WHY DON'T MORE PRODUCERS DO THIS? (Productivity and Workflow Tips for FL Studio)

[@SIKKYBEATS]

If your reading this, hope you and your family are safe. Thank you for continuing to support the channel🙌😊 #goodtings

[@X-BEATZ]

Always wish good things too you🤗

[@randolphaguanomwan2887]

Started doing this in 2020. Absolute pleasure making music when everything is organised!

[@ChrisPunsalanTV]

hell yeah baby

[@e-swervemusic6740]

Ive been thru so many organizing systems over the years. I used to do a numbering system like old-school classical composers... But if you delete a track, there is a gap in the numbering that makes you think you lost something. Then I did dates like Sikky, but the drawback is I have no idea what the sound, style, texture, or context is. Furthermore, computers already have the date so I can just use "last modified" or "created." which brings me to my current system: style/context/vibe, plus a number, OR random letters BECAUSE my eyes will subconsciously remember the shape of the combination of letters "sadtrap5" plus ill know what the vibe is. When i cross-reference that with the date, I have a really good idea what song it is. If I don't remember, I still get close to what I'm looking for when an artist asks for that "roddy rich vibe bro." HAPPY ORGANIZING BROS!!

[@rolivhuwatsanwani7806]

I was on board till he started naming his beats with dates intstead of great descriptive names such as "hip hop 1", "R&B2" or my personal favourate: "aaaaaaaa"😂😂

[@shadowgee8800]

😂😂😂😂

[@barsthehippie]

The last one is spot on 💀💀

[@kangolsublife5943]

Yes To Each his, organization is definitely needed.

[@jaysqrtr]

😂😂😂

[@BulgBeats]

organisation is key, you got me looking at my sample folder to do a further deep clean 😂 blessings brother 🙏🏼

[@_bd79_]

Dang, you really made me realize how messy and disorganized my folders are lmao

[@otrrsuns3t]

Definitely guilty of over organizing if there's such a thing

[@NeelDhar]

A pro-tip for others! People get annoyed that the US uses MM/DD/YYYY format for dates (as compared to DD/MM/YYYYY). However using a modified reverse date format is really convenient. YYYY/MM or YYYY/MM/DD is a great way to name your work. This way, all your beats are automatically arranged alphabetically/numerically. (Think about it) Since I make around 5 beats a month, i simply stick to "201906 Chill Saxophone Sample, Na Na Na Dum". However, if you are a productive producer ie 5+ beats a week, you can use "20201217 Boom Bap, Bollywood Sample" (i.e. YYYYMMDD)

[@miguelsandremusic]

I started doing this, but I believe I’ll go fresh with 2021. Organizing all previous Beats is a lot lol. I’m also saving unique folder per project so that way all “make unique” audio clips, recordings or consolidations are saved within a folder per project. Logic and Ableton do this automatically, soooo since FL doesn’t do it yet, I do it manually per project so that I don’t have to make all of them afterwards.

[@ruleset]

wow, labeling projects by date seems very out of the ordinary, if you remember which project is which that's good, after about 8 years I still come up with the name for the project on the spot, sometimes the track name, sometimes something random like nicedaytoday1 and I always know which project is which when I go search for it if it's special enough to me :) good video

[@bazejkaczmarek8271]

One thing that's helped me a lot with cleaning up the mess is a free tool called Bulk Rename Utility for windows. I wish I googled it earlier, I used to spend hours manually naming and renaming batches of recorded/sliced samples while this thing can instantly change your entire file naming conventions, fix errors, add prefixes, suffixes etc. Works with folders as well - highly recommended. Win 10 does have batch rename function built in but I think it lacks any kind of interface so you have to type commands manually. not sure about win 11

[@1sredna]

I don't think I could ever name beats with dates. It's so nice to just be able to ask an artist "what beat did you use?"... "oh i used the LEGENDS beat". Else it becomes like a question the artist can't answer imo. Also when I give my beats unique names I know exactly what to look for, I know exactly what folder it's in etc. Dates would be confusing to me. I do see how it makes organizing easier tho! Good video

[@skyramusic]

you’re a blessing

[@hanchizhang9838]

Aaaayyyyyy! Sikky back at it again with them sick beats!

[@amsorryfordamage6936]

I used to enjoy having all my drum folders organised. but as time went by I found that when I don't know which sound I am looking for is when I make my best music, not to mention having to open and close folders makes me lazy xD. Recently I came across XO ( it scans all your drums and puts them as stars in a virtual universe and colors them by type red for kicks blue for snares etc...) having all my drums layed out in one small area and being able to cycle through them all with just 1 click really improved my workflow and sound selection drasticaly. But I agree that having your files (flps, mp3s, stems...) organised is a must and I organise them exactly as you do lol .

[@A_Class216]

I need to organize everything. One day I will.

[@TheRealGorkha]

SIKKY IS ABOUT TO HIT 1M NICE

[@trigganasty]

I literally started organizing my folders after watching this

[@kerwinfernandes9583]

Hahaha so cool and crazy. Thanks for this video, God bless!

