FL Studio 12 Tutorial: The Channel Rack

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This tutorial explains the Channel Rack in FL Studio 12, as well as show you some cool tips, tricks, and shortcuts.
00:30 - Channel Rack [F6]
00:35 - Steps
00:44 - Mute/Solo Button
01:04 - Panning
01:15 - Volume
01:30 - Mixer Track Number
01:38 - Channel Properties
01:56 - Selecting Channels
02:14 - Step Sequencer
02:36 - Swing
03:57 - Play/Pause Button
04:28 - Resizing Channel Buttons
04:42 - Channel Options
05:05 - Add New Channel
05:20 - Customizing Channels (Rename, Color, Icon)
06:29 - Clone Channel [ALT]+[C]
06:52 - Delete Channel [ALT]+[DEL]
07:43 - Re-order Channels [ALT]+[UP/DOWN]
07:55 - Transpose Channel Steps [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[LEFT/RIGHT]
08:09 - Zip Channels [ALT]+[Z]
08:25 - Filter Groups [ALT]+[G]
09:31 - Channel Color Gradients!!!
Questions or comments? Leave them below and I will be happy to help. Tutorial requests for future videos? Let me know!

[@THEKITPLUG]

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[@electronicproducer4603]

Thanks for the kind words :). That's really great to hear!

[@breakage959]

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[@christopherboyle2711]

really helpful even for more experienced users

[@richied10]

please put more out these are really helpful

[@rus1616]

I've seen all your tutorials. You really do know how to explain things in detail but keeping it simple at the same time. I'm wondering will you be uploading anymore tutorials?

[@mac2484]

You are the best tutor man Awesome!!! Please make more of these

[@D.M542]

good teaching techniques,short and simple....nice videos man,you Racked up some good stuff yet again! :D

[@GigaTodd]

Much Love , Electronic Producer !

[@illuminatihov]

This is great material, learning a lot from it, thank you!

[@gataypoland]

thanks a lot , keep it up man :D

[@glockomacko615]

Put more content I find your channel very helpful

[@andrewhall3340]

thanks mate - I'm back on Fruity Loops after a ten year break so your videos are a great refresher course

[@thaarjthaarj90]

God swear u r the best tutor 🙏🙏 at first i watched ur eq tutorial then i feel so easy and felt so simple to use eq that i came back again in ur channel and watched every single video we want more tutorials like as in this vid u told bout the piano roll and more others to create our music better. Really ur tutorial have helped me alot ❤🙏. thank u

[@costastud]

hey dude, i actually learnt a lot of things from the channel rack. Well done explaining this :)

[@kellysharpemusic6873]

Didn't know about the zip feature or the grouping - although I had seen that certain things got grouped by default (like audio channels). Thanks!

[@jacobitejake]

Great! another perfect lesson, and funny in places, entertaining and a pleasure to watch :)

[@EliteknighTxA]

I agree with all the comments! Thank you for your wisdom!

[@thesimplisticesoteric7051]

Awesome tutorial! You should do more; your videos are simple, focused, to the point, without a bunch of meandering and useless talk. I'm able to stay focused and learn SO MUCH. Please do more! I'm still waiting on that Piano Roll video, but I would LOVE to see you teach some mixer stuff too; routing midi outs and custom automations.

[@Dzezminable]

Best tutorial EVER EVER!!!

[@Farooc]

thanks bro that was helpful

[@Haj_S.e.x.y]

you have wonderful tutorials! please show us more dud!

[@AbbyKoi]

Very good :) I love it

[@nicc9798]

*thank you very much helped me a lot*

[@mohdshakeel2362]

Great vid bro

[@prod.GodfatherBeats]

brooo thank you my myaan

[@weeklyhardstyle2419]

Very nice tutorial!

[@afcy602]

Nice Tutorial

[@VirenderKumar-rl5qh]

man you are the best, I understand almost everything thanks love from India

[@spookyvibes7736]

The Best tutorial channel

[@GeezMuzick]

Explain how to add bars on the channel rack. It was easier in FL 10.

