Bad Gear - FL Studio

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks to the legend that is Gaz Williams: www.youtube.com/@GazWilliams Full Tracks, Extended Jams, Sample Packs: www.patreon.com/audiopilz

[@Jason75913]

Gaz actually playing Santa Claus 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TooSlowTube]

@@Jason75913 So.... he's not really Santa? I'm confused.

[@middle_pickup]

Please share high res images of Gaz Santa for the memes to twitter or reddit or myspace. Do it for the memes.

[@wiidlbeetle3857]

I thought I recognized Gaz!

[@NgaTaeOfficial]

Gaz Williams, I never knew you played the bass on “Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk” (1977) by Meco!!!

[@Bkoded]

"hating on DAWs makes no sense unless its logic" well said

[@AudioPilz]

;)

[@codexstudios]

As someone who uses logic pro x, I agree

[@kiehtoo]

BOOOOOOO

[@MajoraWaffle]

logic is just a usable version of protools tho

[@supermcfly100]

For no reason

[@pancake8853]

this series is really just you saying "skill issue" to every amateur synth head out there.

[@AudioPilz]

Let's see it as an encouragement;)

[@plantain.1739]

That is a lotta music discourse in general.

[@gasolineandwine]

You summed it up perfectly.

[@inthefade]

I grew up on FL in '99 and learned basic music production and theory with it. Even though I'm "DAWless" these days and haven't touched FL in 20 years, I still see the step sequencer and piano roll in my brain when composing or even writing songs in a live setting.

[@zacharylayne7569]

I started using FL then too! Straight from the tracker scene...

[@aaronw8525]

Wow seeing that step sequencer in your minds eye...sounds like "brain damage"...but the good kind 😆

[@gaborb6577]

:-o ... after this presentation and demo song quality i completely feel why someone goes in-the-box. Why you went to hardware? What exactly?

[@janickimusic]

Same here with seq and piano roll :) but dawless I didn’t try

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, the piano roll is super sophisticated!

[@intranexine8901]

Love FL studio, the kind of chaotic "everything can connect to everything else" workflow resonates with me a lot, no mater how often I try to get organized I just end up creating a chaotic mess anyways, so I might as well embrace it and make it my strength. Started messing with the trial when I was a kid, and haven't regretted buying the all plugins edition as an adult even once.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@AlexJoneses]

Yep that's the best part of fruity, being able to sidechain my leads through like 20 seperate channels

[@Dichete]

Bro you just described my story with the daw lol

[@khersy]

I can’t stand the options, but I’ll sure be damned if I had to live without them

[@jacobhatfield764]

I just love the fact that I can slap patch onto any effect rack, then use math on the fruity formula via the power of sin and pi lol: instant insane Eq effects on leads. Who said that knowing math isn't useful, obviously they don't use Fl studio.

[@FL_STUDIO]

Thanks for sharing the 🥭

[@liudas5377]

Too cool!!!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks guys!!!

[@peteypete1984]

U guys should make a hardware version I bet people would love it. I don't use DAWs much but I like u guys. If DAWs were people ur seem the most approachable and chill to hang out with and not be all pretentious. 💪🌙☀️⚡🗿🧙‍♂️🔮👁️🎄✌️

[@SlyHikari03]

@@peteypete1984 I’d buy hardware FL Studio.

[@manfburge598]

Hardware Version from grossbeat would be awesome The vocoder that use rxternal soound for vocoding and Something Else to vocoder ist also a STier plugin

[@Scarebeatz]

When i got one of my first placements in 2006, i went to the studio delivering the stems and the engineer said i need to remake the beat with a real daw like cubase. So i just imported the stems in cubase and gave them the cubase project file.

[@AudioPilz]

That could have been me back then;)

[@skymoov]

Chad move

[@phelper4554]

Haha so good 😂

[@cesto1847]

cubase makes me want to throw up

[@Goat.Herder]

@@cesto1847 anything with the Steinberg branding makes me nauseous.

[@lairdkilbarchan]

Maybe it's about time for ULI to release his very own brand new, unique, but strangely familiar DAW: "Meaty Loops".

[@AudioPilz]

UB Studio

[@ChamiCh]

They kinda beat you to the punch; they've been working on a (supposedly free) DAW of their own for a while now. Like, legit. It's behringer though, so it might be another two years before it gets released =)

[@lairdkilbarchan]

@@ChamiCh Haha. Probably also delayed by the chip shortage. 😃

[@rainbowkrampus]

ProTulis

[@tz4601]

@@ChamiCh If it's anything like the rest of Behringer's product lines, it will be a thin repackaging of an open source DAW with styling to make it look like Logic....

