FL Studio pissing me off

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For osme reason FL studio shifts notes I play down 2 octaves. So if I play c1 on a midi controller I get c3 in FL. How do I fix this?
 
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.
 
Its your midi bro,yoiu have it set up wrong,what kind of midi is it?
 
blind leading the blind

Guys - everytime I post some notation or something about notes I add something along the lines of the following words:

Fl does not use the same octave numbering as almost all of the other major daws.

Middle C = C[sub]3[/sub] or MIDI note Number (NN) 60. Fl instead says that Middle C = C[sub]5[/sub].
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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 NumberNotesMIDI NNFL's Octave number
-2C[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]0-2-4-5-7-9-110
-1C[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]12-14-16-17-19-21-231
0C[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]24-26-28-29-31-33-352
1C[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]36-38-40-41-43-45-473
2C[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]48-50-52-53-55-57-594
3C[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]60-62-64-65-67-69-715
4C[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]72-74-76-77-79-81-836
5C[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]84-86-88-89-91-93-957
6C[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]96-98-100-101-103-105-1078
7C[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]108-110-112-113-115-117-1199
8C[sub][/sub]-D[sub][/sub]-E[sub][/sub]-F[sub][/sub]-G[sub][/sub]120-122-124-125-12710

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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LOL broke it all the way down hell yeah... I just got used to it being One octave off, it never really bothered me.. but yeap!
 
that used to piss me off when i went from FL to reaper, having to adjust my preset octaves to fit the new daw
 
Thanks bandcoach. I guess thats what the matter at hand is, is their a way to fix it. I get so pissed when it pushes my notes two octaves down. Like is their an option to change the middle c in FL?
 
http://forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?p=638175#p638175 said:
On the MISC tab of the channel settings change the root note on the keyboard I think it is C5 by default
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- you can only do this channel by channel
 
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