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The other day when I was flicking through my FL Bible I came across this amazing feature: How to automate a VST to an external controller!
1: Open your favourite VST plugin by right clicking an existing instrument in the Step Sequencer, scrolling down to Insert and selecting the plugin from the menu (For this example I am using NI Pro-53).
2: Go to the Browser window. Click on Current project, then Generators and finally on Fruity wrapper.
What you see is the entire list of midi variables for the VST plugin! Yep that’s right, you can now automate any of the controls on the VST through Fruity Loops. Just right click on any of the Midi Control Knobs. Lets choose MIDI CC#1 (Modulation wheel) as an example.Right click on Midi CC#7 (Main volume) and then left click Create automation clip.
The automation clip appears in the playlist. Try making a simple modulation sweep while playing a note in the step sequencer. Below you can see the VST playing a single note while the modulation of the NI Pro-53 instrument is automated to sweep from 0% to 100%.
Well that’s how it’s done, 3rd party VST’s just became a whole lot more powerful! Now go and tweak the hell outta your favourite VST.
I bought myself a copy of the FL Studio Bible last year. It’s quite a helpful book with 362 pages explaining basically everything about Fruity Loops. There is even a section in the back of the Bible with interviews from producers, who actually use Fruity Loops to make a living! It is really great to know that there are people out there who make a living using Fruity Loops.
So far I have made absolutely no money using Fruity Loops. Still, the thought of sitting at home in my bedroom studio making beats and selling them is what keeps me going!
This is the list of producers who use FL Studio as their central music creation tool. All of these artists are interviewed in the Fruity Loops Bible and what they have to say is really interesting. You can download tunes by these artists on the Fruity Loops websitein the power users section. Some of the well known artists who use Fruity Loops (known as power users in The FL Bible) include:
Mike Oldfield
9th Wonder
Seismic Crew
Mark Tinley Meg Hentges Peter (Skaven) Hajba DeadMau5 Toby Emerson Ripley+Jenson Doug Lazy Steve Duda
A couple of other artists who I know have used Fruity Loops (or FL effects) in their tunes are:
Concord Dawn- in the tune “Man for all Seasons” you will able to pick out sytrus being used for that metallic sounding effect. Pendulum- in the tune “Girl in the Fire” slayer is used with the voicebox present for that synthesized voice effect.
Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t achieve something. Especially if they say that FL Studio is just a toy. I am sick of people saying such things. This program has unlimited capabilities
