FL Studio pissing me off
- Thread starter Dariel!
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If there are optional presets on your MIDI controller, you may have the wrong one selected. In my experience, any problems like this are to do with having the wrong controller set up, or transpose active on the controller. I've never used FL but there might be a master tune parameter in the main audio settings if none of the above.
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if you are persistent enough, you WILL FIGURE IT OUT!
bandcoach
Zukatoku - Mod Scientist
blind leading the blind
Guys - everytime I post some notation or something about notes I add something along the lines of the following words:
So there is nothing wrong with FL other than the fact that they did not adhere to the standard for note naming and octave numbering
The following is taken from a recent PM I sent to sosagotthat, with the FL octave number column added for this discussion
An octave means 8 notes; it is applied to the distance between any two notes of the same note note name, as there are a total of 8 notes to play in the accepted scale forms to get to the next note of the same name: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C is a total of 8 notes.
The numbers next to a note name specify a specific pitch or fundamental frequency for each note.
With the advent of MIDI, octave numbers became more or less standardised to show where Middle C was. In most software daws, middle C is indicated as C[sub]3[/sub] which is MIDI note number 60. The C in the middle of the treble clef is C[sub]4[/sub] and the C above the treble clef is C[sub]5[/sub]. The C in the bass clef is C[sub]2[/sub] and the C below the bass clef is C[sub]1[/sub].
More importantly, the notes in each octave are numbered starting from the C:
A[sub]-1[/sub] is the lowest note found on the 88 key piano keyboard. C[sub]7[/sub] is the highest note found on the same keyboard.
So the notes below A[sub]-1[/sub] and above C[sub]7[/sub] are generally not audible. Look at an orchestral octave chart to know more about individual instruments and their placement within the octave structure described above
Also check out Bandcoach ~ Beginning Theory: 1: Notes alone where I cover the ground a little more clearly giving pitch name, frequency and MIDI note numbers as well as octave numbers.
remember to add 2 to the octave number if you want to use it in FL..........
Guys - everytime I post some notation or something about notes I add something along the lines of the following words:
So there is nothing wrong with FL other than the fact that they did not adhere to the standard for note naming and octave numbering
The following is taken from a recent PM I sent to sosagotthat, with the FL octave number column added for this discussion
An octave means 8 notes; it is applied to the distance between any two notes of the same note note name, as there are a total of 8 notes to play in the accepted scale forms to get to the next note of the same name: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C is a total of 8 notes.
The numbers next to a note name specify a specific pitch or fundamental frequency for each note.
With the advent of MIDI, octave numbers became more or less standardised to show where Middle C was. In most software daws, middle C is indicated as C[sub]3[/sub] which is MIDI note number 60. The C in the middle of the treble clef is C[sub]4[/sub] and the C above the treble clef is C[sub]5[/sub]. The C in the bass clef is C[sub]2[/sub] and the C below the bass clef is C[sub]1[/sub].
More importantly, the notes in each octave are numbered starting from the C:
| Octave Number | Notes | MIDI NN | FL's Octave number |
| -2 | C[sub]-2[/sub]-D[sub]-2[/sub]-E[sub]-2[/sub]-F[sub]-2[/sub]-G[sub]-2[/sub]-A[sub]-2[/sub]-B[sub]-2[/sub] | 0-2-4-5-7-9-11 | 0 |
| -1 | C[sub]-1[/sub]-D[sub]-1[/sub]-E[sub]-1[/sub]-F-[sub]-1[/sub]-G-[sub]-1[/sub]-A-[sub]-1[/sub]-B[sub]-1[/sub] | 12-14-16-17-19-21-23 | 1 |
| 0 | C[sub]0[/sub]-D[sub]0[/sub]-E[sub]0[/sub]-F[sub]0[/sub]-G[sub]0[/sub]-A[sub]0[/sub]-B[sub]0[/sub] | 24-26-28-29-31-33-35 | 2 |
| 1 | C[sub]1[/sub]-D[sub]1[/sub]-E[sub]1[/sub]-F[sub]1[/sub]-G[sub]1[/sub]-A[sub]1[/sub]-B[sub]1[/sub] | 36-38-40-41-43-45-47 | 3 |
| 2 | C[sub]2[/sub]-D[sub]2[/sub]-E[sub]2[/sub]-F[sub]2[/sub]-G[sub]2[/sub]-A[sub]2[/sub]-B[sub]2[/sub] | 48-50-52-53-55-57-59 | 4 |
| 3 | C[sub]3[/sub]-D[sub]3[/sub]-E[sub]3[/sub]-F[sub]3[/sub]-G[sub]3[/sub]-A[sub]3[/sub]-B[sub]3[/sub] | 60-62-64-65-67-69-71 | 5 |
| 4 | C[sub]4[/sub]-D[sub]4[/sub]-E[sub]4[/sub]-F[sub]4[/sub]-G[sub]4[/sub]-A[sub]4[/sub]-B[sub]4[/sub] | 72-74-76-77-79-81-83 | 6 |
| 5 | C[sub]5[/sub]-D[sub]5[/sub]-E[sub]5[/sub]-F[sub]5[/sub]-G[sub]5[/sub]-A[sub]5[/sub]-B[sub]5[/sub] | 84-86-88-89-91-93-95 | 7 |
| 6 | C[sub]6[/sub]-D[sub]6[/sub]-E[sub]6[/sub]-F[sub]6[/sub]-G[sub]6[/sub]-A[sub]6[/sub]-B[sub]6[/sub] | 96-98-100-101-103-105-107 | 8 |
| 7 | C[sub]7[/sub]-D[sub]7[/sub]-E[sub]7[/sub]-F[sub]7[/sub]-G[sub]7[/sub]-A[sub]7[/sub]-B[sub]7[/sub] | 108-110-112-113-115-117-119 | 9 |
| 8 | C[sub][/sub]-D[sub][/sub]-E[sub][/sub]-F[sub][/sub]-G[sub][/sub] | 120-122-124-125-127 | 10 |
A[sub]-1[/sub] is the lowest note found on the 88 key piano keyboard. C[sub]7[/sub] is the highest note found on the same keyboard.
So the notes below A[sub]-1[/sub] and above C[sub]7[/sub] are generally not audible. Look at an orchestral octave chart to know more about individual instruments and their placement within the octave structure described above
Also check out Bandcoach ~ Beginning Theory: 1: Notes alone where I cover the ground a little more clearly giving pitch name, frequency and MIDI note numbers as well as octave numbers.
remember to add 2 to the octave number if you want to use it in FL..........
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Is it? I didn't get that PM. You must mean Olliepm Senior.
bandcoach
Zukatoku - Mod Scientist
nah man, wrong name is all, fixed it now, it was sosagotthat
How? I have no idea how to do this at all.