Music Production Masterclass: Write Songs In FL Studio 20

Explore creating a basic FL Studio track by building a simple piano pattern with piano rolls, adding bass with cold blue bass, pads, kicks, snares, and hi-hats.

Master FL Studio fundamentals by starting from an empty project or template, creating patterns, and using FL Keys in the piano roll to input notes and shape melodies.

Explore rhythm divisions to decide note lengths, extend or cut notes, and delete with right click in FL Studio 20. Use Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Alt+Z to undo and redo via history.

Learn to use keyboard shortcuts in FL Studio 20, undo with ctrl z, clone notes with ctrl B, extend notes, change their length, and create rhythms while exploring pattern reuse.

Develop a basic melody in FL Studio 20 by locating notes like C5 and G, creating and extending them, and navigating the interface efficiently.

Create a new pattern for bass, add a bass instrument, and use the piano roll to preview notes; copy from the piano pattern and hear in song mode.

Explore kick drum samples in FL Studio, evaluate kicks with tails and minimal, punchy characteristics, listen with headphones to discern low frequencies.

Place kicks at the beginning in FL Studio 20, disable stretch to avoid distortion, and duplicate them with ctrl+shift drag. Use high-quality sample packs to distinguish kicks from bad.

Explore the difference between snare and clap sounds and learn when to use each or blend them after the kick to shape your drums.

Create bed tracks by adding pads in FL Studio 20, audition orchestral pads, copy and paste patterns into the piano roll, and arrange them in the playlist.

Learn the basics of quick mixing by listening to a track from start to finish, balancing piano, bass, pads, choir, strings, kicks and high-hats, using volume tweaks and looping.

Render your FL Studio track (piano, bass, pads, snares) as an mp3 for easy sharing on WhatsApp, then drop the file into WhatsApp and send to family and friends.

Learn how to download and organize sample packs for FL Studio 20, including creating a dedicated FL Studio folder, extracting archives, and setting the sample pack path for automatic detection.

Explore how to use pitch range in FL Studio 20 to pitch notes up or down, including semitones and cents, and transpose an octave by setting range to 12.

Learn basic music theory and piano note names, identify C, B, and A relative to two- and three-black-key patterns, and practice in a new FL Studio pattern.

Learn the notes a through g using the left and right positions of the two black keys. Apply this pattern recognition to the piano roll in FL Studio.

Explore scales by identifying the notes of C major and E minor, distinguish major and minor, and practice building scales in the piano roll of FL Studio using pattern mode.

Master the circle of fifths to determine sharps and flats in major and minor keys like C major and G major, applying these rules in your FL Studio piano roll.

Explore how to build major scales in FL Studio's piano roll by identifying sharps and flats for keys like A major and E major, then apply them to melody writing.

Explore how to read the circle of fifths for major and minor keys, apply flats and sharps to C minor, and shift the note before the last to the right.

Explore the two main chord progressions used in electric dance music, 1645 and 1637, and focus on constructing 1645 in FL Studio.

Download vital and install it in the FL Studio folder, configure plugin search paths, locate vital in the plugin list, and prepare for sound banks in the next lecture.

Install free sound banks and presets for slap house by downloading Vital presets and Zero presets via links in the description; avoid paid plugins.

Learn how to import sound banks into FL Studio 20 using Vital, including copying the Vital bank to your plugins folder and using import bank to load it.

Add hats and drum samples, align them to the project tempo by stretching to match BPM, then duplicate, arrange, and adjust hat volumes.

Master the build up drum for slap house in FL Studio 20 by aligning a build up with vocals, chords, ambience, and hi-hats at 128 bpm before the drop.

Learn how to reset and balance volumes in FL Studio 20, then organize tracks in the mixer by renaming, auto name, coloring, and grouping drums and effects for better organization.

Master the FL Studio 20 mixer by adjusting size and detached views, linking piano and bass to mixer tracks, and using settings, unlinking, and control L shortcuts for precise routing.

Master mixing bass and sub bass in FL Studio 20 by keeping the sub bass lower than the bass, using ghost notes, and shaping both with Fruity Parametric EQ 2.

Learn to remove bass and sub-bass in FL Studio 20 using a high-pass filter and low-shelf adjustments to shape the mix, then sharpen the EQ curve with the scroll wheel.

Master ambience by using a parametric eq to remove high and low frequencies, preserving mid frequencies to shape the track’s body and improve cohesion.

Learn how to create reverse cymbals in FL Studio 20 by reversing samples, making them unique, and adjusting volume for dynamic build-ups.

Explore layering crash samples in FL Studio 20, link tracks to the mixer, adjust volumes, create reverse crashes, and apply crossfade and smoothing for a fuller, balanced track.

Organize FL Studio 20 sample packs with the organized folder and automatic scanning, then manage drums, loops, and one-shot samples for a cleaner, faster workflow.

Search and insert one-shot kicks into the drums rack, audition multiple options for punchy results, place the best kick beside others, and then try adding your own snare.

Master the slap bass groove by tweaking rhythms, moving notes to quarter and half beats, exploring left-right offsets, and layering patterns in FL Studio 20.

Learn to use a layer as a parent for multiple bass lines by setting children, so all three bass parts play together from one piano roll pattern.

Create a sub bass in FL Studio 20 by layering it with the main bass, pitching down, duplicating notes across patterns, and using the free clink sample pack for presets.

Download a Vital preset bank from cling music dot com, import the bank into Vital, and apply lead and sub bass presets while renaming the sub bass patch.

Apply Vital presets to sculpt bass tracks, clone and layer sub bass, color and name tracks, and route bass elements to the mixer for a clean bass mix.

Learn to sculpt the bass in FL Studio by isolating sub bass, removing low frequencies with a parametric EQ, and tuning by ear while soloing tracks.

Learn practical bass mixing in FL Studio 20: remove reverb from bass, suppress sub bass with parametric EQ, and apply consistent EQ across bass layers for a clean, strong sound.

Queue bass layers to shape the mix, prioritizing a main powerful bass preset and adjusting subsequent layers by volume to add life and color while controlling the sub bass.

Adjust buffer length in audio settings to balance cpu usage and audio delay; increase it to reduce lag or decrease it for quicker playback of chords, vocals, hi-hats, and snares.

Balance CPU performance and sound by adjusting the sample rate: use 44 for work, 48 for collaborations to hear kicks clearly, or 22 on slow machines; export at max later.

optimize workflow with reliable drivers, adjust cpu time base and sample rate for balanced detail and performance, then purge audio, enable smart disable, and reduce layering to save RAM.