How To Record METAL in FL STUDIO - Home Recording

Hey guys!
Today we'll be checking out how to record metal in FL Studio. FL Studio is a DAW that is mostly used for hip hop and trap production. However, I have been using FL Studio for metal for so long and am so glad that I can now share it with you. I am using virtual instrument VSTs from GetGood Drums and Submission Audio.
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[@KeyanHoushmandLive]

Thanks for watching guys! If you got any tips for recording metal in FL Studio, let everyone know with a comment below!

[@dredddpatrol]

if i may ask. what is your audio setting in FL Studio? ASIO for all, FL ASIO? just wondering thanks! great video.

[@FL_STUDIO]

Thanks for sharing

[@KeyanHoushmandLive]

Thank you!

[@rezzyblue9948]

POG

[@user-ky7uj3wm4v]

@@KeyanHoushmandLive congrats

[@thorpemusic2019]

fl studio themselves... damn

[@ph0kused]

Hopefully you guys keep putting updates into making recording guitars and vocals easier and faster. If you guys improve that then you could be the best in the rap game and metal game. Huge fan here since the fl7 days

[@briandiscala]

This is irrefutable evidence that we are living in the golden age of metal youtubers these days, in the past 2-3 years we have seen rising personalities such as Keyan, Joao Medeiros, Robin Leneutre, Nik Nokturnal, Andrew Baena and so much more who put countless effort into their covers and are also very responsive to their fans and extremely generous with their knowledge, I don't think there would be a better time to be alive without these musicians. Good on ya cob!

[@hakametal]

Imagine being a 14 year old nowadays? I would literally be in heaven. So much on offer in terms of software that literally ANYONE can make the next great anthem from their bedroom.

[@alistairmcdonald5413]

@@hakametal It's pretty good ngl

[@dustinb1070]

​@@hakametalthese kids today will never know the pain of running abelton live 3 with 526mb of ram........

[@AltuqKH45]

20:40 this is the jazziest composition I've ever listened to

[@zendakk]

Tip: 1.) Change a track's "Type" to Audio (context menu for the track in the Playlist view). It will link that track with a mixer channel you choose, automatically syncing name, color etc. And of course play back the audio via that channel. 2.) Then, drop your amp sim plugin on the mixer channel's inserts. 3.) Choose the interface input above the FX inserts for your guitar. 4.) To the left of that, toggle the icon to PRE-FX Recording. This way, you will record your DI signal only (while hearing your amp sim), so you can "reamp" at any time by changing the amp sim. No need to record a second dry signal each time.

[@christopherbasham5056]

This is forreal the most helpful FL studio tip i've read in a long time. I've been trying to link tracks in the playlist to mixer tracks for longer than i'd like to admit and could not figure it out for the life of me. And interestingly enough i just figured out the PRE-FX recording thing on my own a few hours ago. I feel like i just level'd up my workflow tenfold just today. Keyan, you're a G for this one. And zendakk, thanks for the protip.

[@matthewyancey8590]

One of the only comments I’ve ever posted but Christ this was so helpful.

[@Gibsonguy1628]

Make a video!!!!

[@TheBanana93]

My brain can not comprehend any of that :I

[@justinbowen1183]

@@TheBanana93 Hes basically telling you that you will be able to record the signal dry and edit the sound later on if you want to change it rather than having to rerecord it whihc is a HUGE timesaver. This is how i record my stuff. Otherwise you will have to edit your effects and then record the track again later.

[@emodusa3641]

Finally someone recording metal with FL !! As soon as I knew you were using FL I subscribed lol, love your videos. Thank you man that’s really helpful, keep it coming !!

[@indigoakaben]

I love this. I've been meaning to record creative process videos for my own channel as well. Any non-musician I've met has no idea what the process is like and I love showing them and seeing their reactions. You've done a fine job: clear, collected, and concise.

[@Crowbar11115]

Fun Tip if people aren't fond of Kontakt... You can record a few velocities of each piece of the kit, save each hit as its own sample then load them into FL's MPC. MPC is VERY overlooked as a Sample playback engine. It allows for multiple velocity playback and it is actually very easy to create your own rhythms/beats in the Piano Roll since all the kit pieces are clearly named and visually assigned. No more hunting to find out that a Rim Shot is a C#0 and the same Rim Shot with a slightly different attack is an F#7. Haha. You can mix and match just about anything you want into MPC as well. You could take the Toms from an EzDrummer library, the cymbals from GGD and the drums from Slate and make your own kits at will...save them as templates and go about your business of making bad a$$ music.