[@JMXCzw]

yo Sikky... Dope promo for the Pandora pack... I adopted your foder fomart minus the date naming... Amazing... Thanks Again🙏

[@SIKKYBEATS]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@wokmuni]

This video is awesome! I really need to get on top on my organization game 😬

[@PmbpMusic]

Great tips!!!! It would take me years to sort out mine lol!

[@alfons..]

Hey. So after this video i completly organised my songs and samples. Its soooooooo much easier to produce music. Thanks for the video❤❤❤

[@clast]

Damn these tips 🔥🔥

[@Taylor370z]

Do you organize as you go? Do you collect then spend a day organizing? Do you delete anything you think isn't your style and don't intend on using? Do you delete duplicates like, some packs clearly have the same "metro booming open hat" one is dry, one is pitched, one is panned, one is filtered, etc. Love this vid!

[@SIKKYBEATS]

Generally speaking I’ll do this once every few months. My personal stash has sounds from a ton of paid kits. Including all the record sounds. At this point the kit is extremely organized man. Every snare that sounds the same as another is named the same. Imagine 100 spinz 808s in a folder, spectated into short and long. I’m very proud of it. My friend RELIK helped me set it up🤓

[@Taylor370z]

@@SIKKYBEATS For sure. I'm currently organizing and playing all your vids (recently discovered looking for Coop The Truth or Nami style loop tutorial), I had some similar organizing like, short, long 808, soft, hard kicks etc. But you gave me some other ideas that im gonna implement so TY!

[@3Jesus]

Thats very great doing this but now with kits thats very great idea thanks!

[@bibekpawn6175]

I was thinking of listing out all the beautiful sounds or presets so as to use it time and again

[@SodarBeatz]

Kyle stembeger is the goat when it comes to loops

[@CN3Music]

Appreciate the 💎 💎 💎

[@kisstherajn]

for the samples/kits, the problem I have with creating too many folders is that when using fl studio you have to click through so many folders (I hope FL can catch up with the ableton's search bar level soon)

[@MänOfficially]

I never thought i would see someone organise their work like me

[@SIKKYBEATS]

Lol twinsies!

[@luisfarias134]

@@SIKKYBEATS hahaha

[@Theory.449]

This is what I needed thank you so much .

[@SIKKYBEATS]

No problem 😊glad to help!

[@beeka3171]

Hey Sikky! Nice video, but what is the difference between WAV files here at 3:07, and the EXPORT folder ? For me, in the export folder there will be mastered and unmastered ones.

[@SIKKYBEATS]

Oh, when you are bouncing out files as stems to be sent out, FL studio automatically makes a file of the whole mix as well. So if you mix has 10 tracks. FL studio will give you 11 files.

[@toddharig8142]

I see you are going to be calling me out... Im here for it.

[@SIKKYBEATS]

🙄👉👈

[@luisfarias134]

ADSR Sampler is great for finding sounds and labeling them to find them later..

[@ominous1434]

Ooffffff.... so 🤬 excited for pandora!!!

[@SIKKYBEATS]

its coming!

[@special-jin4863]

I use Ableton but this is insanely helpful, many of my projects just go to random folders. Hopefully this will help keep everything organised.

[@djprodluigi]

waaaa brooo al that intro for a drum kit sick ma g heheh damnnn

[@adityanair7342]

it's much more than just a drum kit!

[@fififinance7469]

I'm watching this while procrastinating :)

[@luisfarias134]

Great profile pick and comment!

[@archee2425]

This guy, put Kyle Stemberger into the GOATs folder, and didn’t even think about Simon and Kyle Beats... But it’s up to you bro, everyone has their own taste and vision, but that decision was really strange And yo, can u please make another video, of how u organized everything, make all this folders look so smooth, keep them in one pack and all this details. I really would appreciate that, and not me only. I tried to do that, but it’s not like yours. Thanks bro❤️🤙🏻

[@SIKKYBEATS]

I can go over it on Twitch!

[@kela-taksi]

Pretty much doing the same thing without folders, just the dates. Need to start using those folders 😬

[@razaakeniola]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@SIKKYBEATS]

Aye, my guy, appreciate it! Thanks for watching! 🙏🏾

[@ckmmaderazo]

Thank u so much❤️❤️

[@amandalaquemanda_]

Thank you

[@gabrielporras5909]

REALLY HELPFUL!

[@SIKKYBEATS]

Glad it helped broski! Thanks so much for watching!

[@SodarBeatz]

Tomorrow ama organize

[@astylebeatz2014]

I had to use a day to organize bunch of my stuff😂still I'm not satisfied buh I think this has given me an inspiration for a satisfaction 🔥🔥💯

[@SIKKYBEATS]

lets goooo my dude!

[@ELLIOT8209]

The more packs you download the more tedious the organizing will later be. Do it soon

[@ashukapil6661]

Time to organise it all again😅 #goodtings

[@SIKKYBEATS]

You got this!

