what's wrong with FL?
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Most ppl think that FL is weck because of the perset sounds, but if you know how to use the oscillators and know how to fix the Soundwaves and EQ them, then you should be doing good music with FL.
1.Delete all of the perset drum sounds cause they Suck.
2.Learn how to make you're own sounds and fuck with the oscillators on the perset sounds to get the most out of each sound
3.learn how to mix
1.Delete all of the perset drum sounds cause they Suck.
2.Learn how to make you're own sounds and fuck with the oscillators on the perset sounds to get the most out of each sound
3.learn how to mix
i dunno, i got a copy of it and didn't like manuvering through the program and it just looks cheap and cheezy to me and the sounds that come with the versian i had were lame. It actually has more features than reason though like vst support and the ability to record audio, i still like reason and cubase more though. its a matter of preference.
i dont even use the stock presets so i thats not an issue to me at all....
some instruments i use a lot are sytrus, fruity granulizer, 3X osc and fruity kick.....all of those can make dope sounds, anyways if you dont like em you can add any new VSTis you want......plus the mixer has like 70 tracks...that come with some tight pluggins (multi band compressor is hella good, UQUO, reverbs, chorus's, phasers....etc) and you can add new VST pluggins easily
some instruments i use a lot are sytrus, fruity granulizer, 3X osc and fruity kick.....all of those can make dope sounds, anyways if you dont like em you can add any new VSTis you want......plus the mixer has like 70 tracks...that come with some tight pluggins (multi band compressor is hella good, UQUO, reverbs, chorus's, phasers....etc) and you can add new VST pluggins easily
IMHO the name and look of the program has turned off a lot of would be users. I tried using it like once or twice but swiftly deleted it because it wasn't for me. I didn't like the interface and the program didn't inspire me to be creative. If it works for you go ahead and use it. I simply see it as tool and nothing more, however it is not a tool I would use.
I think it has a bad rep for a couple reasons. 1. like yall said, most of the presets are hoot and people dont know how to model their own sounds or how to use vsts. 2. Its basically an entry level music making software, so you got a lot of people who are new to music buyin it with a head full of dreams thinkin they gonna be the next rick rock or just blaze and they get disappointed when they realize its not as easy as they thought it would be, and their first reaction is to blame the software as opposed to their total lack of talent and training (no, it couldnt be that! LOL)
Thats true. I also noticed something similar with people who run pro tools on certain pc setups. They run them on janky pc's (like the best buy special or marked down dells) and expect the program to function properly. When they cant get their shit to work they go blaming digi design and say things like "fuck pro tools".
I dont use it, but i fucked with it a few times. Didnt care much for it, seein how i already was deep into Reason. I couldnt judge it, but people be tellin me that they prefer Fruity loops over Reason because Reason is "harder to use and figure out". Like Heresy mentioned about the name and the look, i remember the first time my homie was tellin me about it when he got it, i said i was never gonna use a program with the word "fruity" in it LOL.
Like y'all said, nothin wrong with it, If you really know the program, u can do a lot of things. For me, the program fit naturally because ive been using computers since i was 4 years old (16years ago). People like me have been conditioned to not be intimidated by different windows and images. It all depends on what kind of person you are. Also the equipment doesnt make the musician as much as the musician makes the equipment. W/ that bein said, the one thing that fruity loops is very weak in is the sequencing, its a bit to robotic, not really natural like some of the drum machines out there.
yea i use fruity loops and i make some pretty good shyt check it out
http://www.myspace.com/trackmonsters
but wat u gota do is customize it, its only a really good program if u got ur own sounds and vsti's , and if u noe how to use the program shyt is sick http://www.myspace.com/trackmonsters
http://www.myspace.com/trackmonsters
but wat u gota do is customize it, its only a really good program if u got ur own sounds and vsti's , and if u noe how to use the program shyt is sick http://www.myspace.com/trackmonsters
didn't most of 9th wonders beat's come from fruity loops? I can't really comment on it since I've never used it (I'm alergic to windows) but most of the shit I heard from people using sound hella monotonous, just loops with a looped drum pattern over and over and over and over....maybe they'll throw in one change in loop selection for the hook, but besides that, ehh....thats what I like about reason, you can actually structure the song...I became way more visual with making beats since I learned pro tools before anything else, IMO the only thing reason lacks is a wav editor...