[@IconW]

I've been making metal 10 years with FL Studio. Used Pro Tools and Peaper too but FL Studio is so much more inspiring to try new things with! It's something I always come back when really writing/recording songs.

[@buckeysmadness]

This video was exactly what I needed. I was having trouble getting clean mixes and I also use FL studio 20. Very helpful and informative! please, keep doing more mixing and recording tutorials!

[@SHININGXHOLLOW]

i’ve been waiting for you to make this video THANKYOU SO MUCH :D . 🔥 been struggling for a while .

[@Tchouston706]

Can't say enough how much I appreciate this video. Thank you.

[@phatrhymes_4019]

It's one of the most useful vids i've ever seen about recording heavy music in fl. Thanks a lot!

[@rener.s.6477]

This was incredibly helpful! Thank you so much for making this video!

[@francoillanes1118]

You are the best bro! Seriously, i had the chance to find out your channel and you material is very incredible! Please, never give up and keep sharing this amazing tips! You have a unique form to explain all your knowledge and that's amazing bro! Keep going! Cheers from Patagonia, Argentina!

[@escapedrug4988]

Thanks so much for making this video.! I switched to FL from Studio One and Reaper just for a change of scenery and it was a slight shock to the system because FL does many things differently. This video helped me get my head around the workflow of FL.

[@lancesims8627]

Its crazy how hard people sleep on this channel! fantastic video dude! Thanks for all the hard work👍👍👍

[@fortin_Matthews]

Hey Keyan, very nice video! I struggled for the past year recording rock/metal on FL and there’s not much youtube video for this kind of recording on FL. Would be nice to have a part 2 with how you mix and master your tracks! 😜. Thanks again!

[@lt7114]

Excellent video. This applies to any genre by the way, great organizing tools here. Thanks.

[@marceliszawiel8955]

Thank you for this tutorial! Accurate, on point, and easy!

[@xavianmarotta]

Very helpful tutorial. Thank you my friend, I have learned quite a bit from this.

[@ekkasmusic]

Dude I've been waiting for this..😍😍😍

[@danielalejandro5674]

Man, that was a sick tutorial. 🔥🔥

[@EFONI7]

Thanks for sharing. I use it in the same way and it's so satisfied to record ! I always suggest your video when people asks me about mixing/recording guitar. Keep it up mate !

[@dorieta_gaming]

This is literally the most intetesting and greatest tut Iv'e ever watched.

[@pigeonade]

I’d love to see you continue this as a series. I also use FL Studio to record metal because who doesn’t love lifetime free updates? Also does any other DAW have such a good built in synth library? I much prefer the XL mixer view where you can see the plugins on each channel. It might be easier for viewers to see the mixer in future videos if you use the larger mixer view. It would be great to see you mix and master metal in FL.

[@Reconstorm]

Thank you for sharing! This is a big help for me to improve my recording using FL studio! You got a new sub!

[@hasibibnmizan9868]

Yes!! What i have been waiting for..ty keyan!

[@sangeetsing128]

What an amazing video man! This is all in one for a beginner.

[@zainpunka1703]

Thans for this, in depth tut. Just getting started with FL so much appreciated. Subbed

[@raymondclarke2171]

Great job sir! I subscribed as soon as I saw the word Metal! This is the perfect example of why FL is a very complete and powerful multi-genre DAW! All it takes is time and imagination with ANY DAW! So many people instantly discredit FL Studio simply because of...okay...I'll be nice....SONIC STEREOTYPE PROFILING...how's that! Mr. Keyan even got props from Image-Line themselves! They were probably like..."Finally, someone gets that we're a DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION!" I personally remember purchasing Fruity Loops when it first came out on CD. Got home...opened the box...inserted it in my briefcase-sized Fujitsu laptop thinking I was gonna be the next Quincy Jones, and it all looked like prehistoric hieroglyphics. I left it alone. I'm much older now. A week ago I went to FL's website. "The fastest way from your brain to your speakers." I got the 21 Producers Edition. All the tools are there....and I get it! Peace and Love!

[@jamin111]

I learn alot from your videos. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it .

[@jameshogan617]

for anyone struggling with the amp bit - next to imput it says ext , change that to post track and it will record your amp sound , it also always monitors so remember to change it back after

[@Baltwaz]

Thank you so much for making this video, it helped me out a ton! Would it be possible for you to make a full modern metal mixing tutorial video if you haven't already?

[@kyrongray5965]

Thanks so much for this mate. Very helpful

[@Unharmed]

wow this was an amazing video and walkthrough. you showed us everything we needed to know. Thanks so much!

