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INTRODUCTION I first began making beats with FL Studio at 14. Then it was Fruityloops. It was very awkward. When Fruityloops !ame out" I got it and began e#perimenting with it. It was a

dream !ome true to me that making beats was so !onvenient and easy. I didn$t need keyboards and a studio. %ll I needed was to download some software and began !reating. When Fruityloops & !ame out" I began to take my !raft seriously. I probably spent my entire 'th grade summer figuring out Fruityloops. I learned how to sample on my own using samples from ()ave *ou Seen )er+ by the Stylisti!s. I re!eived instant attention be!ause no one knew about Fruityloops and I was !oming up ,ui!kly learning how to make beats.

This year will be 1- years in the making. I will not hesitate to show you everything .useful/ I have learned over the last 1- years. I know you do not have time to read the entire 012ook at on!e. I re!ommend using this e1book as a referen!e in !ase you want to instantly to a !ertain thing. *ou are learning from the best.

Terry 3. Smith II www.damnmaynebeats.!om www.gulf!oastbeats.!om i!eboogie##l4gmail.!om

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Table of Contents Lesson 15 2asi!s of FL Studio Lesson 5 Sampling and 6sing .wav samples Lesson &5 6sing the 7laylist Lesson 45 Tempo$s and their effe!t Lesson 85 FL 9enerators and )ow to Install 7lugins Lesson :5 7ersonali;ing your FL Studio Lesson <5 =e!ording on FL Studio Lesson '5 What >an I 3o With the 7iano =oll? Lesson @5 What >an I 3o With the 9raph 0ditor? .=olling 3rums from Left to =ight" et!./ Lesson 1-5 What >an I 3o With the Ai#er? Lesson 115 Saving and 2oun!ing 3own 2eats Lesson 1 5 Tips on >reating a 2eat Lesson 1&5 Tips on 0B$ing and Ai#ing Lesson 145 %ll the other tips I !an Think of Lesson 185 Wave Traveller Lesson 1:5 Aore on 0ffe!ts Lesson 1<5 Colume 0nvelopes

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Lesson 1: The Basics of FL Studio FL Studio is the simplest yet most powerful beat1making software in the history of musi!. If you do not know how to make a simple beat on FL Studio" I suggest you do some tutorials on *ouTube. This e1book instru!ts individuals on how to do more with FL Studio. I will give a few tips on what to do and what not to do on FL Studio. 1./ Dever ever use SimSynth" 3rumSynth" FL Eeys" or Wasp. They are very low ,uality sounds and will instantly turn away a !ustomer. ./ )igh1,uality drum sounds are keys to su!!ess. When you download a drumkit" go through it and pi!k out the high1,uality drums and delete the rest. &./ 7ersonali;e your FL Studio with a !ustom ba!kground and a personali;ed browser. .9o to >hapter : for more info./ This will help get you in the mood to make a beat.

4./ 6nderstand that I work with very high tempos. If you normally make beats around <-1 1-- beats per minute then take my tempo and divide it by . 8./ 7ra!ti!e makes perfe!t. 0ven with all the e1books if you don$t devote time and effort into your !raft" you are going to su!k.

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Lesson 2: Sam lin! and Usin! "#$% Sam les This may be valuable to you if you enFoy sampling drum or vo!al sounds from songs" if you enFoy sampling musi! from songs or !reate your own drum sounds. The pro!ess of sampling is5 1./ =ight >li!k the Sampler 2o# or the >hannel 2o# *ou Want to =epla!e.

./ >li!k Load Sample &./ Load %ny .A7& or .W%C File 4./ If it needs to be edited" !li!k the >hannel 2o# and >hannel Settings should pop up.

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8./ =ight >li!k the Waveform and >li!k 0dit. This should take you straight to 0dison.

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:./ *our editing is stri!tly up to you" but I will give a re!ommendation. If there is a pause or anything before the beginning of what you are trying to sample" remove it now. C0=* IA7G=T%DT. 3rag the mouse from the beginning of the waveform to the beginning of your sample.

7ress 3elete

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Then >li!k the 3isk and >li!k Save Sample %s...

