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The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20

You're reading from   The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20 Create production-quality music with FL Studio

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800565326
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1:Getting Up and Running with FL Studio
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with FL Studio FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Exploring the Browser, Playlist, and Channel Rack 4. Chapter 3: Composing with the Piano Roll 5. Chapter 4: Routing to the Mixer and Applying Automation 6. Section 2:Music Production Fundamentals
7. Chapter 5: Sound Design and Audio Envelopes 8. Chapter 6: Compression, Sidechaining, Limiting, and Equalization 9. Chapter 7: Stereo Width – Panning, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, and Flangers 10. Chapter 8: Recording Live Audio and Vocal Processing 11. Chapter 9: Understanding Vocal Effects 12. Section 3:Postproduction and Publishing Your Music
13. Chapter 10: Creating Your Own Instruments and Effects 14. Chapter 11: Mastering Fundamentals 15. Chapter 12: Branding, Promotion,and Marketing 16. Chapter 13: Publishing and Selling Music Online 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 3: Composing with the Piano Roll

When you want to make a melody for your song, you need a tool to help you compose it. The FL Studio Piano roll is arguably the best Piano roll in the market for composing melodies. The Piano roll allows you to add melody notes, arrange them, adjust the inflection of notes, and easily move notes between instruments. Once you know how to use the Piano roll, you'll be able to compose melodies for any instrument.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Using the Piano roll
  • Composing great chord progressions
  • Recording MIDI notes with MIDI instruments
  • Exporting sheet music
  • Using and exporting MIDI scores
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