Finding a sample

You can find samples and get inspired at any point in your life. This means you may have songs that connected with you during your childhood, bands you saw in concert, orchestras you attended, YouTube videos you enjoy, or the most popular method in electronic, rap, and pop music: digging through vinyl records. Vinyl records and turntables can be recorded in the same manner as a microphone used while recording vocals. The only difference is that you will be using a line-level signal while recording vinyl records into FL Studio. It signifies that audio output for condenser microphones will generally use XLR cables and record players or turntables will use RCA, one quarter inch, and/or SPDIF outputs. You will simply select your vinyl record audio input in the same manner that you choose your input for vocals, guitar, or keyboards.

Getting ready

To get started with sampling in Edison, you will want to open up a new audio editor. The FL Studio hint bar will notify you that your...