[@aguywhogames1695]

thnx luv u

[@anuragshukla4447]

Thank you so very much sir....🙏🙏🙏

[@BMars93]

Ctrl + Spacebar also starts of the pattern from where you paused it. @ 4:20

[@damnlemons5331]

the video is almost a year old now,but man it is helpful thank's for this awsome stuff for newbies such as myself

[@Chrustt]

Thanks!

[@KarasamaBeats]

Hey man could you make a video on “when to create a new pattern ?” m super new and it’s really confusing the big AF out of me ! Thanks ! Love your videos !!

[@asha6rams833]

Can you make a video on how to remix a track using its stems? Btw the tutorials are very helpful

[@greg1324]

Thank you

[@dvine1828]

Nice indeed. love that. Please help me solve this. I have a problem with my step sequencer. I made a mistake on the beat solfa progression. am supposed to start up my instrumentals on 'do' but I started with 'fa' and I have gone deep on the song. I want to move the step sequencer so that the fa may shift either left or right but it doesn't seem to be working. Each time I hold the shortcuts as u said it will be moving the pattern from 1 to 2,3 and so on. I need to move the first four bars backwards so how do I do that please?

[@switterbeet]

Man. nice tutorial, do you know if i can duplicate the whole Steps of a Bar into the next 3?

[@SolomonVA]

thank you

[@jamesdonaghy6758]

Many Thanks & Kind Regards ;)

[@user-bu3td7mo5i]

thanks!

[@JP-qi1et]

thanks a lot!

[@user-xv1lf3ur1g]

do you know why I get a wav form error when loading osunds in omni, I got all the sounds coming up but no sound comes through

[@SpaceZombie]

a neat little shortcut for soloing any channel in the channel rack is ctrl/cmd clicking the green dot. Will save you just about a millisecond ;) Awesome FL video's btw, the best I've come across. Simple and straight forward stuff. Very much appreciated! Also why the hell would they remove an undo option when deleting a channel? (I started using FL today and somehow managed to delete all my channels whilst I had a decent beat going)

[@okaaryadi485]

i just wanna ask,how to filtering? i have lot of projects but it will sounds better if i can filter it..

[@saev6730]

Great vid, but i have one q. How can i replace some kick or whatever i have, in other channel rack folder ? For example, i have a "FX" folder in channel rack and when i dragging my sample on the tracklist, it automatically going into "audio" folder.

[@ricardotolbert1797]

hey how do you put plugins back on the channel rack from the mixer...my stuff keeps appearing on the mixer

[@bluebook3128]

Amazing

[@alexgeorge6815]

Which version or model of fl studio is good

[@thesebeatzcostmoney348]

anyway to change the contrast color on the step bars? so its more obvious each beat

[@sumitaryan6451]

Do we have the shortcut key to get in to the channel settings

[@gasmymedia]

Thanks. I just want to know how to move sound or instrument to another filter group.

[@Mdkumi]

How do you like seprate every percussion on the channel rack and put it on the browser as seprate patterns

[@arel5346]

how do i add new patterns (channel racks) like i was doing on fl 11? I can't seem to find a way to create new patterns (except with the weird mouse wheel way) or renaming them.I could use a really basic explanation on that.

[@Statestepper]

Can we bounce out a pattern within the sequencer b4 lay it out ?

[@anandkrdas1849]

Nice Bro

[@caspervandermeer]

I want to create a new pattern with 3 basslines i made in pattern 1, how can i make pattern 2 "bass" with these 3 bas lines? Just cut and copy in pattern 2 or is there a faster way?

[@Norfnorf]

how do you resize the channel rack?? Mine is stuck across the top of the screen

[@SamCyanide]

at 0:48 how did you get it to show the receive notes menu? My midi seems set up right because it works and I can link stuff to it but I can't get it to cycle channels because I can't find this stupid option even when right clicking channels. Also, right clicking record has no quantize options even with snap on step. I'm on FL Studio 12.0.2

[@QuasarMusicOfficial]

swing swing swing swing swing swiiiiiinnnnng !

