TIPS FOR USING FL STUDIO ON MAC AND WINDOWS

Tips For Using Fl Studio On Mac And Windows

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And then choose where you want to save it on your computer.And finally press the save button. Which as of 2019, is the latest version.First thing I like to do is to save the project.It may seem a little weird to save a song before weвЂ™ve started.But itвЂ™s just to help prepare where we are going to record things.FL Studio calls the files you save projects, but really itвЂ™s a song.This will bring up a dialog window that lets you choose where you want to save the project.So name the song what you want to. Open up FL StudioIвЂ™m currently running version 20 of FL Studio. Dynamic mics do not.Having phantom power on when you plug the mic into the audio interface can cause damage to your microphone.So we want to keep that microphone working well for a long time.

Setting up the mixer trackThis is where we set up the microphone input from the mixer track.This will get the input from the microphone and the audio interface into a mixer track in FL Studio.The first thing that weвЂ™re going to need to do is set up your microphone in a mixer Channel.Press F9 on your keyboard and that will bring up the mixer window.You should see a whole bunch of vertical bars, They will be titled Insert 1, Insert 2, and so on.These are all mixer tracks for the project that youвЂ™re working on.When you click on it youвЂ™ll see a green box around it. Choose where to save the audio filesWhile we still have the Setting Window open letвЂ™s do one more thing.WeвЂ™re going to go over to the Project tab.You should see a box beneath that that says data folder.This lets you pick the folder on your computer that you want to save the recorded audio to.Click on the folder icon and select where you want the data to be stored.And now weвЂ™ll move on to setting up the mixer track. For me, if I try to go lower than that I start to get some crackle in my recordings.You will be able to hear pops and crackles in your recording if you have it set too low.You can see in this menu if you have had underruns.So now we have the audio interface setup.Now FL Studio can receive the input from the audio interface.So letвЂ™s choose where we are going to save our recorded files. It will also make sure that you get a clean sound from your interface.In my case IвЂ™m selecting a buffer length of about 6-8 milliseconds. Buffer SettingsBelow the device drop down menu youвЂ™ll see another box that says buffer length.IвЂ™m not going to go into a lot of detail about this.But for recording, you want the buffer setting as low as you can get it, without it starting to clip, crackle, or pop.This will prevent you from hearing a delay when you go to record your audio. ASIO SettingsSo from the ASIO devices menu select the driver for your audio interface.The name of the driver might not be exactly the name of your audio interface.I am working off of a Presonus AudioBox iTwo audio interface in this example.And in my case the ASIO device is called AudioBox ASIO Driver.And then we need to set up the buffer.

If itвЂ™s not selected, press the song button now.Now you should see a green arrow show up in your playlist window and the song button should be highlighted in green.I also like to set up a count in before it starts recording.This option gives you a four count click before the recording starts. Because that will allow us to record directly to the playlist. And underneath of that with options to check automation, notes, audio, and clips.Since we are recording audio we want to make sure that the audio option is checked by right-clicking.Next to the play button there is a button that says pat on the top and song on the bottom.Make sure that the song button is highlighted. Setting up transport controlsUp at the top of the FL Studio program youвЂ™ll see some transport controls.These are the play button, the stop button and record button.Right click on the record button and you should see some options.It should have a box that says recording filter. Woohoo!Now onto the transport controls. This means that youвЂ™re getting signal into the insert Channel.Which means that you set it up right.

YouвЂ™ve learned how to record a mic in FL Studio.But IвЂ™ll show you another way to do it as well. Press Stop in the transport controls, or press the Space bar.And thatвЂ™s it. And you can give the file whatever name you choose.Open up the playlist window by pressing F5.Click a spot on the playlist where you would want to start your recording.I like to choose a spot a little before so it give me more time.Now click on the record button in the transport bar, and wait for the count in.Once you are finished. Recording in the playlist in FL StudioAt the bottom of the fader there is a track arm button.You can also right click on the arm track button to bring up a window.You could save the audio file to a different location if you want. Record AudioWhat I like about FL Studio is that there are several different ways of doing everything.So there are a couple different options for recording audio:Before you start recording, make sure to plug in your headphones.You donвЂ™t want the audio from the song to be bleeding into your mic.YouвЂ™ll get some weird sounds and feedback from doing that.WeвЂ™ll cover recording into the playlist first, since that is the most common.

And then press the record button.Nothing will happen at this point, so donвЂ™t freak out.Click where in the song you want to start recording.I like to move the marker to a little bit before that.It gives you a little extra time before it starts the part you want to record.When you are done, press the Stop on Edison.And then you can Press stop on the Transport Controls in the Playlist.ThereвЂ™s a button in the top right side of Edison.