*our mission then will be to retrieve the saved file and load the sample as dire!ted at the beginning of >hapter . $DDIN& 'FF'CTS If you sampled something short like a vo!al or drum sound" you !an add great effe!ts by !li!king the sample$s !hannel bo#" holding >T=L and pressing L.

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For the sake of time" I will only tell about the effe!t that I find useful. '(UO H This is a 0B plugin. There is a built in meter to show you how the sample is already 0B$d. %lways remember the low bass part of the sample is to the left and the high treble is to the right. The middle is mid. For instan!e if it is a sample with an unneeded hi hat" take the right side of the 0B6G down. F)uit* Cho)us H This is a good effe!t with s,uare synths. 3o not use this too often. It !an !heese up your beat. F)uit* Com )esso) H Cery 9ood For 2ass 9uitars. 9ood For Co!als. Dot very good for anything else. It looks kind of !ompli!ated and trust me" it is. Iust remember that the threshold is the level where the bass" mid and treble will meet. The gain is how loud the sample will go after it is !ompressed by the threshold. The ratio is how strong the threshold is. The atta!k is how ,ui!kly the threshold rea!ts. =elease is how ,ui!kly the threshold releases. *eah" >ompli!atedJ Eind of useful for skilled 0B$ers. F)uit* Dela* 2 H This !reates e!hoes. The main knob you want to pay attention to is time. When *ou move it" it will be a time indi!ator in the upper right1hand !orner. Setting the time indi!ator to 5--" 45--" '5-- or 1:5-- will take you a long way in your rap produ!tion !areer.

F)uit* Flan!e) H This is fun if you have a little 3I in you" or you want to Fust add a !ool but sort of silent effe!t to your sample or beat. This !reates the effe!t of two samples running slightly offtune to !reate a windy1like passing effe!t. F)uit* Flan!us H I don$t know why they invented this one. Its sort of !heesy. 2ut it !an do DAMNMAYNEBEATS.COM PRESENTS COME BE A FL STUDIO EXPERT FL STUDIO TUTORIAL E-BOOK 9

wonders for a >lap sample. 2asi!ally Fust play with this one when you are bored or something. F)uit* F)ee Filte) H Cery 7owerful 0B filter. It !an filter out bass" filter out treble or filter out mid. Low pass only plays everything below where the F=0B knob is set. 2and pass plays where the F=0B knob is set and )igh pass only plays above where the F=0B knob is set. >onfusing? Look if you need some advi!e" if you want to ta+e the bass out of a sam le, set it to high pass and the F=0B to maybe 4-- through :--. If you need to ta+e the t)eble out of a sam le" set it to low pass and the F=0B to --- through 8---. F)uit* Lo-e .hilte) / I re!ommend Fust using presets with this one.

F)uit* 0ultiband Com )esso) / If you ever be!ome very good at mastering and you have a SU.'RIOR Set of 0ONITORS 1S.'$2'RS3 4o)th at least 51666, then have at it. Gtherwise" don$t stress yourself. DAMNMAYNEBEATS.COM PRESENTS COME BE A FL STUDIO EXPERT FL STUDIO TUTORIAL E-BOOK 10

F)uit* .a)amet)ic '( / If it were not for Fruity 7arametri! " this would be what you would need to 0B your samples with. F)uit* .a)amet)ic '( 2 / This is what you need to 0B your samples with. Cery powerful. 0B$ing is kind of diffi!ult" but mu!h needed. In !hapter 1&" I will dis!uss 0B$ing using the Fruity Free Filter and the Fruity 7arametri! 0B . F)uit* .hase) / 9ood for organs. Dot really good for anything else. *ou !an e#periment with it though. F)uit* Ree-e)b / Fruity =eeverb is a play on the word (reverb+ whi!h basi!ally means fast e!hoes. This makes your sample sound as if it was in a empty hallway or empty room. I sometimes use it on >laps as a breakdown snare or with strings. 3ont overuse it. The knob" =0C0=2" is the only knob that is worth moving. The higher the per!entage" the louder the reverb. F)uit* Ree-e)b 2 / It adds some sort of room graph whi!h isn$t very useful with rap musi!. It may be useful with a movie soundtra!k. F)uit* Sc)atche) / Cery hard and Cery Lame >ompared to the Wave Traveller .3is!ussed with (9enerators+ in Lesson 8/. F)uit* Ste)eo 'nhance) / This somewhat in!reases the ,uality of samples. I normally use this on trumpets" strings and o!!asionally !laps. F)uit* %ocode) / The Fruity Co!oder is the brilliant" yet unknown" sister of autotune. Gn my *ouTube !hannel" there is a song !alled (9et 7aid >rusade+. There is a robot that sings (Goh We in here+ around every breakdown. This is vo!oder. The great thing about vo!oder is you don$t have to say a word if you don$t want to. Fruity Spee!h" whi!h !an be found in FL Studio :" !an be used to say the words and any instrument or sample !an be used for the tone. Bui!k Tutorial 1. Sing a few words with any re!ording software" save the file and upload it to FL Studio .or find a Spee!h file and drag it to the Step Se,uen!er and type in the words to be sung/.

