Stalker Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I opened this topic to discuss whats all the fuss about FL interface, wich is praised to be easy and the most recomendble for beginners. The whole diference in FL that make it more easy then the others sequencers is mostily because of the Step Sequencer system. The idea that we already have a large number of patterns ready for a loop section is higlhy atractive. Those patterns presents every isntrument loaded on the track and you can easily test how they sound together. Its vey usefull to make drums loops The idea of puting together the separeted patterns on the playlist is also very atractive and "adictive" , BUT i find this rather limited and hard to take the whole sequecing potencial out Let me explain in parts........ The Playlist The playlist has very few tools, and there is almost no control on over what you put there. You cant edit a single part of the loop over the playlist. Forcing you to have a pattern only for the "break change',for ex when the compass is over and you just want to put a double Kick to "anounce it" the begining of another compass. Wich is something very simple, requires you to create a pattern just so you can have a loop with a double kick at the end. That is only a simple operation, sometimes it requires a lot of patterns just to make it minor changes Simply because the Playlist is just a place to "paste" everything Automation System Another simple quest that requires a lot of experience to actually get it, and before FL 5 when the Audio clips was aded, was even worst. You have to put all of your Automation data in one single pattern, wich is higly inconvinient. The lack of precision on the tweaking and recording required is also a major problem. It requires a powerfull a machine to do the task properly and have a good sound response, otherwise, you never know how actually turned it out until you render it Not going to talk about the lack of Automation options. Even thou its still messy imho, i got recogonize that in this subject Image line is truely trying to develop it. There was some major changes in FL 5 and 6 Analyses spectrum FL doesnt have a practile way to put all of your EQ info that you need. First of all, you HAVE to load every single sound on the mixer just to see the volume range. It doesnt have a Equalizer that provides precise frequencies info( or am i missing something big?). And if you use it the compressor on a send channel, sometimes it doesnt "read" the frequencies change on the mixer spectrum. Stays the same... Mastering The high use of CPU to peform it, make the whole track after a few layers to crash it and sound like it took some heroin or something. Its almost impossible to properly hear it the changes, and you have to render it so you can see the how it sounds. If the track is really complex, geez.... like a shot in the dark That make extremily hard to put it every single sound the way you want it. And take a lot of time So, this is one of the things i could remenber. I still use my old FL as a plug in and as a drum machine And i find quite a good software, but i should think that they have to invest on more practils ways to "edit" and analyses the track intruments, instead of just trying to give an instant loop I would like to see some opnions about this matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Journey Man Project Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Great drum machine, that's about all... good fun for live drums... run it thru a laptop plugged into a mixer, and have some live synths... have done it a coupla times with amate who has a waldorf micro-q and two 303's/devilfish... like old school acid tekno... if you wanna be the next infected you need the pro stuff, makes it boring and to polished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalker Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 Great drum machine, that's about all... good fun for live drums... run it thru a laptop plugged into a mixer, and have some live synths... have done it a coupla times with amate who has a waldorf micro-q and two 303's/devilfish... like old school acid tekno... if you wanna be the next infected you need the pro stuff, makes it boring and to polished. 405717[/snapback] Indeed as a drum machine its one of the best out there still most of my percussion rythms are written in FL, as for the rest, its harder to get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 its all about how you work on it, you can basicly make whole track in 1 pattern, in the piano roll, but this takes lot more time tho, the only problem with it is that you cant zoom close enough in the piano roll for 64th notes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiph T. Elephant Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 You have to put all of your Automation data in one single pattern, wich is higly inconvinient. 405710[/snapback] Sorry, but... huh? No you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalker Posted January 1, 2006 Author Share Posted January 1, 2006 Sorry, but... huh? No you don't. 406259[/snapback] Yeah you are right but, this was the way to go untill FL 4 and even if you put on diferents patterns, the automation region was very limited and somewhat confusing But, since Fruity 5, the Automation Clips were added, and now there is actual way to automate on a draw line system... i reckon that nows Fruity doenst have those kind of problems considering this issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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