Tutorial 5: THE PIANO ROLL (Part 1)

Tutorial on how to use The Piano Roll  in FL Studio (part 1)

Now that you are supposed to know how to use the Browser and the Step Sequencer, at least in general terms, you are ready for the incredible Piano Roll (F7).

As you already know, when you add some samples into the Step Sequencer you can choose the notes or scales using the line of buttons at the right to (check previous chapter, do your homework) but the Step Sequencer is sometimes very limited and “small” to manipulate lot of notes. However, if you are ambitious and wish to create sophisticated notes which make a better and a non-monotonous track you will need a special tool, because the Step Sequencer is good to work with loops or constant, repeated sounds for example a kick for a disco song, but to do something more complex there’s nothing better than the Piano Roll.

Tutorial 4: What is the Step Sequencer? What is it good for?

Tutorial on how to use the Step Sequencer in FL Studio

Perhaps the Step Sequencer (F6) is the heart of FL Studio. It‘s just steps in a certain sequence represented by the small line of buttons or steps located at the right side of every channel.  By default they are 16 steps divided four in groups of four steps and once you click them and press play they begin to sound from left to right until it reaches the end of the line, then the process repeats again in a “loop”.

It’s easy to work with this tool, which is very convenient because maybe, as I said before ,it is the most important part of FL Studio. Now, let’s take a closer.

Tutorial 3: What else can I do with the browser?

Tutorial on using the browser in FL Studio

The Browser is full of different sounds, but that’s not all, in addition, you can also find the plug in database, generators, channel presets, your projects, etc. (it even has some voices or short electronic phrases in a submenu called Speech, click on them too, some are really funny), and almost everything can be added to the Step sequencer.