[@Timecop1983]

As a Fruity Loops user ever since the beginning and for all of my music i am lightly offended by this episode of Bad Gear.

[@AudioPilz]

Damn, I shouldn't have messed with the Timecop😬😬😬

[@polter5195]

I never really understood some of the hate it received. You can make the same quality of track in any of the major DAWS (Cubase, REAPER, Ableton, Logic, FL, Studio One, Bitwig, etc). Just because someone may not like the workflow, which is understandable, doesn't make it a bad piece of software. Proud member of the FL gang here.

[@AudioPilz]

👍

[@kissmyass705]

I've been using FL since the beginning.

[@murdockscott]

Being an old guy I feel that I can offer a bit of insight regarding the backlash. I believe it originally came from traditional musicians being offended by the way FL was marketed as an “easy” way to make music. When FL was new, most people making music had invested enormous amounts of time and money into the craft and FL was very much presented as a way to circumvent that effort. Even the whimsical name was like a middle finger to seasoned recording artists who came of age doing things the hard way. I am sort of in the middle of all that being an early adopter of software sequencing (I started with Performer on a 512k fat Mac) but still having a deep appreciation for (very) old school music production. Even though I hardly ever used loops or step sequencing, I was often accused of being a “button pusher”back then, which seems weird by todays standards. I am pretty sure the beginnings of the anti FL attitude started all the way back then and has just continued by inertia to some degree, even as the application became more powerful and flexible.

[@MattmanAZ09]

Mpc3000 users complained about the mpc2000 and it was considered a consumer level product by the 3000 people. Of course they all were complaining about FL Studio. I even remember someone saying they could tell 9th Wonder used FL because of the way the drums sounded 😂

[@falsosprofetas1537]

a mi me pasa alreves el flujo de trabajo es ultra rapido ,llevo 20 años usando cakewalk y cubase y el secuenciador con el piano roll la vista de las otras notas de otras secuencias o melodia bajo etc es lo mejor y mas fluido a la hora de crear secuencias complejas ,tiene un orden ecepcional en comparacion jejejej ,el que mas va commigo ,saludoss

[@KutayYavuzMusic]

It was the late '90s and I had it when it was called Fruity Loops. Time passes so quickly!

[@AudioPilz]

I know, these were the days

[@NewMateo]

I love writing music in FL. It let's you do 1 thing 5 different ways so you are free to make your own workflow. When you first learn it it can be confusing but IMHO it ends up being its greatest strength.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it's like a parallel universe of music production

[@grymdylan]

I just said this, almost word for word, to a friend just last night. It’s easily the best thing with FL - almost free form in a how you can approach it.

[@Simpaiii]

lol, I was about to write almost the exact same thing as to why I love FL Studio, too. Seems to be its biggest strength

[@Music-tg5is]

FL Studio does have a more 'linear mode' (Instrument/Audio Tracks) currently available, which is a little more like other DAWs traditional way of working. And Image-Line have confirmed that they will further develop this in the future, to make FL Studio also easier to use for people who are coming from other DAWs and are more used to that type of workflow. Ultimately, everyone wins. Since, those who prefer FL Studio's non-linear workflows can still continue to use them, while newbies can put the baby stabilisers on the DAW and work strictly in a Linear fashion.

[@terrordisco2944]

Never used it, I think my (limited) valuation of it has only gone up after this ep. I knew it was an all-rounder DAW, now I know why. Bad Gear isn’t really what the name implies, but it is the only honest review around, pros and cons. Now I want him to do my DAW of choice, Ableton.

[@rsa0137]

Officially a Bad Gear owner now 🥳 FL user of 8 years (turning 9 on 27th). I think every FL user has their own unique way of using it, which in my opinion is one of the best thing about it. Sick jams as always. Merry Christmas!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Merry Christmas!!!

[@s_the_first]

^^^ I concur. Plus once you have a workflow, FL is blazing fast.

[@scmstr]

FL let's you drive your inspiration from any starting point. Its workflow-modularity is what freaks people out.

[@OlbaidMusic]

4:30 and 7:00 Look mom! I'm on Tv!!! "Olbaid Compendium"

[@AudioPilz]

Great stuff!!! Really enjoyed the sounds!!! Thank you!