[@madified766]

goodtings dem

[@lostsoul3098]

You ok bro? how are you doing? thats alot of work for arrangements

[@TheOnlyDayIsTODAY]

Can you do a vid on how to effectively collaborate? I have issues when emailing midi files Bc the other person may not have the same sounds. How do I attach the sound I want to the midi when sending it?

[@SIKKYBEATS]

midi files are meant to be the notes only. But you can send someone a wav file of the melody showing how you hear it!

[@FazoForever]

great vid

[@lucw5968]

Soo the 14th we have pandora and the fl studio update? Insane !!!

[@SIKKYBEATS]

beast mode imminent

[@lucw5968]

@@SIKKYBEATS yes sir 🔥🔥

[@egzieralebachew2991]

1:25 lmao his face

[@nomis.k]

Gold

[@OfficialMZay]

I guess I’m part of the little group that actually does do that 👀

[@talha3479]

yea me too

[@SIKKYBEATS]

feels good to be organized!😇😄

[@YtkBeatz]

I Hope I Was

[@luisfarias134]

@@YtkBeatz It's not too late..

[@YtkBeatz]

@@luisfarias134 My Guy I Just Did It Today

[@SOUNDSBYLAITUE]

I'm impatient to purchase PANDORA 🎁

[@SIKKYBEATS]

It's so good!

[@harshitkowsik]

Tricky ✌✌

[@SOUNDSBYLAITUE]

Good Tings 🔝

[@SIKKYBEATS]

Yay!

[@DarkTrapStudio]

I see you got BWB and BusyworksBeat folder separatly

[@TheSecondC2]

This might also be a bit overly ordered (snares etc). Not sure though, it's still beneficial

[@anirudhkumar9139]

I do organise my sounds a bit, but god damn I have NEVER reached this level of organisation. But the thing with using a stash is - You subconsciously just go to it everytime you want to make something, which results in all your music sounding very similar, which is a big no-no for me.

[@YtkBeatz]

Do U KNow What Is So Impresive about this guy his profile picture

[@SIKKYBEATS]

Tanks :P

[@pumbabeats420]

I like to organize my samples to much. Have to export all beat stems so the projectfile dosnt end up missing sounds cus they changed location. Hate those kits with everything in them, fxcks everything up 😅

[@SIKKYBEATS]

fl studio lets you do zipped saves!

[@AikiraBeats]

So what are the stems and how do you that

[@SIKKYBEATS]

stems are all the parts of your song separated into their own audio files. www.image-line.com/fl-studio-news/fl-studio-multi-track-stems-export/

[@stasdesign]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ThisIsGody]

This is exactly how I arrange my beats 😅

[@YtkBeatz]

I Wish There Is An App That Can Do This

[@JMXCzw]

Just dedicate one day for this... lol

[@TheSecondC2]

It's subjective work. You order your files like how you want them. That's always the best

[@prod_by_narcotics]

I dont even understand how someone can work, and be productive, saving EVERTHING on the desktop. Seen so many producers do this...😭

[@nocapster3781]

narcotics cause some people feel more comfortable living in the mess, believe it or not we are different

[@agthaog1986]

The problem is with these names being Soo unique it makes it kinda harder unless u like still pretty new to this. If u got 700 pre made beatz n u wanna date label em (no name) what does it really do? That's the question cu alot of professionals do the dating thing but what does it really do, really?

[@SIKKYBEATS]

It comes from a workflow perspective. When I send anything out I will add a unique name to the mp3 being sent out, but will keep the date so I can reference back to it should changes be requested. Additionally project are all bounced and placed in a folder so I can listen to them should I need to check a beat before I spend valuable time waiting for sessions to open.

[@alaael-bechlaoui4071]

I like the idea... but looks like organizing will take more time than making music haha :D

[@SIKKYBEATS]

It takes time now but thats time you'll also save in the future.

[@freddiebell5775]

Hey does anyone move there sample folders then realize you need to re find each sample for each beat and is there a way to stop this from happening when I reorganize my stuff ??

[@nocapster3781]

Freddie Bell would like to know too

[@1eidji652]

Me to I want to know

[@djprodluigi]

aaaaaaaaah broooo we actually do the samee

[@eonthemix8820]

Few seconds remaining

[@ayotwisted]

Which Drums Are In Your Stash Folder?

[@SIKKYBEATS]

just some random reddit kits. Recycled stuff mostly, but now my pandora kit has a folder just for those generic sounds.

[@marcussebastian1437]

i have ALL MY FILES spread out randomly on my desktop. lol

[@strwbrrry2817]

waiting for youtube premier speedrun any% (glitchless)

[@kamiiboii7460]

👍

[@TruleeTru]

nineth comment

[@billiondime]

Proud on my indian brother I hope you are annoyed with me and I love that 👅

[@walzyswag]

theres no need for this tho

[@kinadabambino6872]

It can be very helpful if you wanna be more professional and organized