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Fruity Loops Studio – How to build a Song Basics
In this tutor i will guide you step by step to help you to create your first song in
Fruity, to get used to the functions inside Fruity Loops. I'm creating this tutor to help
a person who is completely new to DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). So this will be
a beginner tutor. I have worked on Logic Audio for various years and have created a
detailed tutor for Logic Audio as well some years ago. So not new to Music Creation,
but i am new to Fruity. Thus there might be different ways to do this, but being a
Logic User, I will approuch Fruity in the Logic Audio PC way.
Channel Rack
01 Start Fruity Loops and go to Channel Rack
02 Now create a simple beat in the Channel Rack (Pattern Mode)
03 Now click on the 3 Yellow stripes to see Edit 2 Screen
This gives the notes for if you want to edit your created rhythm
04 Click on one of the notes on the Kick track.
05 Then Piano roll opens
Left Click creates a new note, Right Click on a note is Delete
06 Now back to Channel Rack, + to add a new sound
Now you can choose to add various VST Instruments
To create a Melody to accompany your drum pattern
I will load a Synthesizer for this example
Then explain how you add notes by playing instead of drawing
07 Select Synth Classic -> Fruity DX10
Then the Fruity DX10 will pop up
First we will send the output to the mixer (Routing)
Click on the Left Top part of each VST Instrument
There you can send the Sound Output to your Mixer
08 Go to Channel and select, Assign Free Mixer Track
Now the mixer window will pop up and you can change Volume
Mix channel 5 is used for the new instrument
On the right side of the Mixer screen you see the VST Effects
And below it a simple 3 band Equalizer for the selected sound
Next I will explain how you can add Effects to your sound
09 Click on the arrow before Slot 1 to select an effect
Choose Yellow Reeverb 2
The Blue dot is to turn the Effect off, while working
to compare the dry signal (No FX) with the wet signal. (Incl FX)
Then Reeverb 2 pops up
There are 2 spots where you can select Presets
Left top part Arrow to see all presets listed with names
And at the right top part Arrows to quickly browse
All plugins will work in the same way
And you can change the settings and save your own presets
10 Now we are going back to the Channel Rack
To set the Controller for playing the Synthesizer
If you have a MIDI Keyboard connected, then select it
With this Tutor I will use the Computer Keyboard to play notes
Selecting the MIDI Controller
Right click on top of Fruity DX10 to select the MIDI Controller
Then go to Receive Notes From and select Typing Keyboard
Now you will be able to use the keys on your keyboard to play
You can even play Chords by pressing various keys at ones
R+Y+I+P as example or D+G or J+L
To select the sound you hear when you press they keyboard
Click on the box behind the Instrument Name
To hear the drums while your searching for the melody
you like to play on the drums, turn on Pattern Mode
You can also click on the Orange Play button on Channel Rack
Then your Pattern Mode also gets selected
Okay now let's record a melody on our drums
To start recording, press play while record is selected
You then hear 4 Sound Clicks from the Metronome
As a pre count before Recording starts
Now mute Record and click on one of the Fruity DX10 notes
Now we are in Piano Roll and will use QUANTIZE
This will put all played notes on the correct timing
Go to TOOLS and select Quantize

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