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10 Cool FL Studio Tricks You Aren’t Using

Blckbxxx | 8:35 AM | 55 kommentarer

FL Studio keeps amazing me. It’s an intuitive, easy to use DAW. But even after years of using it, I keep
discovering neat and cool features that make things even easier! In this article I’ve collected some of the
most useful features pertaining to the general interface (so not those related to specific plugins). You may
know some of them already, but I hope that there’s something in the list for everyone. I could easily have
written ‘100 Cool FL Studio Tricks You Aren’t Using’, but that is not really practical (apart from the fact that
the sun is shining today and that I want to go for a walk). If you have some tips/tricks to share then do not
hesitate to drop me a comment. I will definitely keep posting about these often overseen features that
make life easier once you master them.

Ghost Channels
If you check the Ghost channels option in the Piano roll options menu, you will see the (greyed out) patterns from other channels that are in
the same track. I find this especially useful when programming chord progressions using a specific scale as well as programming leads over a
chord progression.
For example, if I load/program a scale in one channel (reFX Nexus)…

…open the Piano Roll for my second channel (reFX Nexus #2)…

…and then select Helpers | Ghost channels in the Piano roll options menu, the Piano Roll view will be like this:
In other words, I can now ‘draw’ my pattern on top of the greyed out note events. In this way I know I stick to the notes that are ‘allowed’.

Adjusting note events


You can quickly adjust the horizontal position of your note event by moving the mouse pointer close to a note event and then using SHIFT + scroll wheel (or mouse wheel).

Likewise, by using ALT + scroll wheel you can adjust the currently selected note property (like velocity, panning, etc.).
Note that you can apply the same to a selection of note events.

Rescaling scores
You can rescale a score by selecting the pattern in the Piano Roll and resizing while holding down the SHIFT key.
This is an excellent trick for making a recorded score fit .

Using color groups


You can assign a color group/MIDI channel to note events. Once you have done this you can easily select all notes with a certain color group/MIDI channel.

First, select the note events you want to assign a color group:

Then, pick a color group:

Press ALT-C and the selected note events are assigned the color group you picked.
Now, to quickly select the note events with a given color group, select the color group (as shown above) and press SHIFT-C.

Undo
Just in case you wondered guys, CTRL-ALT-Z can be used for sequentially undoing multiple changes (CTRL-Z is only for undoing/redoing the last change).

Browser Snapshots
Open your favourite folder(s) in the Browser:
In the Current snapshot menu, select Frozen:
If you want you can rename the snapshot by right-clicking the snapshot name (Snap 1 in the screenshot) and entering a new name:

Now, regardless of the state of your Browser, if you press 1..5, the Browser shows the state assigned to that snapshot.

Selecting/deselecting note events


I am sure you know how to select note events. Using the Select tool you can simply draw a box around the notes you want to select or you can simply click a single note event to
select it.

By holding down the SHIFT key while selecting you can add note events to your already selected note events.

To deselect (subtract) note events from a selection, simply click on a selected note event (the one that you want to remove from the selection) and start drawing your box – still
holding down the SHIFT key.
Transposing a score
There are several methods that you can use to quickly transpose a score. The most obvious one is simply selecting the score (or the note events you want to transpose) and move
them vertically.

To move an entire score up or down one semitone, use SHIFT + UpArrow/DownArrow. Using CTRL+UpArrow/DownArrow will transpose the score up or down by 1 octave.

Using Markers
To create a marker select a number of bars…
…press ALT-T (adds a marker to the beginning of the selected area) and enter the marker name:
To jump between markers, simply press ‘.’ (dot) on the numpad.

To jump between markers and select the bars between the selected marker and the next, use CTRL+’.’ (again on the numpad).
Trick #10
This one is still open. If you have a good tip/trick to share, drop me a commen

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