[@JaeTheShaolin]

I was made a melody and the drums hi hats and stuff when in a another pattern who do I put them in one

[@ajcummings02]

is there a shortcut to cut from the channel rack?

[@bmbm1]

Hey, love the videos, I have a question tho. Say I want to change up my kick pattern half way through the song, do I have to clone the kick channel and make a whole different set or is there a way to change up playlist patterns for one channel? I don't know if I expressed myself correctly btw. Also, I haven't watched your fl studio basics video yet so I might've missed the answer to my question if it's in there. Keep up the good work. :D

[@electronicproducer4603]

Yep, so what you would do is hit the + sign at the top to create a new pattern and program in your new kick drum sequence. Then when you lay out all your patterns in the playlist (F5), you can choose which kick drum pattern to use where. An alternate method (which I use more often) is to click in the top left corner of the pattern clip in the playlist and choose 'Make unique' - this will create a new pattern based on the pattern you have just selected, then you can change the new pattern to a different kick sequence.

[@bmbm1]

That is actually perfect. Thanks a lot for the quick reply!

[@Misz1986]

How to disable right side of channel rack? As for me its usless. Im hiding it moving panel to the right, but maybe its better method?

[@shacharnovik-5173]

How do I move channels between filter groups?

[@woodyver5765]

How do I enable the graph editor?

[@craftking0126]

I dont have these number next to the kick hit hat or some other sound pls help!

[@ArcticWolfOfficial]

How do I add channels to a filter group that I've already made?

[@strawberry_barz_gangsta9178]

How to add my sample pack samples to my channel rack so I can get a new channel directly?

[@ChiefQueef_]

the channel rack is automatically set on 4 bars, how do you set it on 16/32/64 bars ?

[@antg208]

thats what i would like to know as well.

[@carlosp.1846]

I came here exactly for this simple and obvious question.. still no answer.. but we know how to do gradients ...

[@HONEmusicINT]

Well on the newest version theres a small box where the swing adjust used to be. It sets the number of steps in the sequencer, 16 steps for 4 bars, 32 steps for 8 and so on.. Then just drag the window out to show the other bars in the sequence

[@Verko_A]

Just drag it further into the left Edit: to the right*

[@kokodrilito]

What if I want to fill the steps but more than just 4 bars at a time? @@HONEmusicINT

[@user-jd4gp6ms3l]

哈哈，最后一个很有趣~ The last tip is very interesting.................

[@KIEAN]

Please do a tutorial on mixing! I subbed tho!

[@gurcharansingh2616]

NICE SR TXXXX

[@ThorstenLochmann]

How can I safe em as presets ?

[@angelwings5465]

why is it that when I did the group part I cant see the pattern at all, I can only hear it? 8:57

[@lou.104]

nice

[@skyway6string]

My channel name wont resize to how i want them since i dont have the line like in 4:29 :( anyone know how to fix that??

[@shantosirofficial]

Realy lovely. From Bangladesh.

[@alexingebretsen8044]

Is it just me or... Is it not an option to add channels to the filter group? Like for instance I make a percussion group and want another percussion later on added to this group? I dont get it, I have to make a new group name and I dont find the way to just add the one perc to the already made percussion group.

[@beenjamin5378]

Can u make one On 808

[@killa3309]

The mixer track numbers arent showing up and idk how to make them come back can you help?

[@PatheticDedicated]

What configuration do you use to display the mixer tracks in the channel rack? On the Left?

[@electronicproducer4603]

Heya. This feature was added in a recent version of FL. With the Channel Rack highlighted, you can toggle it with Alt+M. If that doesn't do anything, you're probably running an older version of FL that doesn't have it.

[@aa9655]

how do i add a new pattern

[@milleniumtv908]

sorry but can i ask you this, i have been used fl recently and yesterday, suddenly i couldn't see Channel rack button and when i press F6, it was appear, but after that i tried to press f6 again but Channel rack didn't appear anymore and I cant deal with it, can u help me out? :(

[@ZeusTheGodBeats]

Hii, How do you get the mixer channels on the channel rack?