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. >li!k the !hannel settings bo# and hold >trl and press L. Then find the mi#er" or press F@" and load the Fruity Co!oder effe!t.

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3. De#t" go to the browser and !li!k plugin presetsKgeneratorsKsytrusKsynth string. Then drag platinum saw to the step se,uen!er.

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4. >li!k 7latinum Saw in the Step Se,uen!er. This will pull up >hannel Settings. To the top right of >hannel Settings" a bo# should be there. When the mouse goes over it" the mouse should !hange. >li!k the bo# and drag it to .or whi!hever tra!k the sample is loaded on" should be /.

8. Dow the tri!ky part. Gn the step se,uen!er" there is a knob to the right of the green button. It will pla!e your sample in the left or right speaker. Aove the knob to your sample to the left and the knob to the 7latinum Saw to the =ight. Then pla!e a marker at the first beginning of ea!h tra!k like below.

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:. Dow >li!k the Eeyboard editor and make a melody with the 7latinum Saw and there you have it.

I love it. Sometimes I get so !reative with it. I make whole hooks with it.

That$s it for the good effe!ts to use. Feel free to e#periment with the others. These are the effe!ts you !an use on your samples.

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Lesson 7: Usin! the .la*list First" I am going to let you know that I normally make tra!ks between 1 - and 1@- beats per minute. I also use :4 steps on my step se,uen!er. This affe!ts length on the playlist.

The playlist !an be retrieved by pressing 0DT0=. Dow" after making a beat" I go to the down arrow" then patterns" then !lone sele!ted. Then I do it again. So now I have three patterns. I set them up like this.

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7attern 1 serves as my pattern with the first !ymbal. 7attern 7attern & serves as the biggest breakdown.

is the first small breakdown.

De#t I hold >trl and press % to sele!t all. This will turn them pink. Then I hold shift and drag the patterns ne#t to ea!h other until I have a whole song. Stopping around 1@& is plenty.

Then" I !li!k on pattern 1" down arrow" patterns" !lone sele!ted. I do patterns and & the same way until I have a separate group. Then I right !li!k on the patterns that I !loned to delete them. This will serve as my intro. It should look like this.

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Then I would !li!k on pattern " 4 and : and take the bass drums and the !horus instruments out using the right mouse button. I would repeat the entire pro!ess to make verses. Dow if you want breakdowns" you !an !lone sele!ted any pattern and modify the step se,uen!er any way you want it. This way is less !onfusing than the way most people who use FL studio do it. They have too many patterns. This way is also faster.

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L'SSON 8: T'0.OS $ND T9'IR 'FF'CT 6nderstanding what effe!t tempos have on a beat is very important. )igh tempos are normally dan!e songs. Aid tempos are normally !lub and gangsta and low tempos are normally =L2 songs. % hot topi! on most of my *ouTube videos is why do I use tempos in the hundreds .1 -11@-/ instead of :-1@8. The answer is very !lear and simple. )igh tempos allow easier drum rolling and high hat rolling. If you normally make beats between :-1@8" try doubling your speed .if you make a beat around <4" try 14'/. Then pla!e high hats in every step and this is the advantage of tempos in the hundreds.

