Tebril Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Thanks for your help. Is there an easier way to load soundfonts in FL than by loading them individually for each track? It seems a waste of system resources to load an entire soundfont just to use one instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 MIDI channels don't produce sound on their own. Channels that seemingly become red usually mean a sample is missing. If you export something to MIDI, you'll need plain MIDI Out channels. If you're going to export actual audio, you'll need things that generate sound and not just instructions for something else to generate sound (like a midi out channel.) If I were you, I'd read up on MIDI. Here are some quick links: http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict2&Database=*&Query=Musical+Instrument+Digital+Interface http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI and of course, http://www.midi.org/about-midi/aboutmidi3.shtml Edit: But basically, MIDI data is just instructions. Things that will generate sounds are things like samplers, synthesizers, or soundbanks. But regardless, everything in FL use MIDI to communicate. MID out channels just don't make renderable sound unless you use something like the Fruity LSD (effect.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaMeBoX Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Im having some problems with my samples, its like this.. I know that FL searches for the patch in all of the folders selected in file-options when opening a sample into a channel. And if it doesnt find it, the channel goes red. Well, thats what happened today when i started the computer.. All the patches are still there, i tried to relink to the folders and even duplicate all samples and linking to the new folder as well, still not good. As i click on the samples from the list, some of them doesnt sound, but they all did before. Anybody got any suggestions ? I had a similar problem, when moving up from FL 3 to 4, but i solved it by adding all my old samples to my new computer with FL4 and linking to the folder and all was good again, so... this time i cant find whats the problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelebes Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Im having some problems with my samples, its like this..I know that FL searches for the patch in all of the folders selected in file-options when opening a sample into a channel. And if it doesnt find it, the channel goes red. Well, thats what happened today when i started the computer.. All the patches are still there, i tried to relink to the folders and even duplicate all samples and linking to the new folder as well, still not good. As i click on the samples from the list, some of them doesnt sound, but they all did before. Anybody got any suggestions ? I had a similar problem, when moving up from FL 3 to 4, but i solved it by adding all my old samples to my new computer with FL4 and linking to the folder and all was good again, so... this time i cant find whats the problem... It's a problem with Arctic crack. Buy the real thing (i.e. but FruityLoops instead of downloading). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navi Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 This might have been asked before. sorry. Well i bought FL a while back and it irks me that i still can't save with Soundfonts. It is very annoying to have to replace all the soundfonts with "sample" just to save, and then have to put all the soundfonts BACK when i reopen it. Is this normal? Is there a way around this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelebes Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 You'll have to buy the soundfont player. Right now you have the demo. I know, it sucks and is stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navi Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 You'll have to buy the soundfont player. Right now you have the demo. I know, it sucks and is stupid. Thanks, Xel. That makes me mad. I paid a nice chunk of my meager paycheck to actually purchase the program, and it's like buying Windows but then having to pay to use the Start menu (bad analogy). Do i buy it from the FL site? My fruityloops is installed on my non internet PC. Do i have to Download something to get it to work? How much does this cost? (Barrage of Questions. Sorry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelebes Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 You have to get the key for it or something or be able to download the patch. Oncew you download the purchase patch/key whatever, you can plug in the data with a floppy disc or somethiung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NembaTheKid Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 actually, you can just download rgc's sfz to play soundfonts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NembaTheKid Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Okay. I'm new to FL, and tweaking around a bit I created something... odd out of the blue. Now I'd like to save it. I found how to "export" the arrangement, but it's not working too well. As a .mp3, I get seemingly nothing when I try to save it. It recognizes the length, but there's no sound at all. As a .mid, it plays, but the sounds are a bit off. How do I save it correctly?Also, in the Browser on the left, I choose some sounds... but when I go add notes to the loop bar and play it, the sounds don't... well, sound. Some work, but many do not. And, when I create a new file, only the Clap actually plays, while the others (Kick and some such) are highlighted in red and do not play. What's the problem? reinstall fruity. red means it can't find the sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navi Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Fruity Sound Font Player (Fruity only) US$ 35 Fruity Sound Font Player - Download version Fruity Soundfont Player is a FruityLoops add-on that gives you the power to load, play and render soundfonts (.sf2 files). Will only work under FL Studio. This from the site..... 35 more dollars??? And what does it mean when it says will only work UNDER FL Studio. Does that mean it will work on all versions under it (i run 3.56) or only on FL Studio, cause that sucks. I dont want to have to upgrade and then buy it...thats much more money spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Umm...dude, when you buy FL, you get free updates for the main software for life. You're legally entitled to download 4.12 if you bought 3.56. Go and DOWNLOAD it. You're using outdated software when you're legally entitled to use the most recent version! As for the SFPlayer, it works with the most recent version of FL. You can't buy the SFPlayer without buying FL, and if you bought FL, you automatically have the most recent version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Just to let anyone know... FL 4.5 is out (along with some new plugins and stuff.) http://www.flstudio.com/help/html/basics_new.