[@OlbaidMusic]

@anashe15256 jajajaja si

[@TheOriginalCoda]

This is my new favourite channel, but bloody hell it takes an hour to watch every video with the pausing and rewinding to read the memes 🤣

[@MrPyroguy108]

Free updates for life is a great feeling, my father got me FL 10 Signature edition for my 13th birthday and it's probably the best value gift I've ever received! It's not without its shortcomings, but over a decade later and I still use FL as my main DAW.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, I'll be an FL user for the rest of my days now;)

[@GreenShark4]

Gaz Williams AND FL Studio??? Merry Christmas indeed! I've been using the DAW for over a decade now, and every time I see someone using the app for the first time they always somehow find a way to do something in it that I've always done a completely different way. It's part of why I love the program, it just gets deeper the more you poke at it. Fun fact! As a teenager I attempted to teach myself the basics of synthesis with Sytrus, which is kind of like trying to learn how to ride a bike by bolting wheels to your face and feet. It did give me a lifelong love of stacked sine waves though! Happy Holidays!

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️Gaz❤️❤️❤️ - Sytrus is actually REALLY good!!!

[@GreenShark4]

@@AudioPilz Sytrus is fantastic, but as someone's entry point to the world of synthesis it's extremely overwhelming. I would have been much better off learning with something simpler since it put me off of synthesis for years until I picked up a Microfreak a few years back.

[@s_the_first]

lol

[@AlexJoneses]

As a paranoid schizophrenic producer I feel like I can really relate to this amazing video and it's editing, although I feel you forgot about the most amazing part of FL, the dancing anime girl

[@shawnmuench]

shes my fave kzbin.info/www/bejne/r52lqYpnn5icpNksi=NUWFSQpA5aVCOTOV&t=41

[@dannydr]

Hahahaha, nice to hear that FL sound at the end. I'm using FL studio since 2015 after trying a lot of daws. I have to say that FL studio is the most versatile daw that I know. But the best thing next to it's great features is the lifetime free updates! Thanks Image Line for that. Merry Christmas to you, Florian!

[@AudioPilz]

Merry Christmas to you too!!!

[@wonderror9546]

Been loyal to FL since 2011. Now I find myself channelling Autogun everytime I try to describe a synth. Once you've experienced the delightful sound of warm metallic kittens tweaked by yo mama, it changes you. It's icy, but not entirely claustrophobic.

[@AudioPilz]

Autogun presets are so great!

[@Mr.Marbles]

@@AudioPilz and the best thing: you will never run out of presets.

[@nigelsenchez]

I've used nothing else than fruity loops last 20 years. Its amazing what you can do.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@Superior1995Rex]

This comment would be soo good if it would come from a Producer-Legend. (The type of people you'ld expect to do amazing things with a DAW) But then I read your name and it said "hello jaja" 😅

[@nigelsenchez]

​@@Superior1995Rex I'm secretly a producer legend who never releases anything. 😁

[@chrisstaubyn]

ROTFLMAO! I created the meme at 1:10. I would've never thought I'd be honored to see it in a Bad Gear episode. Thank you!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice one!!! Thanks!!!

[@s_the_first]

Ohhh.... so you don't use FL Studio.... BROTHER?!?!? 🤨 lol

[@chrisstaubyn]

@@s_the_first I did years ago. I honestly created the meme as a joke for laughs. I have no hard sentiments toward the DAW.

[@kylemccombmusic]

Intro sequence is truly blessed

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@circuitslave]

A nice bowl of Fruity Loops! Thanks to you and Gaz for this wonderful Holiday Gift! 😆

[@AudioPilz]

❤️

[@pleasure1689]

I use fl and I love this vid. Very good.

[@ssnochevy]

Watching this really reminds me of how much work it takes to put this show together. Thanks for a great year of content ❤

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!❤❤❤

[@edalsss]

the production quality of this episode is stellar! thank you, mr.Pilz, and have a merry Christmas)

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@synthlord2368]

That was an amazing episode!!! Love the crossover with Gaz Klaus!! 🎅 What's next...? New Years with Nick "The Batt"? Happy Friday Florian and Frolische Weinachten!! 🎄🎁

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!! Frohes Fest!!!

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

An episode like Nick did on the Roland Jupiter 50 would be epic!

[@KeirMurphy]

Surely it'll have to wait until the PWM Malevolent is old enough... Nick + saying PWM every other line... too much!

[@neiel1]

Wow! Great holiday collab with Santa Gaz! Happy Holidays, Pilz! ✨🎄⭐️

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@synthpatchers]

Interesting fact: one of the earlier manuals were written with a bit of dark humour. I remember reading a Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky crack. I believe this was a the late 90's version. Definitely made it an amusing read lol

[@AudioPilz]

The 90s, the decade in which user manuals contained adult humor;)

[@LangleyNA]

Good episode, AudioPilz! Thanks for coming along, Gaz Williams! You're super kind! :)

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!! Gaz=legend!!!

[@breathinginpizza]

Hey Florian

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!!!

