studio (Fruity Loops).

How To: Install VST plugins in FL Studio

This tutorial will guide you step by step and help you get access to an almost limitless number of instruments and effects. There are so many freeware synths and effects that this tutorial can help you use. Check it out and learn how to install VST plugins in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).

How To: Create a sampled beat in Adobe Audition and FL studio

This is a two part tutorial on sampling with Adobe Audition and making a sampled beat in FL Studio. The first part covers chopping the samples. In part two we take the samples we chopped in part 1 using Audition and arrange them in FL Studio.

How To: Make a simple crunk beat in FL Studio

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a simple crunk beat in FL Studio. First, go to Sound Station and find the plug-ins. Now, you have to make a nice beat. Use the different sounds in Fruity Loops or whatever else you have to import in and then tweak them. Use different instruments on different parts of the song to make a beat that is all your own. Add in a bass boost to the crunk kick and add reverb to the clap to make it sound more like hip-hop. Go through and add as many different things...

How To: Make Dirty South drums in FL Studio

In this tutorial, we learn how to make Dirty South drums in FL Studio. First, you need to get the samples from the 808 drum kit. After you have these, you will load up the tempo, going no lower than 1.5 and doing 16 bars. Then, play the drum sounds until you find some that you like the best. After you have the bass drums, select the snare drums. Go through the drum kit until you have selected all of the drums that you like. There are a lot to choose from, so take your time listening to all th...

How To: Sample drum beats in FL Studio 9

Sampling, beat making, whatever you wanna call it, its been done for years since the beginning of Hip Hop and Rap back in the 80's. Artists like Tupac, Biggie, Mos Def, and others defined the times of their generations rapping over beats. If you're interested in making your own and are looking at how to do so in FL Studio look no further. In this great two-part video tutorial you'll learn how to sample beats straight from the tracks that you want to sample from, either from vinyl or MP3.

How To: Make an effective dub bassline in FL Studio

In this video, we learn how to make an effective dub bassline in FL Studio. Use a normal bass and add effects to make this. Add in different effects on the bassline, then go through the drop down menu to add in Fruity Loops fast LP. This will enable you to change the wobble on the beat as well as the cutoff. When you change this, you can control the sound by editing the knob until it's how you like it. After you edit the events, you can create the beat how you want it, then save it and use it...

How To: Make a basic beat in FL Studio 9

In this tutorial, get a quick introduction to FL Studio 9 and learn how to make a basic beat. This beat is super easy so even beginners can do it and will be a great addition to your YouTube video intros.

How To: Tune a kick drum in FL Studio 9

In this clip, learn how to tune your kick drum using FL Studio 9 on your computer. You will learn how to tune your kicks and make them sound better when played melodically. So, check out this tutorial and try it out on your own version of Studio to start making beautiful music. Rock on!

How To: Rock the arpeggiator in FL Studio (fruity loops)

This music production software tutorial shows some ideas and inspirations in using, automating, and humanizing the arpeggiator to make believable-sounding patterns in FL Studio (fruity loops). See how to rock the arpeggiator!

How To: Change pitch in FL Studio

This simple audio production tutorial shows you the two ways to change pitch in FL Studio. If you are a beginner audio producer or new to Fl Studio, also known as Fruity Loops, this tutorial will show you how easy it is to change pitch on a whole song, or one instrument.

How To: Use Soundfont Player and FL Keys in FL Studio

Use the Soundfont Player and FL Keys feature in Fruity Loops to create a variety of sounds. Learn how to use the sound generators and plug-ins of FL Studio in this free digital audio workstation tutorial from our music recording expert.

How To: Use filters in FL Studio

Ever wondered what a High Pass or ban Pass filter does? Why a Low Pass filter might be useful? Well wonder no more as NFX explains these useful EQ effects in FL Studio (Fruity Loops).

How To: Create a reverse delay effect in FL Studio

This effect is used to spookify a sound and make it sound like it's coming from the underworld. Follow along as NFX shows you how to create a reverse delay effect in Fruity Loops (FL Studio). This can be done with vocals or instruments.

How To: Chop samples with the FL Slicer in FL Studio

Most people use the FL Slicer in Fruity Loops on drum beats because it can chop them up real nice but NFX shows you how to use it for some creative sample chopping. Just load a loop and go at it.

How To: Loop instrument samples in FL Studio

With so many samples floating around the internet its a shame more people don't know how to loop an instrument sample so that it can play a note as long as you want it to play. Well, look know further than this tutorial to learn how to loop instrument samples in FL Studio (Fruity Loops) and expand your mixing knowledge. This works in FL7 and FL8.

How To: Fade out in FL Studio (Fruity Loops)

This video shows a simple way to fade out your song using an automation clip in FL Studio.

How To: Make a Funky Strum guitar pattern in FL Studio

Here's a short explanation of how to get a funky strummed guitar sequence from scratch in FL Studio.

How To: Scratch using the FL Studio Wave Traveler

If you make beats in FL Studio you may want to incorporate some scratches without needing a turntable. This tutorial shows you how to do it with the Wave Traveler in Fruity Loops.

How To: Change the color of different mixer channels in FL studio

Keep your tracks organized by color coding the mixer channels when using FL studio. You'll have a much easier time making beats in FL studio with color coded mixer channels. You've got the tools, make sure you know how to use them properly.

How To: Change the color of the background grid on FL Studio

If you are tired of looking at the same old background when using Fruity Loops, go ahead and make a change! This video will show you how you can change the background color on FL studio. Personalize your FL studio!

How To: Animate a bully splashing a water bottle in Adobe Flash

This tutorial shows you start to finish how to draw an image of a bully with a water bottle in hand and then fling that water bottle onto someone else using FL Studio. This a useful reference piece for trying to animate splashing water or similar water physics. It's not precisely hard to do, but you'll want to pay attention to some of the detail in each piece. Also make sure that you have the most current version of FL Studio installed!

How To: Punch in vocals when recording in FL Studio 9

Flubbed a line in an otherwise perfect take? Punch in over the part you want to replace and keep the rest. It's easy and this free software tutorial from the folks at Beat Class will walk you through the entire process.

How To: Use VST plugins in FL Studio

This is an FL Studio Tutorial about VST Plugins. This is an essential topic, related to extending the functionality of FL Studio. I'm going to show you how to do this for free in this tutorial.

How To: Make a hip-hop beat in Fruity Loops

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a hip-hop beat in Fruity Loops. When you first open this up, you should download a hip-hop beat package from Lil' John that has 170 different types of beats in it. From here, open these up and start to load them onto the screen. You won't have to add in any effects because the sounds in the program are already mastered. There are a lot of different types of beats you have to choose from. Simply put these together in a way that you like, then you're finis...