If you haven't yet download FL studios at their website or just
Google "download+FL Studio"
When after you installed it and got it running; there should be a text box.
-close it.
There should be four boxes Kick, Clap, Hi-Hat and Snare. Those are Channels.
The channels are the box and you can drag instruments from the Browser. The browser is that well organized window to the left of the screen.
... Yes the one with a scroll bar
In the Browser there are catagorys. The basic catagorys you should start with are; 3x Osc (a good oscillator synthesizer) and Packs (It is actually a folder in the FL studio Folder
it can be found here
C:\Program Files\Image-Line\FL Studio 8\Data\Patches\Packs
you can later drag samples (.wav, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, ect.)
If you go to the 3x Osc, Drag it to the sequencer (it will make a channel).
Now play around with knobs see what they do i will explain some here also:
- Panning (PAN) - Sets the stereo panning of the individual oscillators.
- Coarse Tuning (CRS) - Sets the coarse tuning (range -24 to +24 semitones) of the individual oscillators.
- Fine Tuning (FINE) - Sets the fine tuning (range -1 to +1 semitone) of the individual oscillators.
It comes with three Oscillators to play with. Each has 6 Wave form choices. The 6th choice is to use one of your own.
When your ready right click on a channel
then click Piano Roll
you will be in the piano then (now you can paint your beats out)
If your lazy and have a good midi file then press CTRL+M
it opens a browser for midi files. Click on your midi and a screen comes up. always uncheck the realign events
then it has a bunch of boxes and a scroll bar check the scroll bar first.
If it only has one instrument in the song then right click on all the boxes but one (the one you want 1-9 are usually Instruments 10 is always a drum track and 11-16 are usually instruments or SFX)
repeat process till your instruments are all used.
then you have a premade song :]