[@TheVenerableMrKrieg]

@@AudioPilz Specifically, Soundgoodizer A-- probably the most powerful if least subtle one-- can be opened in Maximus. Soundgoodizer itself is based on a very old free plugin, the name of which I forget (I don't know how comparable they are these days, but maybe you can still use that old VST in other DAWs to good effect if you can dig it up!), but Soundgoodizer as it exists now is actually a Mini-Maximus. Minimus, if you will. Consequently, if you open the Soundgoodizer A preset in Maximus, you can see exactly what it's doing with a full breakdown of settings in the various bands, and if you like what it's doing you might tweak it from there, or just study it to replicate some of its qualities elsewhere. Of course, if you really just want all that goodized sound and more in other DAWs for minimal effort, just buy the VST version of Maximus from FL and run it wherever you want.

[@sharkinahat]

The UI is designed based on the 'just use more monitors' paradigm... but that's pretty much the industry standard for DAWs. Great episode.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@AlexJoneses]

Fruity really unlocks when you have a monitor for the main roll, one for mixer, one for channel rack, and one for piano roll, then it gets really fast

[@obtFusi]

​@@AlexJoneses If I have a setup like this, can I control everything (= Tools) with hardware? Can I map every moveable item to a hardware controller?

[@Gainn]

Best episode EVAR. Many Loops and such Fruit to you, good sir!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Have a nice one!!!

[@SATOhara3173]

I use FL Studio for everything, never understood the meme hate for it, guessing it has something to do with how the program used to be or its old name, I dunno. You'd think I'd know why given I've used it since I was 13 lmao. Recorded all my music on it, including my upcoming album. FL Studio for life, they've provided an amazing product with a lifetime of support. I used to switch to REAPER for recording live instruments and use FL for just programming and stuff but eventually I switched to just FL Studio for everything. Also damn you're REALLY good at this. I watch most of your stuff so I shouldn't be surprised but damn dude this one went above and beyond. Great video and music!

[@AudioPilz]

TBH, I probably would have never got to the point of really making music with it if it wasn't for the show;)

[@SATOhara3173]

@@AudioPilz Well worth the end result.

[@mass-1128]

The only reason why FL Studio became a meme is because it was the easiest DAW to crack by beatmakers and people making electronic music therefore becoming the most downloaded DAW ever, but other than that it's incredible and powerful.

[@obshaky]

Indeed Gaz is an absolute legend and this video has just won "Best Damn Editing", "Best use of producer memes" and "Best Synthfluencer video of 2022". Talk about scoring seconds before the end of the game!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@marcusai210]

Man, this vid takes ‘best edited vid award ‘ for your channel this year. Well done! 👏

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@ChrisLincoln]

FL was the very first DAW I used back around the year 2000. I didn't do much with it, but it got me started. Now I'm all about Sunvox

[@AudioPilz]

Nice, I have to check out Sunvox

[@andreasdigmann7346]

fun fact: soundgoodizer is just 4 maximus presets in a one knob interface. you can load the soundgoodizer presets in maximus and tweak them

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@smz257]

as an FL user, your overview of the DAW features had me rolling lol the feature perspectives as well as the memes! I use FL for production and I tell people that in that realm its like my first language. But I don't use many stock plugins, and I hate it for recording. I use Reaper for that. But ye personally, I started using FL in 2010 and ran away for 2 years, then it took me another 2-3 years to feel like I was comfortable with it. I haven't even scratched the surface in terms of becoming a power user to be honest but I always love the feel of jumping in and just getting some solid production going. There are definitely alot of pain points, and I even have fun hating on the program along with the naysayers but it will always be my go to. Great episode!!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@synthphilosophy]

Brilliant show, and nice to see you went beyond hardware :-). Pretty impressive what you did there, as usual. Slowly you're going through the list of tools I own, and I love it. I used FL in the early 2000s to experiment. Then work happened and I dropped music for a long time. 20 years later I picked up this hidden passion again, started with a FL license, but I discovered I love DAWless so much more. Or at least the live aspect of it, instead of programming a song in and looking at screens. But you inspired me to pick FL up again and integrate its performance mode into my setup, and use my Mac as an instrument instead of the centerpiece of it all. Please keep on making your videos. You're an inspiration for many people, and you singlehandedly rebooted second hand markets for many tools. Much

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@the_leathermushroom]

This is the magnum opus. I will never get tired of Gaz' happy bass face. Guess the guy with glasses can stay ❤

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@e-conrecords4665]

I’ve never understood the hate from some quarters for FruityLoops. Especially these days. Best piano roll in the business, great VST support, lifetime updates.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@OneEyedWheeler]

I like that I can open up Patcher inside Patcher and keep going until I don't know whether I'm asleep or awake anymore.

[@AudioPilz]

PatchCeption...