*ou must get very familiar with tempos. In fa!t" you must know ahead of time what tempo is in your head before you put the beat down. It will give you a time advantage. *ou !an read this e1book all year" but the key to your produ!tion su!!ess is pra!ti!e. To give your tra!k a bit of a groove" try offsetting your !laps and snares. 3o this to e#periment a bit. 1. . &. 4. >li!k the !hannel bo# of the snare or !lap. )old S)IFT and press the Left Eey on the keyboard. Gn !hannel settings" !li!k F6D>. Gn the lower left1hand side" there is a bo# that says (TIA0/. In it" it is a knob that says GFS. 8. Gn the GFS knob" slide the knob to -5 or -5 & whi!h will be indi!ated on the upper1 left hand !orner of the s!reen below (FIL0+.

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It should look like this.

0#periment with the GFS knob and noti!e the effe!t of the song.

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L'SSON :: &'N'R$TORS $ND .LU&INS % generator is the instruments that !ome with FL Studio su!h as FL Eeys and Sytrus. =emember" like Samples" these generators !an be modified by effe!ts. See %33ID9 0FF0>TS in L0SSGD . % very powerful tool in FL Studio is the 7;OSC. With one preset" you !an make two instruments. 1. >li!k >hannels" %dd Gne" &#GS>. . Aake sure your settings mat!h the pi!ture below.

This !reates a powerful subwoofer instrument. It goes so hard in the trunk" everybody will be wanting a tra!k. If you play higher notes" it turns to a syntheti! flute sound whi!h is very popular. To add a slide effe!t .whi!h is very popular/5 1. >li!k AIS>. DAMNMAYNEBEATS.COM PRESENTS COME BE A FL STUDIO EXPERT FL STUDIO TUTORIAL E-BOOK 21

. In the 7olyphony bo#" !li!k the 7orta button. &. Aove the slide button to the right at a angle.

Should look like the above pi!ture. 0#periment with the slide button until you get the sound you like. %nother powerful 9enerator is the Sytrus generator. The 7latinum Saw and 9old Saw are two powerful instruments in the Sytrus generator. 7ull these up by going to the browser and !li!king plugin presetsKgeneratorsKsytrusKsynth string then dragging either the 9old Saw or 7latinum Saw to the step se,uen!er.

0very other generator in FL Studio basi!ally su!ks. I haven$t tried FL Studio @$s generators" but Image1Line has had : straight series of disappointing generators. So I re!ommend using CST 7lugins whi!h" when installed" look and play like generators. DAMNMAYNEBEATS.COM PRESENTS COME BE A FL STUDIO EXPERT FL STUDIO TUTORIAL E-BOOK 22

I re!ommend the following CST$s. 1. Steinbe)! 9* e)sonic 1 MMMMM 1 Cery good" but diffi!ult to install. 7robably won$t install on Windows Cista" but give it a try anyway. 2. Steinbe)! 9* e)sonic 2 1 MMMMM 1 Cery good" but also diffi!ult to install. 2oth )ypersoni! and )ypersoni! have good points and if you give up either one for the other" you will be giving up good instruments. If you are lu!ky enough to be able to install them" pi!k your favorite. *ou won$t be able to keep both on your system. 3. Nati-e Inst)uments F0< 1 MMM 1 9ood instruments" but you will ,ui!kly use these sounds up. 4. Ne;us 2 1 MMMMM 1 Cery" Cery 7owerful synths. Installs pretty good" but I$m still learning to install e#pansion pa!ks. The e#pansion pa!ks are said to be outstanding. 5. .u)it* 1 MMMM 1 Lots of instruments. This won$t remain your main sour!e for long" but it is e#!ellent when you are looking for that last instrument for your !horus. 6. Sam leTan+ 2 1 MMMM 1 9ood pianos and bass. %ll other instruments are medio!re. This one is needed if you like realisti! instruments. 7. %an!ua)d 1 MMM 1 This CST is good in !ase you !an$t find De#us . Gne big reason why you may not have CSTs on your FL Studio is be!ause you do not know how to install them. 1. 3ownload or open the >3 folder and double1!li!k the installer file. 2. When it is installing" make sure that the folder you are installing the CST in is the e#a!t same folder as all of the other CSTs. It should be something like >5Nprogram filesNvstplugins or !5Nprogram files .#':/Nvstplugins. Whatever folder you !hoose" make sure all of your vsts are there. &. Gn FL Studio" go to GptionsKFile Settings and make sure the (vst plugins e#tra sear!h folder+ mat!hes the folder with your vsts.

