Delay and reverb sound great on snares, hi hats and cymbals. Filters are a good way of tweaking the frequency of sounds this is an excellent way to make your samples sound a lot different (in a good way)ĭelay and reverb are somewhat similar they both produce an effect that is almost like echo. It has some nice presets that can be tweaked such as “bass drum punch”, “hi hat sizzle” and “snare drum enhance” no prizes for guessing what instruments you would use these on thoughįl has two filters but in my opinion the “free filter” is far better. The parametric equalizer is good for controlling the frequency level of sounds. These usually sound good when either cut low or cut middle equalized. This involves having a high, mid and low snare drum appropriately equalized this is commonly referred to as layering. I try to have snare drums spanning the entire range of the sound range. I find this gives me a nice low but defined kick drum. I usually have two kick drum sounds I usually “cut high” eq one of them and “cut middle” eq the other. Here are some tips on what instruments you can apply it to… The band eq is probably my most commonly used effect as it applies to mostly all of the instruments you will use. If you select the preset “cut high” you will get a low sound as the high parts of the sound have been removed, opposed to “cut low” which will give you a high sound. The band equalizer is very good at removing and boosting sounds. Equalizers allow you to remove certain sounds and boost others. Sounds occur on three different levels highs, mids and lows. I usually choose my effects, and then select a preset that sounds closest to the sound I want then tweak the knobs until I get the sound I want I am going to explain some of the useful effects that come standard with fruity loops that will make your drum patterns sound cleaner and polished. The mix down is what separates the men from the boys (or the women from the girls ). for a better definition look up syncopation on Wikipedia. This means they are shuffled and beats are sometimes skipped. The hi hats in dubstep are often syncopated. I usually use a combination of hi hats and/or shakers to fill in my patterns with the odd cymbal thrown in for good measure. It is important to remember to use several different samples to create one sound, for example I usually use three different snare samples and two different kick drums that I equalize (I’ll get to this later) used at the same time to create one sound.Īside from the kick on the first and the snare on the third you are pretty much free to do what you like. To create the half time effect, you would place the kick drum on the 1st step and the snare drum on the 9th step, thus creating one drum pattern on one bar. Half timed drums have beats on the 1st, 5th, 9th and 13th steps. This creates two drum patterns on one bar. Normal drum patterns have beats on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th and 15th steps, if you applied the usual dubstep drum formula you would have a kick on the 1st step and the snare on the 5th step, which would continue with another kick on the 9th step and another snare on the 13th step. Imagine each dash (-) is a step in the step sequencer, in total there are sixteen steps… Dubstep drum patterns are in half time, to achieve this I will explain the difference on the step sequencer. In dubstep the kick drum is on the first beat and the snare is usually on the third beat. I usually start a track by making my drum patterns first. It is important to set the direction of the track so the instruments you use flow well together.ĭrums are arguably the most important part of a track they lay down the framework for the rest of the song. I personally think the roots to a good track, start with planning the tone and direction you want the song to follow, a good producer should be able to mould and redevelop some points of the track when necessary. With that being said hopefully at least someone can pick up something useful!!! I don’t think dubstep is something that can be taught I think the best way to learn is to tinker with everything until you know it inside and out. I also use an older version of FL so I may be oblivious to some of the new features available. This is a guide not a definitive set of rules to follow I cannot guarantee the information is correct this is just the way I do things. I am no big boy producer, nor am I claiming to be. Producing dubstep in FL Studio for dummies.
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