MIDI Patterns vs Audio Clips - FL Studio 20 Basics

[@inthemix]

►Time Stamps 1:20 - CPU and Ram Performance 2:20 - Are drums louder on the playlist? 4:30 - Issues when changing the key/pitch of the song 7:10 - Using loops for inspiration 8:50 - Finding the notes of a bass line 10:45 - Drum/sample transient aligning 13:50 - Peace of mind in your project 14:25 - Longer samples are better on the playlist 15:25 - Which sounds better when exported? ►Shortcuts Used F4 = Create new pattern F6 = Open Channel Rack F7 = Open Piano Roll Ctrl + B = Copy and Paste into next bar/step/selection In the Piano Roll* Ctrl + A = Select all notes Shift + Up or Down Arrow Key = Move notes 1 semitone up or down ►Videos I Mentioned "How to Convert Audio To Midi in FL Studio" kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXq7ialupLqkhcU "Sound Design and Synthesis Fundamentals" kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHuveoZogtB5m5Y

[@pepe9022]

just want to say something about velocity. So the velocity does not equal volume. I'd rather say that the lower the velocity is, the softer the attack gets. Of course lower attack will (especially in short sounds, like snares, hats, etc.) make the sound quieter, but then increasing the volume can create new sounds. Playing with the velocity can really chance the sound of snares or hats, make them softer or harder. Little tip: if you want to make your hats sound more natural, lower the velocity of every 2nd hit; it creates more "groove" and swing by itself. TL;DR: velocity ≠ volume hope that helps some new producers on their way! and keep up the great content man🙌🏼 (and sorry if the english wasn't good, i'm german)

[@inthemix]

@@pepe9022 Hi, in this particular case of a non multi layered sound, the velocity does equal the volume. The attack of the sample is identical across all velocity values besides the amplitude of the waveform. However, an important point you were getting at, is that on many synths and drum machines,a higher velocity will so alter the sample layering and the attack/release of a sound. So it's well worth experimenting with and finding what sounds amazing to your ears. Thanks for the comment :)

[@pepe9022]

@@inthemix ahh, you never stop learning! thank you :)

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In The Mix good video

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[@kenney0313]

I think FL is in Belgium. He might not be fluent in French, and they may not be good at explaining their concepts in English. He could literally package these videos & sell them, but that'd minimize his mission to grab the 💰. There are tons of guys doing intricate editing, but he's actually walking you through each step and feature like he's learning on the fly and sharing it. It works!!💪💪💪

[@jolam8028]

"Different people, different workflows" Just right man! I like how you don't put out your ideas and tutorials as the one truth, but rather as an opinion, one way of doing it. Very enjoyable content as always, keep it up mate!

[@inthemix]

I appreciate that. I've seen so many different minds working so creatively in a DAW, there is certainly no "One Truth" in this game :)

[@Music-tg5is]

! TIP ! - FL Sudio now features an even easier & faster method for transposing the key of multiple MIDI Patterns all at once. Just hold down 'CTRL' (and/or 'SHIFT') and 'left-click' each (or all) of the MIDI patterns within the playlist's *'Picker Panel'* that you wish to transpose. Then, simply 'right-click' anywhere within your selection and select 'transpose' from the 'pop-up menu'. Enter the value you wish to raise or lower the pitch by in semitones (inlude a minus sign '-' before a value, to pitch shift down). This new method allows you to change the key of all MIDI Patterns in a project in seconds, bypassing the previous requirement of manually changing each individual pattern's key within the Piano Roll one-by-one.

[@flstudio_ip]

This rabbit hole goes as deep as you want :)

[@jameslittle6280]

Wow great tip. I wish I knew about this before I just transposed 30 patterns manually in the piano roll haha

[@inthemix]

I can't believe I didn't know this!

[@Music-tg5is]

@@jameslittle6280 Hahaha! Tell me about it. The 'transpose' shortcut function is a pretty recent addition I believe. So it was an easy one to miss. It will come in handy next time, ay? 👍😉

[@danielbeatz3396]

@@Music-tg5is Thanks for the tip g

[@Namikaze_John]

I've been using FL for a while and this video is very helpful, just love it thanks bro 👌🏻

[@XIL313]

Been on Fl for 6 years. Most of this I knew but those extra tips on shifting the pitch and not having the sample speed up and figuring out the notes to a sample were pure gold. Subd

[@lordaathras]

I’m a fervent user of Ableton Live, but I really appreciate a lot of the capabilities that FL Studio has especially with the later versions. I honestly haven’t thought of using loops for inspiration to be really helpful, and it’s something people should consider not only as a novice but in the case they hit a bit of a road block musically. Thanks a lot for the video, I learned quite a bit here! :)

[@Mumbele]

I have been using FL Studio for about 10years, and I have learnt quite a lot from this video.