[@offTheMedsYe]

After 9:09 I'm gonna be real sad if Bad Gear - Logic Pro X doesn't hit in time for Christmas 2023 lol

[@AudioPilz]

I hate Logic with a passion;)

[@i_never_asked_for_an_alias]

This was an awesome episode for various reasons. Merry X-Mas, Sir.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Merry Christmas!!!

[@SynGirl32]

My hip-hop producer friend once asked me to help finish a track of his on FL (I'm an Ableton guy). It took me 30 minutes to make a simple sequenced bassline, and I looked like the dad from Mitchells vs. The Machines the whole time.

[@AudioPilz]

I feel you!!!

[@davew6097]

If it took you 30 min to make a simple bassline sequence .... Idgaf what daw it is....or was.....lol it's NOT the daws fault.....come on now lmfao

[@chrisiceheart]

@@davew6097 real, if you cant get it within the first 10-15, it really is ok to swallow your pride and look it up lol

[@annother3350]

@@davew6097 Fruity Loops IS shit though

[@whodemclan]

@@annother3350 some of the greatest producers alive use fl don't hate cuz you can't figure out how to use it

[@edwardboot3431]

I'll always have a soft spot for FL Studio, it got me into producing way back in 2006 or so. It's a solid DAW and always has been, and I think Image Line is an amazing company. I think it's amazing that they offer lifetime free updates. I think it could easily stand as a pro DAW for anyone that cared enough to use it. There's some international top-hits that have been created in FL Studio. I've been a devoted Studio One user for 5 years now, I just find it an overall more professional and intuitive DAW. But I got nothing bad to say about FL.

[@DodgaOfficial]

I use both. For making beats, I massively prefer fl studio, it's just more intuitive for making loop based music imo as it's completely based around patterns. When I want to record though, I go to studio one, it's just so much better for anything like recording a song.

[@TraxtasyMedia]

Martin Garrix - Animals for example...

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@Mr.Marbles]

@@TraxtasyMedia dont forget the most complex and best produced track of the 2000s. crank that.

[@MSHRadio-dj5zn]

haha, thanks for bringing Gaz into this episode. It was lovely!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you! He's an international treasure!!!

[@bigbrothertw]

the name of the game when it comes to FL is versatility, there are always many ways to do things so you end up grinding out ur own work flow out instead of being locked into the workflow of the daw

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@rundtomrasmus]

haha amazing crossover

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!! Yeah, banging out beats since 1997;)

[@rundtomrasmus]

Oh and merry Xmas 🎄

[@_boof]

I actually started on FL, hated it for years and recently Ive been back on it. FL is amazing once it clicks with you.

[@AudioPilz]

👍

[@999Lucas]

They fixed the audio lane in 21. If you turn off typing keyboard to midi, the shortcuts work better, which isnt intuitive or obvious to most users. You could just press C to bring up cut, and set the playlist snapping, and place a playhead to paste at that location. I barely use my ascii board and just jump around on my MPD and LX61. Hope that helps.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!!! Still started editing in 20

[@AttilaSVK]

I started with FL Studio and the only reason I learned Reason and later Logic was that I switched to a Mac. I would love to get to know Ableton a bit better, but either my brain is wired differently, or just haven't found the right way to approach it.

[@AudioPilz]

Switching daws always hurts a little;)

[@kulikgabor7624]

Wow! I didn't think you'll actually make this! :D thank you very much!

[@AudioPilz]

❤️

[@SwiftDreamer]

FL is awesome. No real Rules to how to use it, which is bad for user coming from traditional Linear DAW workflows, but amazing for point & click warriors & modular workflow. I would check out Benn Jordan's video on FL Studio 21, which really highlights a bunch of things I love about FLS Edit, nvm you touched on a bunch of things I love about FL, cheers AudioPilz!

[@AudioPilz]

Benns vid about 21 is so great!!!

[@jensmeyer3718]

I use FL since 20 Years, i love it. And It works well as a Sequencer with my Hardwaresynths. Thanks for the Episode and Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutscht!!

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@mentulamonstrosa]

My first efforts with electronic music were made possible by FL studio. Downloaded the 3rd version illegally from Kazaa of course, it was fundamental in my development. Creating endless amounts of useless EBM loops while snorting large quantities of cheap, locally sourced crystal meth could sum up my last years in high school. The beginning of the millennium was a wonderful time to be alive.

