midihooker Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 hello! im a total newbee to fl-studio but used every soft-sequenser out there for the last 15years. i was kind of stunned with how fast one can make beats wit this app! so right now im kind of hooked:razz: one thing thoe.. i make electronic music but and like to use sometimes strange timesignatures or diffrent lenghts of patterns! like for exempel having the BD-line/track to run i 3/4 beats and snare in 4/4.. this could be done if one could use more then one stepsequenser..but thats not possible is it?? tips/tricks welcomed:-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanthos Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 It's been years since I've used FL, but I seem to remember that you could possibly make multiple patterns using the step sequencer, and arrange those patterns into a song using some other view. This would make sense; who would ever use the step sequencer if it only did 4-bar patterns in the current time signature? It'd be useless unless you wanted the exact same beat throughout your song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelebes Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 The trick is using multiple-bar patterns. If you want a 3/4 pattern and a 4/4 pattern over top, use a 3 bar 4/4 pattern or a 4 bar 3/4 pattern - each equaling the same number of steps.You are limited to 64 steps, unfortunately. However, you can be creative by dividing the "beating-rhythm" sequence. For example, using 2 patterns of 2-1/2 bar 4/4 pattern (40 steps/pattern) for an overlapping 5/4 and 4/4 rhythm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Or just trigger your samples in the piano roll (note C5 is default), then you can go as long as you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabeel Ansari Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Or just trigger your samples in the piano roll (note C5 is default), then you can go as long as you like. Just what I was about to say. Why use step sequencer when piano roll is so much more in depth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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