[@OlbaidMusic]

I have to disagree a little with some parts. For creating drum loops, channel rack is better, the part with the transients is easier: put the sample 1 step before and the shift it with the fine time shift on the misc settings tab. Also you can use slicex for re arrange and send each slice to different channels in the mixer, and you have all the piano roll options for control of velocity, pan, shift and more. So you don't have to create any automation clips. Another thing is layering, to layer drums in playlist is really messy, with channel rack is a bliss. In general I think that stick with MIDI is usually better, audio clips are more suitable for voices and maybe fx in my opinion. Great video Michael as always!

[@inthemix]

Thanks Oblaid. I just think that aligning transients and layering is so easy for us experienced users but I hear so many beats where a beginner is convinced, and I mean convinced, that their beat is in time because it's on the right steps. But I know it's off time. This is why I talked about it, I see it maybe 4 or 5 times a week in beats that are sent to me

[@OlbaidMusic]

@@inthemix Fair point, we are vert used to the workflow and most of all we know how fl Studio works that I forget the common doubts when facing the software for the first time. Keep it up with the great work!

[@inthemix]

@@OlbaidMusic but also, I absolutely love that we can have a discourse, a debate about these sorts of things without it being a silly online argument! Really appreciate your comments

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@@inthemix You two are the best! You should know that Olbaid deserves to be considered the Spanish-speaking ambassador of FL studio on KZbin. He has created the greatest and most detailed free tutorials. It is curious that you two share the neatness and thoroughness in your teaching style, as well as the passion for this great software. Reading both of you exchanging opinions is epic!

[@slicendice1973]

From an old fart who tinkers with FL Studio when he gets chance, I just wanted to say a massive thank you for this, and all, your videos. They are consistently some of, if not *the*, best tutorials available...really clear, really straightforward and just a pleasure to watch. Thank you!

[@W8LL13]

Been using FL Studio now for 9 months, and even though all these things were already known to me, I still ike the way it's explained. This way I know how to explain this to others when they would ask me questions :) Well done!

[@random-guy]

Thanks for the "Ctrl + B" trick.

[@ahom_ahom_ahom]

Whenever a topic is unclear on other channels, we can always depend upon Michael to bring light to the subject.

[@kbquan]

You just saved me a lot of confusion with midi and audio clips. Thank you.

[@black_rock2426]

Not only do i learn about midi vs audio, i learn everything else that you underline in your videos. Everything you say/do makes perfect sense 🤙🙏

[@hassaanbangash4294]

I didnt even think I needed to watch this yet 15 minutes later Im still here. I think thats a testament to how well done your videos are my friend. Keep up the awesome work!

[@drotooblessed7718]

Ctrl B has changed my life.

[@eddiebreeg3885]

I'm a MIDI guy and even if I technically knew all this stuff, this video is really interesting because it just showed me another way of seing things. And obviously I'm sure it is a really helpful video for those who are getting started so yeah, great video, keep it up !

[@Robay146]

I've been using FL for a while, and I still didn't know about the 'Ctrl+B' short-cut. You are amazing as always!

[@grimwax5053]

10:45 I work in FL mainly through clips. With snaps and claps instead of putting the trigger on the 2 & 4 (or whatever beat you have them on), i put the trigger one peg back. Then i go into the "Miscellaneous Functions" tab for the sample. Under the "Time" section I use the "slide" option to push the sample forward. 100% is 1/16th note, or one peg of the sequencer. I have found for a lot of claps and snaps you'll want to stay in the value range of [ 75% - 98% ]. Anything less than 75% starts to sound like an echo.

[@monu..679]

I have been following u for about 6 months now ...you really helped me improve my music ...I wanna say thank you for your video ...you are a great person .....love you and your channel

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[@waxdip]

Thank you very much, man. This is an excellent video, I'm a beginner on this software and you taught me all the basics I know now (not just this video but the others too). The positive point is that I am not an anglophone but did not need any help to translate, you speak very slowly and clearly, so non-native English speakers understand very quickly without effort. Congratulations and happy continuation

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Your vids are great man. I'm a Reaper user but am battling to also be fluent FL20. The tip at 12.30 was EXACTLY what I wanted to know how to do. Thanks for the effort you put into these. Best FL vids I've found

[@wyshwood]

Ctrl B. Revelation! You are simply the best for the really important short cuts. Thank you.

