r/FL_Studio

How do y'all think, is recreating already known songs good for practicing beatmaking? Like with drawing, you draw pieces from known artist to train and grow your own style, is recreating beats this effective as with art? Pretty new to this stuff, so would like to read your advices, much love

Hello! I really need some help understanding the bare bones of producing. I've spent a lot of time looking thru this sub + researching, but bc I have ltrly no music experience or knowledge, I'm extremely confused and overthinking the answers.

Basically, I want to start making beats as a random hobby and I want to create beats "from scratch" if that makes sense? And this is where I'm getting confused.

Majority of the tutorials I've watched all talk about downloading packs, kits, pre-made loops, etc, and while I'm aware that these are very normal to use, I guess I just assumed it wasn't the only option? I'm heavily inspired by Crystal Castles, Ear, Bassvictim, etc and I was under the assumption those types of beats are made using only the tools on programs like FL or Garageband.

Again, I have ltrly no music experience so I'm sorry if that's a really dumb assumption!

So should I be looking into pre-made stuff in order to achieve the sound I want, or is it actually possible to create that style from scratch?

guys, I cant be bothered to spend more that 3 seconds experimenting with sound design so I come here to ask you things I could figure out myself if I wasn't such a moron!

I'm relatively new to using Fl Studio and making music all together. I started making covers using the instruments and plugins that came with Fl Studio. However, I'm hoping to find some guitar vst's or plugins that give me a better, more realistic sound. It can be anything from guitar vst's, plugins, amp sims, just anything that can help me get a better sound. I'd prefer if they were free, but if you really recommend one that costs money, don't be afraid to comment it.

For reference, I want something that gives me a same sound found in Rock, J-Rock, and J-Pop if that helps.

Not sure how to word this.. but I’ve been producing for a few years and I’m finally wanting to upload a finished project. I want to make sure I do this right. Do I need to copyright anything? Do I just upload my project as a video on YouTube? I’ve done a little research and came across names like distrokid cdbaby and other places to upload. All I know is the names and have no idea about them. Basically I want to know what I need to do before I upload anything. Me being ignorant, my mind goes to just uploading it on YouTube. I do want to get paid. Everything is owned by me. No samples. All original compositions. I’m very excited to share what I’ve been creating these past few years!

Ive been really needing a wider sound selection for my projects. What are some must have recommendations?

Hey everyone,

I’m currently planning a Mac upgrade for my beatmaking setup and I’m a bit torn between two configs.

I currently have a Mac Mini M4 (base model, 16GB RAM) and it’s been crashing quite a bit on FL Studio when projects get busy. I’ve gone 100% legal with my plugins to avoid stability issues, but it seems I'm still hitting a wall.

My typical workflow:

• Plugins: Heavy use of Kontakt (can easily go up to 10-15 instances or more if needed), Serum, and various mixing suites (FabFilter, iZotope).

• Goal: A rock-solid system that won't stutter even with a low buffer size for recording/playing MIDI.

I’m hesitating between:

1. MacBook Pro M5 (Base chip) with 32GB RAM.

2. MacBook Pro M5 Pro with 24GB RAM.

Price-wise they are somewhat close, but I’m wondering: is the M5 Pro's extra CPU power actually useful for FL Studio, or is the extra RAM on the base M5 a better "stability insurance" for Kontakt-heavy projects?

I’ve heard the M5 Pro has way more performance cores, but will FL Studio even utilize them efficiently, or should I just prioritize the 32GB of RAM to stop the crashes once and for all?

Has anyone tested the new M5/M5 Pro architecture with FL yet? Is the Pro chip overkill for just beatmaking?

Thanks for the help!

If any one can give me pointer on how to start I’d appreciate it. I don’t have any experience or equipment except a microphone and a laptop. So any help would be appreciated greatly.

Heyyo im wondering how you guys go about exporting your stems for mixing...

specifically when is it appropriate to leave plugins on or when to turn them off.

recebtly exported stems for a song im working on and found that I fucked up because I couldn't easily recreate some of the effects chains I had in my production file.

learning my own lessons here but also curious what you guys do at this stage in the process?

also do you consolidate the stems right there on the playlist or mute everything and export each stem one at a time into a specific folder?

leave on filter changes (like high passing a lead during the break down) or redo them in mixing?

any thoughts really appreciated!

im trying to figure out how to do half time drums for dubstep anyone got any tips or ticks or maybe references? i cant understand how the kick lands on thebeat1 and snare on beat 3 please someone help! I'm having trouble with these concepts in both trap and dubstep music can anyone please help I'm in need and I'm at a creative block because i cant figure out the drums.

Hello guys and happy Easter! I want to automate cutoff filter from Serum 2, I do it as usual: tweak the knob, select last tweaked and create automation clip. But now for some reason it makes me Fruity Limiter mute/solo automation clip, why? I used Limiter before this, but didn't automated any of Limiter settings. It's also not the first time I get random automation clip instead the one I need.