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So you want to get into creating your own sounds? Well you've come to the right place! In this tutorial, i will explain how to create your own sounds using FL Studio. All the stuff i will be using (sounds, effects, etc) is included in FL Studio (I'm using FL7 but it should be the same in 6)
I would appreciate it if anyone who reads this (beginners and experts alike) could give me some feedback because maybe i will do some more of these but anything people want me to improve upon on this one would be appreciated. You can pm/im me to give me ideas on what to do (this one is from a fper actually, shout out to MizzoM).
NOTE: This tutorial is intended for beginners so i apologize if people reading this are offended by the simplicity of this tutorial but i tried to break it down for those who don't fully understand FL as others who might be curious about learning sound design.
Step 1: Get the sounds
So i'm going to be getting a basic kick that comes with FL called the DNC_Kick. You can find it in Packs>Dance>DNC_Kick
Step 2: Putting the sound into the mixer
So with this kick i'm using i like the low end of the kick but i don't like the hi sound that is there too, so what
i'm going to do is put the Kick into a mixer channel and cut off the highs and mids of the sound. This is done by
left clicking the kick in the step sequencer and then going to the menu that appears and changing the FX to '1'
Step 3: Adding effects to the sound
Now that you have the sound in a mixer channel you can add an EQ (Open the mixer by pressing F9). Normally i would
use the basic Equalizer for things like this but since it only has 3 sliders and i want to completly cut the mids
and highs out, i'm going to load in a Fruity Parametric EQ instead so i can have more control over the frequencies
i change. This is done by by clicking the gray button in the right section of the mixer in the 1 slot (NOTE: MAKE
SURE INSERT 1 IS SELCTED SO YOU ADD THE EQ TO THE KICK).
Step 4: Adding effects to the sound [Part 2]
We've opened the Parametric EQ and it's time to use the sliders to change the kick we loaded in. Using the
Parametric EQ i increased the last two sliders on the left (Lows) and turned all the sliders down on the left and
middle (highs and mids respectivly). Listen to the difference in the kick. Try putting the kick on one beat in the
step sequencer and toggle the FX button on and off of Insert 1 (see picture) to see the changes we've made.
Step 5: Filling out the sound
We've made a nice bassy kick but it lacks mids and highs so i'm going to take another drum (Packs>Hip
Hop>Hip_Kick_5) to fill out the sound we are creating. I threw the Hip_Kick to a the Insert 2 (See step 2) and used
the sliders in the mixer to boost the highs and mids a little.
TADA! You have sucessfully created a new drum sound. All you need to do is export the file (in Wav format, don't
use mp3 for drums) Of course, you could go into even more detail with other effects and layering more sounds or
whatever. There's no one way of creating your own sounds but i've just tried to demonstrate one. I've attached the
project file and the drum sound i've created so you can see what i made and check the project to look at exactly
what i did in the tutorial. I hope people don't just "steal" the sound i made and dont learn from the tutorial.
If you have any questions about this or other FL related stuff, you can PM me or IM me @ Atariwedges.
For sounds, samples, tutorials, beat videos and more! Check out my blog at smileybeats.blogspot.com
So you want to get into creating your own sounds? Well you've come to the right place! In this tutorial, i will explain how to create your own sounds using FL Studio. All the stuff i will be using (sounds, effects, etc) is included in FL Studio (I'm using FL7 but it should be the same in 6)
I would appreciate it if anyone who reads this (beginners and experts alike) could give me some feedback because maybe i will do some more of these but anything people want me to improve upon on this one would be appreciated. You can pm/im me to give me ideas on what to do (this one is from a fper actually, shout out to MizzoM).
NOTE: This tutorial is intended for beginners so i apologize if people reading this are offended by the simplicity of this tutorial but i tried to break it down for those who don't fully understand FL as others who might be curious about learning sound design.
Step 1: Get the sounds
So i'm going to be getting a basic kick that comes with FL called the DNC_Kick. You can find it in Packs>Dance>DNC_Kick
Step 2: Putting the sound into the mixer
So with this kick i'm using i like the low end of the kick but i don't like the hi sound that is there too, so what
i'm going to do is put the Kick into a mixer channel and cut off the highs and mids of the sound. This is done by
left clicking the kick in the step sequencer and then going to the menu that appears and changing the FX to '1'
Step 3: Adding effects to the sound
Now that you have the sound in a mixer channel you can add an EQ (Open the mixer by pressing F9). Normally i would
use the basic Equalizer for things like this but since it only has 3 sliders and i want to completly cut the mids
and highs out, i'm going to load in a Fruity Parametric EQ instead so i can have more control over the frequencies
i change. This is done by by clicking the gray button in the right section of the mixer in the 1 slot (NOTE: MAKE
SURE INSERT 1 IS SELCTED SO YOU ADD THE EQ TO THE KICK).
Step 4: Adding effects to the sound [Part 2]
We've opened the Parametric EQ and it's time to use the sliders to change the kick we loaded in. Using the
Parametric EQ i increased the last two sliders on the left (Lows) and turned all the sliders down on the left and
middle (highs and mids respectivly). Listen to the difference in the kick. Try putting the kick on one beat in the
step sequencer and toggle the FX button on and off of Insert 1 (see picture) to see the changes we've made.
Step 5: Filling out the sound
We've made a nice bassy kick but it lacks mids and highs so i'm going to take another drum (Packs>Hip
Hop>Hip_Kick_5) to fill out the sound we are creating. I threw the Hip_Kick to a the Insert 2 (See step 2) and used
the sliders in the mixer to boost the highs and mids a little.
TADA! You have sucessfully created a new drum sound. All you need to do is export the file (in Wav format, don't
use mp3 for drums) Of course, you could go into even more detail with other effects and layering more sounds or
whatever. There's no one way of creating your own sounds but i've just tried to demonstrate one. I've attached the
project file and the drum sound i've created so you can see what i made and check the project to look at exactly
what i did in the tutorial. I hope people don't just "steal" the sound i made and dont learn from the tutorial.
If you have any questions about this or other FL related stuff, you can PM me or IM me @ Atariwedges.
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