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It’s like you know what I’m thinking sometimes man I swear 😂 great

[@colderosion]

Thank you for finally answering this AGES long question I've had. Now I'll be able to extend the life of my 8600K by not abusing it with just midi patterns always...

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What you do is great i really enjoy your content it really helps out :) Thank you

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this is probably my favorite channel for fl studio-related things. i just love how it's always on point and so clean that makes me feel comfortable learning from here. thanks a lot! keep it up and wish you all the best!!! - ryan

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Glad these are back. Really useful tips!👏

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[@brotherfredrickbeats]

Thanks for this Tutorial In The Mix have learned something new more especially how to solve CPU problem it was a challenge to me but not anymore 😊😊😊

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[@BabblePitch]

Actually bouncing the MIDI information to audio is really helpful for the workflow and processing them is a lot easier too...so great information Michael...thanks

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I’m so grateful for you and every video you’ve recorded so far,that’s incredible to have such material to rely on when starting out,haven’t got the equipment yet,but it feels like I won’t get lost as soon as I open FL..THANK YOU

[@slimeball4l540]

I've been looking forever for how to switch a midi pattern to an audio clip! Thanks so much!

[@spasmenothlefono5861]

Thank you Michael this thing with the velocity made my life a hell the last 3 months of my life made to ask everywhere what is true or what is false and what is more safe to use fls sequencer or straight to the playlist!

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Again you make everything clear, Thank you!

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So many little tricks in that video. Brilliant. Thanks a lot.

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[@DipshankarDas]

Hey Michael Nice, clean & informative video as always. I never miss any of your videos :) I just wanted to add a quick tip. If we want to adjust the midi notes by few semitones up or down, we can do that from the picker panel as well. Just right click on your pattern in the picker panel and select the transpose option and but the semitones values in +ve or -ve as required and you are done. Cheers!!

[@MarquesRomeu]

Hi Michael! Love your vídeos and the way you explain everything! I started using Fruity Loops 20 years ago and we had nothing like this to get started, so nowadays this is a blessing! Thank you so much!

[@ephraimndlovu6152]

Great tutorial bro. I thought the differences ddnt matter but now i see how it will benefit to know them as you do. :)

[@shoulderemotional1477]

A bit of an edit in Ctrl+B step When you do so, most probably of your sound is not fully got in a set of range of bars, this step will cause one of your audio clip say kick go off the range of bars. But if u use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V then you manually adjust the clip with it's perfect timing. It might take some time but your timing will always be perfect. (Idk if you are getting what I'm saying but I definitely mean it)

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Your videos have been a blessing for me. They are really well explained and highly detailed, always going a little beyond your main subject in the video with really nice tips, which for beginners like me is really helpful. I've been a Reason user for like 15 years or so and starting from scratch in FL took a bit of adjustment from me lol. So I just wanna thank you and say that I love your channel!

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Thanks a lot for your tutorials! I've been using FL for many years but still learn new details thanks to you. Keep it up! Much appreciated!

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Thanks! I know that this video is almost a year old but I am brand new to FL studio and this helped tremendously! I've seen other videos teaching beginners but it seemed like they were not for beginners the way they taught it. But you made it very simple and enjoyable to learn. I booked marked this for future use and I also subscribed to you channel. I will defiantly be checking out some more of your videos. Thanks again!

[@PngBiolimpeza]

I have a old CPU, so I'm using one project to make the midi and export all instruments to mix in another project where I use just mix plugins like eq, compressor and things like this. Thanks for the video about your template. I didn't use it, but I learn how make my own templates. And thanks for all amazing videos that help me with everything here. 🤪

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Thanks for all this information on all your videos. I've watched a lot of channels and I think yours is probably the most in depth and understandable one out there. Keep up the good work! Subscribed!

[@briankingart]

Nice! Good, clear, useful. A couple of good advanced tricks here too. TYVM Michael.

[@juliansoto2651]

I like to render all the tracks separately just before mixing, it is well known that most DAWs reduce audio quality for MIDI sequences, for performance reasons. This is why songs end up sounding different after rendering without this technique, specially basses and highend.

[@mp9007]

When you render your midi tracks to audio clip, do you keep the effects on them ? Like EQ, Reverb, compression, etc. And if I understand well, since its before mixing, the volume adjusting is done after the rendering ? Thanks :)

[@pk3776]

Some of this info is useful for other daws. CPU usage especially, thanks👍

[@musicscore8795]

I always use the midi pattern (90%) The reason is that these can be modified in a lot of ways individually But sometimes I use audio clips only to add reverse audio type which is better than midi (Spacialy for beats) As well as the reverse audio clips are much easier to match the edges with the correct place. Thank you..!

