Portmento is cool. You can't do that famous West Coast worm or Dirty South Synth glide without it. So check out this tutorial and learn how to create portamento (slide, glide or pitch bend) on notes in your FL Studio beats.
Making an effective bassline is probably easier than you think. Check out this tutorial and see how easy it is to make a simple and good bassline for your music in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).
Sometimes we have great individual sounds and we put them together in a mix but they don't gel as good as they should. You might need to find the sweet spot or sour spot in the frequency spectrum. This tutorial shows you how to use the EQ to find the sweet spot when working in FL Studio.
NFX shows you one method for mixing drums for beats in FL Studio (Fruity Loops).
This is an older method but it's still a viable method for a quick and easy master. Get your wav file ready for CD with this FL Studio quick master tutorial.
One of the most basic starting points of music and music theory is the individual note or tone. In this tutorial you will learn some of the basics of working with notes or tones when making beats in FL Studio.
Writing a good melody is harder for some people than others but anyone can do it with practice. The key is to show you what makes up a melody & why the parts are important and NFX shows you how in this FL Studio tutorial.
The peak controller uses the peaks from an audio source to automate the parameters on another controller. In this Fruity Loops tutorial, NFX shows you how to use the peak controller when creating beats in FL Studio.
Some plugins load 1 instance that can control several patches. This tutorial shows you how to set up multiple out plugins in FL Studio to do just that.
This vid shows the basics and relationship of the Pattern window and the Playlist windows in FL Studio and how to use these Fruity Loop features.
NFX shows you how to connect the MOD wheel on the MIDI controller to a channel plugin in FL Studio. Fruity Loops doesn't do this for you automatically so it's a good skill to learn.
NFX thinks good organization is a key to "getting out of the way" and letting your creativity flow when inspiration hits you. So check out his tutorial and learn some ways to organize your samples and sounds in FL Studio.
With so many samples floating around the internet its a shame more people don't know how to loop an instrument sample so that it can play a note as long as you want it to play. Well, look know further than this tutorial to learn how to loop instrument samples in FL Studio (Fruity Loops) and expand your mixing knowledge. This works in FL7 and FL8.
Templates are a real timesaver in FL Studio. Imagine being able to load that East Coast Kit or Club Kit with ease. In addition to loading your samples, templates can load predefined Mixer chains/setups into Fruity Loops.
NFX shows how to split tracks into WAV files using FL Studio. You would do this to send your song to a professional mixing engineer or maybe to collaborate with a non-FL user. Split tracks can be used in Protools, Audition, etc., but are demonstrated here in Fruity Loops.
This Fruity Loops tutorial shows how to do simple note slides with an FL Studio generator.
This video shows a simple way to fade out your song using an automation clip in FL Studio.
In this video NFX shows you how to get a T-Pain vocal effect using a freeware plug-in called GSnap for Fruity Loops (FL Studio). You do have to listen to NFX (try to) sing as punishment, but if you need that T-Pain effect on a budget, here you go.
Here's a short explanation of how to get a funky strummed guitar sequence from scratch in FL Studio.
You can get the best acoustic drum kit ever made and it can still sound artificial and computer-ish. Unless you watch and learn from this tutorial. Check it out and learn to humainze your drum patterns in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).
This video describe another great feature of FL Studio: Channel States, and covers how to use them in the mixer.
This tutorial shows three ways of doing pitch bends as used in "Lean Back" in Fruity Loops (FL Studio) software.
This tutorial explains in detail how to get a Timbo style sound in Fruity Loops (FL Studio). Many of you might get impatient for the result of this beat recipe, but it's worth it.
NFX explains how a Vocoder works, specifically the Vocoder in FL Studio. Even if you don't have Fruity Loops, the functions of a vocoder are similar so you can still learn.
This tutorial shows how to make those fast pitched snare rolls popular in dirty south style music in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).
This video shows you how to use layers in FL Studio (Fruity Loops). This is convenient for when you want to stack sounds or split sounds.
The famous ADSR Envelope (Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release)... It's seen in almost every virtual instrument or software synthesizer from Albino to Halion to SampleTank to Z3ta but do you know what it does?
If you make beats in FL Studio you may want to incorporate some scratches without needing a turntable. This tutorial shows you how to do it with the Wave Traveler in Fruity Loops.
This tutorial will guide you step by step and help you get access to an almost limitless number of instruments and effects. There are so many freeware synths and effects that this tutorial can help you use. Check it out and learn how to install VST plugins in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).
This tutorial explains why scales are important and how they give your song a specific mood or sound and how to work with them in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).
NFX shows you how to remake the 50 cent hit In Da Club produced by Dr. Dre in FL Studio (fruity loops) using free sounds.
This tutorials shows how easy it is to create a basic reggaton beat in Fruity Loops Studio. This is a 3 3 2 rhythm beat.
Learn how to use your USB controller as an instrument in FL Studio.
In this video tutorial you will learn to add a button to a track in DVD Studio Pro. You can use it to enable the users to choose to view a trailer or sneak preview of your upcoming project before sending them back to the main menu.
As the author says, a DVD is not a DVD without interactivity. You could easily enable interactivity by using menus in your DVD. In this video tutorial you will learn to add menus to your movie DVD using DVD Studio Pro.
A revolutionary feature in DVDs is their ability to include interactivity. In this video tutorial you will add a button to your DVD menu using DVD Studio Pro. The button will take the users to a new menu.
Build sound board for a studio at home, to insulate noise and sound. The subject of this DIY project was originally covered in a written article that is still required reading to finish the project as it gets into more detail regarding the actual construction of the boards.
In this tutorial you'll see how to use the included Apple templates as a framework for creating your own custom templates in DVD Studio Pro 4. The video also covers drop zones.
This tutorial shows you how to use the slideshow view in DVD Studio Pro 4 to set slide shows to music. It goes over the different transitions and possibilities available for manipulating your slides.
The track editor in DVD Studio Pro 4 is similar to the timeline in Final Cut Pro. In this video you'll learn the primary functions of the track editor and how to use it.