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4. 9o to >hannelsK%dd GneKAore... >li!k =0F=0S) at the bottom. 8. The newly installed CSTs should be in red. >li!k the bo# to the left of the new plugins. Dow you should be able to pull up the new plugin in FL Studio by going to >hannelsK%dd one. If you en!ounter an error" the installation did not go right. Some plugins .Sampletank" ne#us / have separate instrument files. *ou must pay attention to where you save these instruments and load them up through the CST panel. 2eing a produ!er takes a little effort so if your instruments are not loaded up" please study the CST fully.

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L'SSON =: .'RSON$LI>IN& FL STUDIO 7utting your own personal ba!kground on FL Studio and arranging your samples so that they are easily a!!essible is very important to your musi!al su!!ess. I used to put fine" damn near naked women on my FL Studio ba!kground and imagine if that girl heard it" would she like it? 1. 9o to CI0WK2a!kgroundKset bitmap wallpaper This is a very simple step" but it is one of the most power. This helps your sub!ons!ious mind !ope with the fa!t that some nights" you may put in 41' hours making beats. If you go to optionsKfile settings" you have the opportunity to put your own folders in the browser to the left so that your samples !an be easily a!!essed.

>li!k on the little folders under (browser e#tra sear!h folders+. >li!k the folder you want to put in the browser and !li!k GE. %nd you are done. *ou !an also give the folders a new name that !an only be seen in FL Studio.

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L'SSON ?: R'CORDIN& ON FL STUDIO %s a e#perien!ed produ!er and sound engineer" I 3G DGT re!ommend re!ording with FL Studio. FL Studio is a >76 hog and it will delay the timing of your re!ording. Try %dobe %udition or 7roTools. 1. If you must re!ord on FL Studio" %SIG drivers must be installed. %fter they are installed .they should have installed with FL Studio/" go to GptionsK%udio Settings. 2elow InputKGutput" sele!t %SIG4%LL v . Then . 7ress F@ to pull up your mi#er. &. Gn the mi#er on the Top" Far =ight" there is a menu !alled ID. It should say .none/. >li!k it. For your line input .normally a keyboard" A7> or guitar/ !li!k the very first sele!tion. The name of the first sele!tion varies be!ause we all do not have the same sound !ard.

4. If you are re!ording vo!als" you must go below %SIG4%LL v H mono. >li!k Ai! Input 1. 8. >li!k =e!ord and FL Studio should walk you through the rest of the pro!ess. DAMNMAYNEBEATS.COM PRESENTS COME BE A FL STUDIO EXPERT FL STUDIO TUTORIAL E-BOOK 26

L'SSON < / #9$T C$N I DO #IT9 T9' .I$NO ROLL@ The piano roll is a very important part of your su!!ess. If you do not use it" get familiar with it. The piano roll" if I !an re!all !orre!tly" was introdu!ed around FL Studio 4. When the piano roll emerged" produ!ers began to take FL Studio seriously. The world of musi! produ!tion would never be the same. 7iano roll !ontains the ability to pla!e !hords into your produ!tion. >hords are mu!h needed in the world of musi!. I normally use the minor !hord" but I have been known to use other !hords. 7iano roll also allows you to roll your hi hats and drums in triplets or as fast as possible whi!h is the style of musi! in -1-1 -11. 7ull it up by right !li!king any !hannel button as !li!king piano roll. If you !li!k the down arrow .far top far left/ and !li!k !hord and !li!k minor" you !an start !reating musi! with minor !hords. =emember musi! is mathemati!al. 7lay a note and" in minor" the key e#a!tly 8 notes below the key you played first mat!hes musi!ally. %lso the key e#a!tly notes below" notes above" the key 8 notes above" the key < notes above and below also mat!h musi!ally. Sometimes" the key & notes below mat!hes depending on the feel of the song. =emember this and you will be set for starters at making short melodies.