[@electronicproducer4603]

(copying from another reply) This feature was added in a recent version of FL. With the Channel Rack highlighted, you can toggle it with Alt+M. If that doesn't do anything, you're probably running an older version of FL that doesn't have it.

[@ZeusTheGodBeats]

aah okay! yeah it didn't work. Imma update it, thank you ☺

[@ludovico5790]

I want to change time of a beat created on channel rack. I can save it and reupload it and change thanks to "frequency format", but in this way i can't change imperfection when i go back to the progect and I have to do it from the beginning :/ Please help, I subscibed ✌❤

[@chaselearkendall]

Just upgraded to fl12... Channel rack has some changes.. was looking for where to adjust the length of sequence and how to get the sequence to loop. Those are very helpful and would have been a great thing to add to this video. Thanks for the gradients though I guess :)

[@electronicproducer4603]

The sequence should loop automatically if you have repeat pattern (button next to the play button) on. As far as the length, if you resize the channel rack window and add more steps, the sequence will be as long as the shortest # of bars in the pattern.

[@chaselearkendall]

hmmm... For some reason pattern 1 goes on forever. I've looked in the piano roll and couldn't find some accidental note making the pattern so long. All the other patterns let me change the size... That would explain why it wasn't looping! Kind of a weird hiccup, I must've done something, but this is how fl12 channel rack loaded up for me. It's all good though it's just for pattern 1 on this one project. thanks!

[@chaselearkendall]

So now patter 4 is having the same issue. There's nothing after the 4th bar in the piano roll, yet the sequence goes on for like 64 bars and I can't resize the sequence in any way like the other patterns... Idk

[@antg208]

can anyone tell me how i can get more than just 16 notes in that one bar? it would be greatly appreciated!

[@raazbabbar5499]

how to decrease the channel length?

[@farizdanish1413]

I evidently delete the channel rack how to put them back??

[@septaahtriana]

Why in my channel track is no number for the mixer?

[@sideways6087]

My channel number doesnt appear on the channel rack how do i fix this

[@vladyslavv6261]

how to change the number of cycles in a pattern?

[@alejandroa48]

Does anyone know how to move a specific channel and insert it as it’s own pattern into the playlist quickly without having to make a new pattern and copy pasting every single channel

[@courtneyshaw2589]

my channgel rack is stuck in the bottom rigt hand corner and I can't drag it how do I move it :(

[@VicLeonTV]

First off, Great video! Do you have any idea why does FL create a new channel in the channel rack everytime I go to record audio? So if I have 10 takes for 1 verse I'm trying to record I have 10 new channel in the channel rack. It's kind of insane.

[@electronicproducer4603]

It's because each "take" is treated as it's own audio clip/.wav so it needs it's own channel. I'm not sure of how else it could do it. What you could do, perhaps, is record all your takes in one recording and then trim the best one.

[@VicLeonTV]

Thank you so much for replying. I see what you are saying. But if for example I'm trying to record in on the intro but I'm recording the 2nd or 3rd take I'm no longer hearing the intro I'm hearing the verse. Does that make sense? I might not have explained it well enough. Most other softwares you can keep recording vocals on 1 track. I guess it's the channel rack that is a bit confusing. Maybe FL is more for beats and not recording vocals?

[@electronicproducer4603]

You'd be doing this in the playlist, not the channel rack. The channel rack is meant for sequencing patterns. So, in the playlist, you'd want to highlight the section to record on ([CTRL]+Click and drag on the bar at the top) and then I believe enable loop recording. It's one of the buttons near Play/Pause, etc. Does that help?

[@VicLeonTV]

I understand what you mean. I can loop it, but if an artist wants to pause to gather himself then try again I have to stop recording then record when he is ready to go, thus creating another channel in the channel rack. So I guess I just have to delete the channel in the channel rack every time there is a bad take because I don't want there to be 50 channels in my channel racks because if it took the artists 50 takes to get it right.

[@stfumo2415]

HOW DID U GET THOSE BOXES!?!??!

[@DjTricxx]

Please, sampler tutorial!!

[@benedictmoeti5162]

are you by any chance "bucky, the java tutor?" 😅