[@AudioPilz]

👍

[@EricTheActor805]

My life has truly been a story of bad gear I grew up with a Squire Strat, Epiphone Acoustic Guitar, an Unknown Casio Synth (if you could call it a synth) and some Yamaha Digital Drum I then had a pirated copy of Fruity Loops in the very early 2000s and got a M-Audio Midi Controller

[@AudioPilz]

Sounds like a success story to me;)

[@theh0r5e90]

this was a great episode

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@xisotopex]

Uli has something for you! this episode is beyond epic. I dont know if you can ever top this one.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Working on it;)

[@vladv5126]

Now that the DAW floodgate is open, I'm hoping for an episode on Slow Tools sometime in the future

[@AudioPilz]

Slow Tools, lol

[@s_the_first]

Why?.... I thought Pro-Tools rode off into the sunset and never looked back, must've dreamt it. Oh no, actually, that was me, riding away from the Pro-Tools licensing options, my bad.

[@adnana7918]

That epic production value tho ❤️❤️❤️

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@hard-d1276]

Banger!!! The first x-mas gift already delivered on friday!!! Amazed as allways... Merry Christmas !!!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@kevintgaudio]

FL studio user of 15 years. I have worked professionally in other DAWs such as Ableton, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper, etc, but there's something about FL's open ended workflow that has me coming back. I just love the piano roll and how sandbox-like it is and all the modularity when it comes to creating something. My biggest issue with FL is a feature request can sometimes take years, hell even a decade (been asking for proper audio crossfades for a literal decade). Window management is also a disaster. Great vid!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@uffevonlauterbach]

I started using FL Studio because a friend gave it to me. Before that, I was writing music in Finale NotePad. I've gotten so used to this DAW, I feel there's no reason to switch to something else.

[@evrypixelcounts]

I grew up using FL studio, and it has fundamentally shaped my workflow. What it hasn't done is make me any better at making music (T_T)

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@The_Master_Brain]

FLStudio is the best DAW exist. I worked with different DAWs in past (Boobase, Afletchon, Reaction, Bitfick, Garbage Band...). Most fast workflow are with FLStudio. This the right if you want produce music and not want to find out how to route channels. I use Midi-Controllers and Hardware Synths, and modular Tech. I never had any problems with connection to FLStudio. Everything works fine.

[@AudioPilz]

👍

[@schwarzerrogen930]

I did not see Fruity Dancer make an appearance, and I am now the big sad.

[@AudioPilz]

Damn, I have to make a short with it!!!

[@jezza8558]

Love it! thanks and have a great Christmas!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Happy New Year!!!

[@nachtaktiv]

Next time: Ableton live, the MS Word of the audio world

[@AudioPilz]

More like Excel, isn't it;)

[@runglechungleinthejungle]

FL is a DAW that gives the user a LOT of freedom in tackling how to make projects on and I really appreciate it. I never use the step sequencer and generally speaking don't touch the great piano roll much. Most of my work is precisely chopping/placing samples and laying everything out on the playlist and lathering on the FX as I go. I feel like my style and approach to production is a little atypical but FL is the most for me daw out there and I don't think I can move to another daw for fear of my whole world & process/style falling apart lol 🥲 Great vid!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@saricubra2867]

I don't use samples. When i make electronic music, it's all synth based (physical modelling, substractive, fm, etc), including drums, fortunately i have a very beefy CPU for that.

[@runglechungleinthejungle]

@@saricubra2867 I've dabbled in that but there's a certain flow/feel to really messing with, transforming, and building off samples that I'm very much in love with, so I primarily do music that way now. Respect though!

[@Superior1995Rex]

One Pluck Arp in Serum and One Pad in Diva is all my CPU can handle 😅

[@aaronw8525]

Adding the FL Studio start-up twerpy sound at the end was a real touch of class 🤩

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Kupta]

2:02 not true. You can open the instrument and click the "track" text to have it assigned automatically even with recolored and renamed mixer channel specifically for the thing you wanna assign.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the clarification!

[@djdarksidejungle559]

i actually think this is one of ya best episodes to be honest

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@mrotaveria]

two of the nicest guys of youtube in one video, loved this episode!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Pichuscute]

Been using FL Studio for well over a decade. It's a lot different than other DAWs and makes you take time to learn how to streamline your workflow, but the results can end up being some of the best control and fastest work you can get from a DAW. Wouldn't regret the choice to use it in a million years.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@ianmcmurchie6636]

That bittersweet feeling when Renoise isn’t even in the memes XD FL is legit simultaneously overpowered and flawed to a beautiful degree like most DAWs. Even I a tracker junkie find myself using FL as a vst. 🧡

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, I really need to use it as a VST!!! Thanks for the heads up!

[@ianmcmurchie6636]

@@AudioPilz Any time fam! It’s a game changer. You planning an FL - Ableton duet? Haha!