[@holdena5917]

Thank you so very much for this video!

[@AntagonistInPhoenix]

YOOOOO, now this is a hot video I could really use! Going to watch this one a couple times.

[@randydison4274]

I use FL studio as well. Been a fan since FL 11. I love it. Nothing but metal.

[@AleKiefer95]

I'm also using FL Studio for metal recording and I just noticed that we use it very different hahaha Nice video btw!

[@ravenblackfeather4028]

Extremely helpful thanks.🤘🏻🎸🎶

[@ph0kused]

Pro tip- do all that drum routing to the mixer and then save it as a FL template. Fl templates are nice. Save as- template. That way you only have to it once. In fact i have a template with the exact same stuff Keyan uses, modern massive drums pre-routed to mixer, nolly nueral, and djinn bass routed as well. For writing i find this super helpful. Every session i load up with those plugins already mapped. Its easy enough to switch kontact instrumentals if im not doing a metal song.

[@corbinhoder3384]

Dude, how do you not have more views? This would help so many people.

[@billybingbong8501]

I never comment on anything. Just wanted to say that this video was veeeeery usefull, well presented, explained and executed. Well played

[@Marco_Aleman]

Great stuff, thank you !

[@natalieoyler-lusco9564]

Thank you so much for this!

[@timbtimb822]

I wish this video existed 6 years ago. But now i´m already on the cubase side. Even though FL Studio will always be in my heart.

[@Dagon666]

You're my new favorite KZbinr

[@KUM0]

This was so helpful thanks a lot mate

[@UncleRJ]

I had been using FL Studio to do my covers. There had been many voices saying that the DAW sucks when it comes to Metal but I find it is pretty good to use. This video solidifies that it can create amazing mix. And I learned a bunch of stuff if I ever dabble in songwriting in the future.

[@TheBanana93]

I mainly like it because my metal is meant to be synth heavy so it works!

[@tylerlewis-mason1725]

Great video, helped me understand!

[@somebassdude]

How was I not subscribed yet! Great channel bro 💪

[@cruzmacias3257]

Excellent tips. Thank you for sharing. I want make a note for those using a drumkit plugin outside of Kontakt such as ML Drums Free from ML Sound Labs: when mapping the connections on the Processing tab of the settings, you'll notice that there is an output connection. I map this output to a separate channel than the Master (null) and route my various instruments (kick, snare, cymbals) just as shown here, but I remove all routings on the output channel so that it is no longer audible. This enables me to isolate the kick or snare or any of the other channels if I need to.

[@diiosaodiiosa]

amazing tutorial thank you

[@matty-atty9460]

Good watch - Cheers from Victoria!

[@johnny_b_dude]

Amazing video, please keep uploading this FL-related content.

[@quantic7244]

First of all, thank you so much for sharing this. I started playing the electric guitar 4 months ago and I used FL Studio to start recording some veeery basic stuff to also have a reference of my learning progress. I'm now trying to step up my game a bit and record simple tracks. This video helped me so much in understanding more advanced topics (at least advanced for me). Question to the guitar community: could you recommend good resources that could serve as a natural continuation of this video? I'm mainly interested in understanding how to properly configure EQ for the instruments Thanks!

[@victorvaldez634]

I remember i asked a KZbinr on his IG live about tips on recording metal on fl and got hit with get a scarlett audio interface and plug in....great vid 🤘🏼

[@kaysea6662]

Can’t believe this video exists thank you man fr

[@xyz-dc7no]

Great video

[@crepeultime4697]

Awesome !!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🙏

[@envy9536]

Awesome man , keep goin on, im curious how do you mix each sound of ur project , will you made a video on it ? im glad i found ur channel 💙🌐

[@krisztianszemak385]

I like that you use Dingwall Bass, as Dingwalls guitars is from my hometown

[@quinlan7214]

good tips mon thanks

[@carlostevens1309]

This video is appreciated

[@shawngraves3297]

Hey man I’ve been using fl studio for metal as well. You should definitely do mixing videos on it!

[@malliakoschristos]

Thanks dude! Been recording metal in FL for a while and pretty much doing what you do. FL is amazing for beatmaking and creating songs based on midi but after years of using it and making guitar based music, I still don't think that it's a very good DAW for metal. Just the time you have to spend to name and colour playlist tracks, then mixer tracks separately and then sending each recording to the mixer is just too much. All other DAWs do all that automatically and you only have to do it once. It's just very easy to lose the plot when you have loads of recordings and you have to send every single one of them to the mixer. In my opinion, the playlist track should relate to the mixer track like all other DAWs. Anyway, still awesome DAW for sound processing and beatmaking.