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%ll these keys mat!h in a minor !horded rap song. The purple key is the first key you play. When you make your melody" you may play the purple key or the green keys in any rhythm you want" but if you play any other key" you will break the melody resulting in a wa!k beat. When you get better" you will noti!e you !an !hange the main key of your melody in a !ertain part of the beat. =emember two things. 1. >hange your main key to one of the keys within your melody. %nd . Dever break the melody. Iust remember those mathemati!s I gave you . notes above" notes below" 8 notes above" 8 notes below and < notes above" < notes below and sometimes & notes below/. It would be very benefi!ial to learn the letters of the keys. DAMNMAYNEBEATS.COM PRESENTS COME BE A FL STUDIO EXPERT FL STUDIO TUTORIAL E-BOOK 28

The piano roll allows you to do anything with your rhythm. Learn how to use the gridlines in the piano roll very well.

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L'SSON A: #9$T C$N I DO #IT9 T9' &R$.9 'DITOR@ The main purpose of the graph editor for me is rolling drums from left to right or right to left. Gther things you !an do is !an!el an instrument that plays too long. *ou !an also modify the volume .Celo!ity/ of the instrument and shift the timing .for advan!ed users./ To roll drums left to right... 1. %rrange your drums in your desired way . >li!k the small graph ne#t to the keyboard button .or press 9/. &. %t the bottom of the graph" move the slider to pan. 4. >li!k the top of the graph. If a bar was !reated" you Fust moved that step of the drums to the right. If the bar goes down" you Fust moved that step to the left.

0#ample.

If you want to use it to !an!el an instrument that would otherwise play too long. 1. Sele!t a step anywhere you want to stop the instrument. . 7ull up the graph. &. Aake sure you are on the velo!ity graph. 7ull the bar of the step where you would like the instrument to stop down until you !annot see the bar. DAMNMAYNEBEATS.COM PRESENTS COME BE A FL STUDIO EXPERT FL STUDIO TUTORIAL E-BOOK 30

4. Dow play the song. If you did this !orre!tly" the instrument should play until it !omes a!ross the step you muted. I !all this a (!an!eler+. Learn the 9raph and be!ome more advan!ed at produ!ing rap musi!.

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L'SSON 16: #9$T C$N I DO #IT9 T9' 0IB'R@ In Lesson " I showed you that you !an pull of effe!ts and put them on your instruments. These make the instruments sound !ooler. *ou !an also in!rease or de!rease the volume of the instruments on ea!h tra!k. If you are a serious produ!er" you absolutely need the mi#er. The mi#er is needed to tra!k out the instruments and if a serious rapper buys a tra!k from you" they are going to need the tra!ked out files. So split ea!h instrument on ea!h tra!k. Lesson !an show you how to do this. Aake sure you rename ea!h tra!k to a user1friendly name so that it !an be easier on the ne#t engineer. When the instruments are split up on the mi#er" you !an e, the entire tra!k properly. I get into e,$ing later in the book .Lesson 1&/.

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L'SSON 11: S$%IN& $ND BOUNCIN& DO#N B'$TS I$m pretty sure you know how to e#port your beat as a .wav or .mp& file. This is one of the first things I learned. Its !alled (boun!ing down+ in the world of musi! produ!ers and engineers. =emember when boun!ing a beat down" A7& is a lossy format" meaning ,uality will be lost. %lways boun!e down in .wav file. It is not re!ommended to re!ord a song in A7&. If you must boun!e a song down in A7&" make sure it is 8:kbit to ensure the most ,uality is saved. When you save a file to A7&" the fre,uen!y is !ompressed. The !omputer immediately mutes out any silent parts to save data. %lso" the fre,uen!y begans to shut off at a !ertain level. Doti!e when you save a A7& file at & kbit or 8:kbit" you !an only hear mid fre,uen!ies. The A7& !ode! !ompresses off higher and lower fre,uen!ies modifying the ,uality. When you need to tra!k out a beat" e#port the beat as normal" but in the options bo#" before you !li!k start" !li!k split mi#er tra!ks. *ou will noti!e the disk spa!e in!reased astronomi!ally. *ou will also noti!e that FL Studio will not split the mi#er tra!ks in A7&. *ou need mu!h spa!e for produ!ing. If you don$t have the spa!e" please invest in a better !omputer and try again. %fter saving the tra!ked out files in their own separate folder" right !li!k the folder and send it to a !ompressed ;ip folder. This way you !an send the files over the internet.

