
This will un-mute the Controller so you can actually hear the kick (not even sure why it's enabled by default). Once in Peak Controller, click the "Mute" checkbox. From the menu, select Insert > Fruity Peak Controller. Make sure that you have the correct Mixer track selected (you need to have track 1 highlighted, if it is, then on the menu to the right (inside the Mixer), click on the 1st FX slot. Once that is done, you can either double click inside your "FX" window (where it says "1") or press F9 on your keyboard to view your mixer. By default, your kick pattern will already be linked to the 1st mixer track, however if it's not or you would like to change the Mixer track, simply click and hold inside the little window while moving your mouse either up or down. You will get the following "Channel Settings" window. Step 6: Apply Fruity Peak Controller to your Kick pattern Loop without sidechaining | Loop with sidechainingĭownload source file Example 2: sidechaining (the long way) in earlier versions of FL Studio (up to version 9) Step 1: Start a new project and insert Sytrus Play around with the Compression Threshold to get more (or less) defined sidechaining. Move the "Comp ratio" all the way to the right and "Comp threshold" as show on the image below.

Change the "Sidechain input number" to 1. Open up your Fruity limiter that you have applied to the bass-line in the earlier step. Right click the little arrow, right above the "FX Enable" button and select "Sidechain to this track": Make sure that you have Track 1 selected in the mixer. Step 7: Sidechain the bass-line to the kick Open up your mixer ( F9), select Track 5 and from the menu choose "Fruity Limiter": In the top right corner, change the Target mixer track to 5 (click and hold, while moving the mouse up). If you do not see the 2nd window, chances are it might be hiding under the Sytrus window. This will bring up 2 windows: Sytrus and a "Channel settings" window. Click the Sytrus button inside of your Step Sequencer. Start off by linking your bass-line to Track 5 of the Mixer. Step 6: Apply Fruity Limiter to your bass-line Using the "Pencil" tool (or Brush tool), "pencil in" your bass-line as shown below: This should open up your Piano Roll window. Right click your Sytrus button and select "Piano Roll". Step 4: Create your bass-line inside your Piano Roll

It is best to use a preset with long hold time. You can do this by either clicking through your entire preset collection using the 2 small left and right arrows located on the top right corner, or by simply right-clicking them with your mouse to get the entire collection overview. Right click your Kick button and select "Fill each 4 steps" (or simple click on the 1st step of each one of the 4 bars)Ĭlick the Sytrus button (purple one), and find a preset called "Conspiracy".

Step 2: Insert a Kick and select your bass-line

Right click on any of the buttons (Kick, Snare, Clap, Hat) and insert a Sytrus. Setting your Beats Per Minute (BPM) is optional, however I usually begin working at around 124-126 range. Step 1: Start a new project and insert SytrusĪfter you start FL Studio, you should get a "Step Sequencer" that looks something like the image below. It takes less time and fewer steps to achieve this task (just compare it to the long version of the tutorial for older versions of FL Studio, following this one). Sidechaning has been greatly improved in FL Studio 9 over the previous versions. If you want to hear one of the best examples of sidechaning in action, just listen to some of the music by deadmau5. The easiest way to explain sidechaning is to actually hear it, however if you require an explanation, it is basically used to "duck" certain sounds (bass-lines for example) in order to have other sounds more defined (kick for example).
Sidechain fl studio how to#
This tutorial will show you how to sidechain using FL Studio.
