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A Power User's Guide to FL Studio 21

You're reading from   A Power User's Guide to FL Studio 21 Master the art of music production and advanced mixing techniques to create Billboard-charting records

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803234380
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Understanding the Basics
2. Chapter 1: Delving into the FL Studio Mindset and Workflow FREE CHAPTER 3. Part 2:Creating Music with FL Studio
4. Chapter 2: From the Piano Roll to the Billboard Charts 5. Chapter 3: Creating Your Signature Sound 6. Chapter 4: Working through Drum Programming and Arrangements 7. Chapter 5: Approaching Melody and Composition Theory 8. Chapter 6: A Billboard-Ready Production Arrangement 9. Part 3: Best Techniques and How to Appear on the Billboard Charts
10. Chapter 7: Chart-Topping Mixing Techniques 11. Chapter 8: How to Get Records Placed So They Land on Billboard Charts 12. Index 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Composing in FL Studio – the basics

FL Studio is a powerful and effective digital audio workstation (DAW) that enables you to write music in a variety of genres and create melodies. To approach melody and composition theory in FL Studio, follow the guidelines in this section.

Conventional wisdom will tell you to learn the fundamentals of melody. This is definitely something you should invest time and energy into throughout your career. However, FL Studio’s tools allow you to hack the music composing system by giving you a clear set of tools that can be used in simplicity to create melody and chord progressions by ear, without knowing the exact names of the chords and keys from the outset.

Rather, while you build your own knowledge bank of the music theory, understand that melody is the central element of musical composition and is composed of a series of notes played in a specific order. When you begin to understand the fundamentals of music theory, such as scales...

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