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L'SSON 12: TI.S ON CR'$TIN& $ B'$T Aost of the !omplaints I hear from beginner produ!ers is (The beat sounded tight until I listen to it in the !ar. That sOit su!ks" man.+ *ou A6ST DGT 6S0 T)0 IDST=6A0DTS 7=GCI303 2* FL ST63IG e#!ept the Cintage instruments that are !hara!teri;ed by CT .e#. CTP'-'/. 6se these instruments for ki!ks and snares. 0ventually" you will need to find drumkits on the internet and use them. Gther things I hear is ()ow do you start your beat off+. This heavily depends on your arsenal. If you have you per!ussion game on lo!k" start your melody first and if you have your melody game on lo!k" start your per!ussion first. I would re!ommend getting the hardest part over first and then easing the easy things in. When you have high1,uality" hard1 hitting instruments" its not that hard to !reate a beat. % big re!ommendation is that you have high ,uality drums preferably new original drums. I$ve heard too many beats that start good" but then have a weak '-' and a weak !lap. *ou must amp your '-'$s up with a little e,$ing.

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This is an e#ample of how I e, my '-'. Aake sure that it beats ni!ely. Aake sure it is the hardest and loudest thing in the beat. %lso" make sure you !lap is the ne#t to the loudest hardest in the beat. I normally e, good !risp sounding !laps by raising the high1end fre,uen!ies" but all !laps are different so you Fust have to make sure it sounds good. %lso" you must know and understand the genre of musi! you are making. 0a!h style of musi! has its signature sounds and limits. 6nderstanding 0ast >oast" West >oast" 3irty South" 7op and =L2 musi! will keep you selling beats.

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L'SSON 17: TI.S ON '(CIN& I showed you my e, on a '-' in the last !hapter. This is my e, on a snareK!lap sound.

Sin!e the drum was high ,uality" I raised the treble until it stood out from the rest of the tra!k. *ou may have a brass" a strings" a bell and a synth. Whatever the !ase" all instruments have their pla!e. The key is to sharply e, ea!h so that they all have their pla!e. If the brass is drowning the strings out" you may have to e, the strings until you !an !learly hear both. The point of e,ing is that you hear every instrument !learly. 0,ing will bring you to this point. If it is not working for you" repla!e the instrument.

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L'SSON 18: $ND OT9'R TI.S T9$T I C$N T9IN2 OF When you have !on,uered everything you need to learn about the musi! produ!tion game" you will ,ui!kly find out that your !ompetition is based on how fit ea!h produ!er$s mind is. 2elieving in yourself .not hating on yourself/ is key. *ou must always stay in a good and positive mood. If you find yourself in a bad mood" wat!h something that$ll trip you out like Friday or any !omedy .I like stuff like the Simpsons and Family 9uy/. *ou have to get yourself laughing some kind of way and return to your natural state. The time you put into your !raft is also key. %fter you master FL Studio" the time it takes you to !reate a hot beat should be ne#t on your list. *ou must be able to !reate a hot beat fast in order spend more of your time balling and shot1!alling. It also looks good on your resume. %fter you master FL Studio" be sure to begin working on hardware like the A7> or a Fantom. Dot only do you in!rease your fle#ibility" but you also may find instruments that you might like to load into FL studio. Ay final senten!e is this. To gain your edge in the produ!tion game you must master three things5 1. Finding )ot" Dew and )igh1Buality instruments that would make other produ!ers Fealous . Dever !ategori;e yourself based on the maFor pla!ements other produ!ers may have .stay !onfident and skilled/ &. %lways be willing to learn new things.

