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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

Using the Playlist

The Playlist is where you arrange the timing of all elements for your song. It holds patterns, Audio Clips, and the automation of effects. You can open the Playlist by selecting the Playlist icon:

Figure 2.36 – Playlist icon in the Toolbar

The Playlist will open up and you will see a window similar to the following:

Figure 2.37 – Playlist

On the left-hand side, you can see the pattern, audio, or automation that is currently selected. In the preceding screenshot, we can see that Pattern 1 is currently selected. We can left-click on patterns and drag them into the Playlist.

To the right of the patterns, you can see the name Track 1 and a light to indicate that the track is active (not muted). You can mute the track by left-clicking on the light. You can customize the name and color of the track by right-clicking on it and selecting Rename and Color. In the following screenshot, we can see that we have...

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