[@jeremy7383]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! !!!!!!

[@PoopMyPants87]

Yessssss!!! Finally dude. Been waiting for this video since I've only produced electronic music on FL.

[@tomasmazur3824]

Hi amazing video 🙏 what about some little tutorial about editing guitar riffs(djent) in FL studio like cutting, set everything in time 😁

[@seanyk3]

Was just thinking the other day how you use FL studio and would love to know your setup. Cheers!

[@algovoid]

for coloring you can just press ''control'' and drag to select multiple adjacent channels , then click right on any channel then ''change clolor'' , now select any color and it will be applied to all the channels you just selected . (excuse my bad english)

[@cipherldn8482]

Dude, love the channel! Do you ever use any forums? Trying to find some decent ones to share mixes etc...

[@micahbell9412]

BEEN playing guitar never been able to record anything, luckily I was gifted FL from a friend. I can’t even figure out how to record 1 track so this’ll be fun

[@Caynug]

good tutorial man

[@consecband]

perfect...

[@xw0ex948]

Thanks bro

[@jahdaduk4079]

real asf for this video

[@daniel.blackbeard]

This is great content, subscribed :) If you don't mind, can I ask: when recording guitars this way, how do you manage latency? I tried this 12 years ago and for me with cheap equipment was hard (and frustrating) to monitor what I was playing. Do you use specific hardware? Or do you have a video on how to setup the actual home studio? Thanks you

[@ulfb5467]

Great tutorial 👍 I don’t know, if you use a DI-box or direct in on your interface. Do you have any latency problem with your guitar? I’ve heard others guitarists complain about that. 🙏

[@batuhanguzelhan]

Bro this is really helpfull thank you for sharing your experiences. I have a question tho.. If I wanted to record a vocal, where ahould I route that channel? Thanks again!

[@zabvza7457]

Thank youuuu for doing this, I record metal in FL also and everyone thinks I’m crazy but it’s just so simple to use + I use it for producing so why have two DAWs when I can just use the one?

[@RomeoRozario]

Don't know if you know, but you can rename anything on FL with middle mouse click. Saved me a lot of keyboard press.

[@VaylewMusic]

”Cool!”

[@ievgens4459]

WOW MAAAAN Thanks!!! Hello from Ukraine :3

[@AndriiGoogle]

It would be very useful also to see a tutorial for mixing and mastering

[@prottaynuraet3231]

Dude, I've been using FL studio for 12 years as a producer. I've produced Hip hop, post rock and death metal as well. The only thing people need to be familiar with is vsts and Kontakt libraries

[@raviolimaster]

go get yourself a razer mamba mouse 2 and assign the 2 left thumb buttons on the mouse, to your Right side Shift and Control buttons on the keyboard.... Right shift key allows you to slice audio in the playlist, and right control key allows you to lasso grab in the playlist.... its the most natural feeling and handy shortcut ive ever came up with (esp considering half the time i got a guitar in my lap and my left hand is usually holding it, so the other hand and being botherthed with pressing the keyboard just to make a quick edit can be a PITA) thank me later if you ever get to giving it a try. You wont go back to a standard mouse ever once you do.

[@ericmaggard6182]

Which Headphones are you using? Are those HD600s? If so was wondering your thoughts on them? I have the HD6xx but don't really like the dark sound for playing guitar.

[@mtguitar6113]

Hi Keyan it would be really great if you made a video on the new GGD one kit wonder metal thanks

[@yujonpradhananga9999]

He will soon

[@luciddreamsproductions6023]

Awesome track! Sounds like DSBM tho haha

[@effinericsloan]

cool

[@jesuisungrosescroc]

Hey Keyan do you also use the "sidechain to this track" function? this is what I use for my parallel buses, I'm surprised you send the whole thing directly in both the drum bus and the parallel bus

[@musamali7858]

Since FL 21 came out. Are you going to revisit this video?

[@JulenPlays]

You're a fcking god man!

[@killeveryvenue]

for some reason after i create the outputs in Kontakt i can't assign the kick or overheads to different outputs. When i click the drop down menu it just shows st. 1

[@hasibibnmizan9868]

Instead of creating separate fader of drum compression, can I just put the compression in drum bus fader?

[@tdspbrtdspbr4019]

🔥👀👀

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We must protect this goldmine

[@icoicocaballito]

hello, how do you make the plugins not make noise? I have a noise gate pedal, but the plugins make noise. Thank you.