Terry 3. Smith II

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L'SSON 1:: #a-e T)a-elle) In the e1book" I forgot to mention the Wave Traveller whi!h is one of the most powerful" yet one of the most slept on tools in FL Studio. The Wave Traveller simulates a turntable and makes C0=* )GT s!rat!hing effe!ts if done !orre!tly. The Wave Traveller !an be !onfusing at first be!ause you must a s!rat!h graph for ea!h note .this also makes it very powerful/. For instan!e5 The note > may be (erre1erre+ and the note 3 may be (er1erre1erre1er+ .use your imagination/. I will get you started with a few instru!tions and pi!tures and you !an take it from there. 1. 9o to >hannelsK%dd oneKWave Traveller .Way at the bottom/ . >li!k the small folder .top" left/ and load any sample. &. De#t" there is a knob to the right of 7%T>) >8. Twist it to the left until the two yellow lines only !ontain about 8 to &8Q of the full sample. 4. =ight !li!k the knob S73 and sele!t 1: steps .provided that you are using a high tempo between 1 - and 1@-/. 5. Then" on the graph !li!k the top of the nd line" bottom of the &rd line" top of the 4th line" bottom of 8th line" top of :th line" bottom of <th line" top of 'th line" top of @th line" bottom of 1-th line" bottom of 1&th line" top of 14th and top of last line. Should look like this...

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Now the key to the Wave Traveller is each space between the two lines is a step. Make sure that the line goes diagonally some sort of way if you want a sound on that step. For instance: The first space on the graph is the first step on the se uencer. The first diagonal line makes the first scratch sound. ! have to let you take it from here. "et creative but #ust remember to always remember to go diagonally over the spaces and keep it set for $% steps.

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Lesson 16: More on Effects (Changing, Evolving Effects) ! received a uestion in my &ouTube email. This guy was asking about how to do effects and he was watching a video and some guy had loaded up a video. The video had colorful things in the playlist editor and the beat was doing all kinds of effects. ! don't do too many effects because they can cheese up your beat. (ut ! will e)plain what he did. First thing you must remember is that when dealing with the event editor* all different events can be on different patterns. So if you want to wait until the perfect time to put echoes on a clap sound you can do this. $. +oad a clap sound* put the beat on song mode ,+-* select pattern $* rename it clap and set you se uencer like this. .. "o to the mi)er* make sure you are on M/ST01* load up Fruity Free Filter. 2lick 3attern . and rename it Free Filter and color it ,1ight 2lick* 2olor Selected- 104. Then right click the Fruit Free Filter knob on the far right of the mi)er ne)t to the green not. 0vent 0ditor will pop up. Make a diagonal line going from down to up like this.

!t doesn't have to be perfect right now. This is #ust an e)ample. 5. 2lick on the /64!7 2+!3 portion of the playlist and a red rectangle that says Fruity Free Filter should pop up. 8. 1epeat this process but select 3attern 5* use and rename the pattern Fruity 4elay and color it +ight (lue and for your third effect* select 3attern 8* rename it 3itch (end* color it pink* right click the Master 3itch ,Top* Middle DAMNMAYNEBEATS.COM PRESENTS COME BE A FL STUDIO EXPERT FL STUDIO TUTORIAL E-BOOK 40

+eft to the right of Master 9olume-* and in the 0vent 0ditor make a diagonal starting at the center and go to the bottom. Should look like this.

Now play the song and you will notice that all these do allow you to automate the increase of an effect. ! don't do this often. &ou can do this with whatever effect you like. The video ! was referring to had longer effects. &ou can make your automated effects as long as possible. This is very time consuming.

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Lesson 17: Volume Envelopes Colume 0nvelopes basi!ally entail how a sample will play. % volume envelope set like this will make a sample fade in and fade out.

% volume envelope set like this will make a sample fade out ,ui!kly" yet softly. Like strings or a trumpet.

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% volume envelope set like this will have a very sharply !ut ending like a synth.

If you in!rease )GL3" the playing time of the sample in!reases. If you in!rease 30L" the playing time of the sample is delayed. Eeep in mind the sample itself is not delayed" only the volume of the sample is delayed. The sample prin!iples apply for 7%D" >6T" =0S and 7IT>).

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