Sampling is a technique used for decades and since the 80’s very popular with the release of the first Akai MPC. Today it’s mainly used to create Hip Hop and you can sample tracks in your DAW without any external equipment. However, sampling digital tracks just isn’t the same as sampling vinyl. Not only does … Read more
House music has been around for a couple decades and I guess it will stay for a couple more. It has changed and evolved to many sub genres, but the importance of a well-built hihat flow has been a constant throughout these changes. Hihats can give your house tracks an epic ‘bouncy’ flow if done … Read more
This tutorial is about how to install Serum presets, wavetables, LFO’s and noises. It’s easy to organise all your Serum tools! Good to know: All Serum packs from Typhonic Samples are sorted in a way that you can add all the elements of the pack, with a single copy + paste. But first the ‘general … Read more
So here we are with Serum Wavetable Design part 2 (finally). In part 1 we imported sounds, pictures and drew our own wavetables. Now we dive into the editor to polish these wavetables so they’re ready to use! If you have any questions about Xfer Serum and/or this tutorial; feel free to ask them in … Read more
In every DAW you have the feature to group certain tracks or sounds to a single mixer channel. This is something very useful when mixing your production and it can save you a lot of time doing it. However, in FL Studio it can be a bit hard to find out how this feature works. … Read more
This is a quick tip for FL Studio beginners. When you have downloaded a sample pack, you want to be able to access it easily. Therefore FL Studio has the option to add your sample library to the folder structure of FL Studio (left side of the screen). This way you can browse through your … Read more
Wavetables are the base of your sound and all the filters, LFOs and modulations will shape your sound. However, it’s very important to start with the right/best wavetable so that you can create the sound that you are looking for more easily. There are multiple ways to create your own wavetable for Serum. This article … Read more
In this tutorial I will show you how to sidechain in FL Studio. There are a couple ways to sidechain your sounds, in this tutorial I will use a method using only 1 plugin: Fruity Limiter. This plugin comes with every version of FL Studio. So it should be available for every Fruity user.Note: This … Read more
Since Serum version 1.1 it’s possible to use images as wavetables. And it’s quite easy. This short tutorial will show you how and I will give some pointers/tips for using an image as a wavetable. First, make sure your Serum is up to date. (You should always keep Serum up to date; Steve Duda listens … Read more
Do you want to improve your FL Studio workflow? Then this article is for you! Every DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) has lots of shortcuts, a couple you might already know as they’re the same in every program; like ctrl+c for copying and ctrl+s for saving. Others you might not know, but are very handy. Especially … Read more