[@frenchtrace9862]

You've really been after my heart with these last couple episodes, great work

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@alexlouismusic]

If you are planning to do VSTi’s I suggest Halion as a real torture chamber. It’s the evil twin of Cubase in every way and it’s vintage circa 2001

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion, thanks!!!

[@Nahwan8]

What a good episode. 😂 FELIZ NAVIDAD! 🎅

[@AudioPilz]

❤❤❤

[@rorz999]

I finally bought and started using FL Studio earlier this year. I used to really hate it a decade and more ago, but I think with version 20 it became a serious DAW. The window management though, oh god it's painful - there must be a better way of doing it

[@AudioPilz]

The windows are pure horror;)

[@SwiftDreamer]

Yea, been using FL for over a decade now & agree window management is abysmal. You could in the view dropdown menu to set a custom window layout & realign with shift+ctrl+H (on windows, it'd probably cmd on mac) but still isn't the best workaround

[@Hyper5nic]

And to top off the myriad of windows, you can detach any one window from the main screen, and move it.. To the adjacent 28 inch screen for example! And FL Studio supports up to 8 separate screens! The madness! 😅

[@afxcs574]

@@Hyper5nic WHAT??????? THANK YOU so much, you are a lifesaver, I completely glossed over that feature!

[@rorz999]

@@Hyper5nic that's all well and good but I don't even have a room for a second monitor, let alone 8 of them!

[@TokeStorm024]

“You’ve been a very naughty boy!” “Did Roland send you?” Dude, that really cracked me up😄

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@SpacedOutDoonie]

There was a guy that wrote a comment I read a while back on some forum that explained some of the hate/negative stuff about FL Studio which was that FL Studio is the most popular and most pirated daw software which led to many amateur/bad sounding songs being published online during a boom in the mid-late 2000's.

[@AudioPilz]

👍

[@alt_r_n9nth]

Let me explain about Claw Machine and 3:07 others, Claw Machine is taking up those "midi notes" just like the claw machine does, Quantizer is a tool to "quantize the midi notes" into perfectly put in the bar (usually for recording from midi keyboard), Strummizer is a tool for strumming the midi note just like playing guitar, Articulator is a tool to articulate the length of midi notes, and Score flipper is a tool to flip the whole midi notes.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the clarification!!!

[@alt_r_n9nth]

@@AudioPilz you're most welcome, I was a former user of "demo version" for a long time in purpose making mashups or editing stuffs on that DAW, honestly, I remembered back in pandemic days, Ableton gave a full "lite" experience of their Live and I've mostly using it rather than FL Studio, in terms of usage, you're well said it on the verdict section, glad you enjoyed it anyway 👏

[@InkyDaCaT]

😂😂😂😂😂😂the end, oh I bet that was alot of fun😉 Gaz is awesome lol. Thankyou Florian for all the fun you have given us this year, and have a wonderful Christmas!

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️Gaz❤️❤️❤️ Thank you!!!

[@InkyDaCaT]

@@AudioPilz I've had the honour of having a few drinks with Gaz 😉🙌😂😂😂

[@synthanatomy]

Gaz and Audiopilz, a dream team :) merry christmas to the austrian-british friendship :)

[@AudioPilz]

Hey Tom, nice to have you here!

[@enochroot9438]

Wishing everyone a merry Synthmas & a happy new bad gear!

[@AudioPilz]

Happy New Year!!!

[@straighttalk2069]

Your live fruity session was amazing, I'm MIND BLOWN. FL Studio's lifetime free updates, makes it without a doubt, the best value for money DAW on the planet

[@By_haZZa]

Studio One Artist: XD

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@nexuzeb79]

Luvly christmas collab guys!!!! Hillarious!!! Thank you!

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@JB-zi3dr]

Incredible episode! Had me in stitches whilst still showing that FL Studio is a beast. Merry Christmas!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@JedoDre]

FL Studio was the best music software I worked with. The only reason I left was because everybody at the time told me that it's not for professionals.

[@saricubra2867]

"not for professionals" Lmao. Midi options and automatization blows any other DAW out of the water. Protools looks stuck in the early 90s.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, I might have been one of these people back in the days. Sorry for that;)

[@Spudcore]

I've been using it since version 2. I can totally see why it would be off-putting to a new user in its current form, but it's just so damn flexible. Any other DAW I've used felt restrictive to me.

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed, super versatile!

[@TheSomethingWheel]

I feel like FL Studio should come with Basshunter's 'Now You're Gone' pre-installed as a demo, in much the same way any number of synths have 'the Blade Runner' as a preset. Merry Christmas!

[@AudioPilz]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[@kaitlyn__L]

I prefer the Boten Ana version, or… wait was it the Dota one? Anyway, damn that takes me back

[@marcus268]

I really enjoyed the guitar hero meme, when gaz played - youre such a wonderfull video editor ! Merry X mas !