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Man, your tutorials are so helpful. Awesome work and thank you.

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Love your videos bro! Super clear, informative, and straight to the point! You have helped me BIG TIME. Now after only 3 weeks of producing, and watching maybe a total of 15 of your videos, I have a very clear understanding. I am able to jump right in crafting my sound 🙏 thanks man your videos are much appreciated

[@inthemix]

Thanks Taylor, I wish you all the best with your music :)

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Your tutorials have great content and value! Keep at it 🙏

[@bilomen5957]

so much information to digest as always I love it.

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I really appreciate the work you’re putting in your videos ❤️. And I wish that you could start a series on GarageBand because not all of us can afford fl studio.

[@TimmyTheSnail]

Well this was just unbelievably helpful as usual. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us all

[@moneymagnet2785]

such details.

[@robiaharefin6876]

A small correction. To transpose tue entire pattern you don't need to select the whole thing. Simply hold shift and press the arrow keys. Other than that, this was an awesome video cleared up quite a lot of confusing problems I had previously.

[@abhrasriproductions2795]

Best for beginners. You nailed it with this video!!!

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Hi I've been watching your videos for a while and learned A LOT, thank you so much for making these kind of videos :)

[@PeterJAndersson1975]

Cheers! As a newbie using FL this was very informative.

[@inthemix]

I'm glad it helped you Peter!

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Bro u r the best when it comes to fl studio tutorials, u have helped me a lot

[@ebbflow]

Note from a producer, If you play and record a bass line on an acoustic guitar. So you have a printed sample of an acoustic guitar playing a bass lick, and you pitch shift it down an octave, you can get a really cool stand up bass type of sound. Before I had a bass I would record my bass lines via an acoustic guitar and pitch it down an octave and it was a really nice stand up bass effect.

[@jupiter901]

Enjoyed that, something I always wondered about, midi and audio samples, which are best, thank you.

[@siddharthsparsh9612]

Nice to see you again Michael😍

[@antihero898]

Was always wondering if you'd ever make a video involving exactly this. Perfect.

[@afroboy211]

Amazing video, you are the best! Thanks a lot for all these videos!!!

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Thanks for another great video. I learn so much from your videos.

[@mememan2428]

waited for this one!!

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[@AnotherMonster]

Awesome video bro! I use a combination of midi and audio. For drums and percs I almost always drag everything directly into the playlist. I usually load hi hats in the channel rack and then edit them in the piano roll. I usually prefer editing timing and velocity by hand in the piano roll. For instruments I create midi and usually leave it that way unless it’s using too much cpu or I just really want to experiment with the audio and get creative (I highly recommend experimenting with audio in the playlist because sometimes you can come up with really cool stuff that you wouldn’t be able to with just midi)

[@inthemix]

Honestly it sounds like our workflows are so similar, imagine a Collab? Also I totally owe you a call, sorry for missing your message last week! Hope you're well

[@AnotherMonster]

In The Mix dude collab would be EPIC. It’s all good I know how it goes I owed you from like 3 weeks ago hah

[@ahom_ahom_ahom]

Another WOWZER! Thanks Michael.

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Really good informative channel, you really thought of everything that could help, up to even adding time segments for the video, you are great help, thank you.

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IMHO not only basics - Thanx a lot!

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Fantastic video on an interesting philosophical dilemma of music production.

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Hi Michael you such a great asset to KZbin community so advices are so helpful always my friend thanks o have learnt so many basics from your channel thumbs up brother.

[@thomasmatthews80]

A question I had for sure. Awesome video as ever

[@tuancuong92]

Cool video man. Thanks alot. I will use more audio clips after this video.

[@danielkolonics6644]

Not a new user of FL, but still learned some cool tricks. Thanks!

[@pelonchaskpo]

Thank you bro!

[@krstnphil]

Great video! 😋 I mainly use the piano roll for nearly everything but crashes and sweeps because they're easier to arrange in the playlist.👍 Thanks for the control B shortcut, I now feel like a total beginner not knowing it 😂

[@marsnwalker4271]

12:24 thank you so much for this trick 🙏🙏 It really saves a lot of time😊

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So good

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Great work, everything is clear. Thx

[@normanlove222]

I'm no beginner(2 years), but I still learned like 2 things from this video, and I KNEW I would; because it's Michael. :-)