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 I think you missed the point. MIDI is not audio. MIDI triggers things that create audio. Sometimes that'll be the synthesizer included with Windows or it'll be a GM soundfont bank you have. Or it might be an external device sending midi data to something on your computer or vice versa. MIDI is just a language for sending musical information. What you're probably using to generate sound from the MIDI out channels is a general midi synthesizer/soundbank. If you want to have a GM equivalent of what you have in a sampler, you'll have to find a patch/instrument that sounds like it. That's all you can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 1. A patch is just a setting. A sampler obviously plays audio files. 2. FL comes with FL Keys and BooBass, but you could go find soundfonts or something of the desired sounds if those do not suit you. 3. The MIDI out channel just sends midi data to other devices. You don't just use them for GM MIDI stuff for you synthesizer or soundbank. You can use them to control multiple sound channels in a vst or control things in Reason with ReWire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NembaTheKid Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 2. FL comes with FL Keys and BooBass, but you could go find soundfonts or something of the desired sounds if those do not suit you.quote] and FL slayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 2. FL comes with FL Keys and BooBass, but you could go find soundfonts or something of the desired sounds if those do not suit you. and FL slayer Correct, but that doesn't answer the question of "Where can I find good bass and electric piano samples?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green88 Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 New Question Im confused on how to Loop. I've been trying to loop a drumbeat called 'OverandOut' and I haven't been able to make it work. I tried layering it, but there is always some skipping in the last bar of the piano roll. It's almost like the loop requires an uneven amount of bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xelebes Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 Try changing the time signature. Go to Options in the menu bar and go to song settings. There should be dials that should change that value for you. This will create a different time signature. Also, what I do, is I use several patterns to make one drum loop. So I have pattern A which is bar 1 pattern 2 for bar 2, etc. etc. This is really helpful as you learn to organise your drum loops together. It also allows to get more of a drum machine feel you get in a lot of electronica (mostly trance, house and techno). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chokst~1.bat Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 Just to let anyone know... FL 4.5 is out (along with some new plugins and stuff.)http://www.flstudio.com/help/html/basics_new.htm Thanks for that information. Funny, on my FL Studios box, it says that you are legally entited to only ONE free upgrade - haha. Has anyone ever tried 4.5 yet? If so, in your personal opinion, is it worth upgrading from V4.12 to it? Geez, just when I thought I had everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NembaTheKid Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 2. FL comes with FL Keys and BooBass, but you could go find soundfonts or something of the desired sounds if those do not suit you. and FL slayer Correct, but that doesn't answer the question of "Where can I find good bass and electric piano samples?" With a lot of tweaking you can make slayer sound like something you could use as bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rellik Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 Maybe he wants samples, as in, to use in a sampler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 Just to let anyone know... FL 4.5 is out (along with some new plugins and stuff.)http://www.flstudio.com/help/html/basics_new.htm Thanks for that information. Funny, on my FL Studios box, it says that you are legally entited to only ONE free upgrade - haha. Has anyone ever tried 4.5 yet? If so, in your personal opinion, is it worth upgrading from V4.12 to it? Geez, just when I thought I had everything... You should have bought it online. You get free updates for life with the online version. Boxed users have to pay $29 extra for the free-updates-for-life option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rellik Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 The box looks really nice... it's shiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 However, can WAV and MP3 files used patches, too? Just to throw that out there... If you're saying can you make a MIDI with custom sounds... you could make a non-GM soundfont that would be for your midi file only. GM just means General Midi, which is a standard bank of sounds and controls. But then having a midi+soundfont is pointless as you could've just made an audio file. Now, I have some more questions. In FL, is there a way(s) to change the volume and/or panning of a channel throughout the song? Like, say, I wanted to start a channel quiet, and gradually bring it louder and louder. If so, how do I do it? If I can't literally do it, how do I create that sort of effect, since I know that others have done things that at least SOUND like that? You can edit almost any knob in FL over time. As in, you can state what position it is in at what time. This is called automation or event editing. You just right click a knob and click Edit events. If you have something that can't be right clicked like an external VST or whatnot, there's a menu for editing all of the knobs in the wrapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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