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@jugglerj0e]

Happy Holidays Meme Master! That title page with you as The Grinch is hilarious!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@danjwalker]

I remember Fruity Loops being my first intro to making music on a computer in like 2001 or something. It was VERY basic. Shortly after I moved to Reason. I was surprised to see that decades later, FL, is pretty popular.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it has become quite powerful...

[@javascriptkiddie2718]

There are people who made genius level music 300 years ago with nothing but a pen, paper and single instrument. If you can't get anything out of software w literally hundreds of preset sounds, mixer settings and chords that's completely on you.

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@XenoghostTV]

The amount of resources a piece of software contains doesn't remotely influence its quality. FL Studio is the ultimate proof of this. No matter how much shit you claim it comes packed with. The interface is awful. The warping algorithms are fucking shit. The overall channel rack-playlist-mixer structure is insanely bad. Let's not talk about the "preset sounds" or the synthesizers, the only decent one is Sytrus. It's completely unusable. Making electronic music and composing, which is what you referred to, are 2 completely different things. The former requires a decent software that isn't designed by people who should've sticked to degenerate japanese-style 2D porn, the latter can be accomplished with "nothing but a pen, paper and a single instrument" but it is a separate activity. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[@rorz999]

Sometimes too many options is bad. Ever heard of choice paralysis?

[@soundphobe]

highly appreciate this episode. I started on FL Studio through my brother and found my workflow to thrive between Logic and Bitwig, but you very much sum up what's great about FL in 10 minutes. This is what the 'DAW debates' need more of, not disputes about an audio engine's quality that we all know matches to what logic can provide until we're talking surround sound setups. I love that you even touch on the arp and melody generators in this current world of people paying way too much money of "midi packs"

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@matthewdee6023]

Congratulations - you're the only channel I watch with my hands over the pause button so I can read the memes. I then have to go back and re-watch it so I can then pay attention to what you said! No longer the meme-lord, you are becoming one with the memes......

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@ИльяВитцев]

In my opinion, the piano roll in FL is much better in Ableton, as it was probably intended for you to actually draw in the notes as opposed to just do minor editing on recorded MIDI. There's no double clicking to insert a note, no tool changing to delete a note, if you hold Alt, you can change the velocity, you can group the notes with a single shortcut, it seems just made for people like me who have never touched a MIDI keyboard. Oh, and panning around is also easier, albeit accidentally pressing Ctrl while selecting a bunch of notes makes you zoom in a lot and it is irrationally annoying. Over the 8 or 9 years of producing I have gotten pretty good with the [keyboard] keyboard as a MIDI controller and my only gripe with it is that there's no shortcut to transpose the keyboard and no way to change the velocity. I've even found a place where they could have put it, Page Up/Down for the transposing and either the numpad to set the velocity to a percentage of 0 to 90% (or map those keys to go from 0 to 100% in just 9 steps) or Home/End for some% increments. I've also noticed while trying out Ableton that the idle CPU usage was quite a lot higher. I do like Ableton's approach to effects, especially the fact that you're not limited to just 10, but the idea of mixer routing is vastly more intuitive to me. I can arrange stuff in buses in just 2 clicks, assuming I already have the mixer open, which I always do have detached from the main window, on my second screen. That said, with my experience in FL, using Ableton was just as easy, even if it was a bit slower, which is a given. But the UI of both seems to be laid out really nicely and intuitively. Additionally, Max for Live seems more advanced than Patcher and in general, Patcher gets really messy really quickly and it's not really a good way to create a modular synth-like experience, like, there's no envelope generators, mixers that you can actually control the output volume of, or anything, really. You gotta ship it in yourself with VST's. That said, I have a whole lot less experience with Max as opposed to Patcher, so I probably didn't go in far enough to see any real issues with it; I just wanted to play with it for a bit. Thank you for reading a bunch of rambling, I probably gotta go sleep.

[@jacobhatfield764]

Friendly reminder that when writing... always be sure to add spaces; it gives the read an easier time to follow your flow. Also, the space acts as moment to pause and think about what was just read: words exist to convey thoughts and concepts

[@ИльяВитцев]

@@jacobhatfield764 Friendly reminder for you to go screw yourself. If you can't follow a bunch of text, (with spaces, mind you!) I am not the issue.

[@jacobhatfield764]

@@ИльяВитцев You know, before one reacts with haste and violence: ask for intentions. I genuinely meant this as help. It is actually very hard to read and I figure you want to know this for future endeavors; I am being honest, but as you said, "I am not the issue." Your behaviors on you: indeed, that works both ways. It's just advice, take or leave it.