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Barf · Post by **Barf** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:19 pm

I play bass and a bit of guitar. I like FL because of its toy-interface, although the colors and the playlist do get on my nerves sometimes.

xander · Post by **xander** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:44 pm

grymmjack wrote:
xander wrote:
Jason Brian Merrill wrote:but i think in latest versions (6.08 at least) you can start from the middle...
Trying to do it now -- just have to figure out how. I love FLS, but *most* of my composing is done in AA.
wait when you say 'start in the middle' you mean start playback? that should be a matter of positioning the playhead in the playlist to the middle point and clicking play yea?

Yeah right! But it doesn't play the audio file from the middle, just the VSTis... right?

I've always wondered why some wav files you can play from any point and they stop when you press 'stop', and others you can't and can only start from the beginning and they just keep playing til you hit 'stop' twice. Is it something to do with having been 'sliced' or 'slice-marked' or something?

Stupid American Pig · Post by **Stupid American Pig** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:02 pm

I play guitar, piano, and sortof play bass and drums. Im not a great player at any one instrument, though guitar and keys I think Im decently good at. FL Studio is a great app, and I have written many a song on it. There all tools man, use them and dont compare them.

smart · Post by **smart** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:09 pm

Piano / Keyboard

Jason Brian Merrill · Post by **Jason Brian Merrill** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:14 pm

in order of what i do best to worst

guitar//sing/bass/drums/piano/clarinet/some flute/

speccyteccy · Post by **speccyteccy** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:32 pm

I record guitar and vocals and it's so easy in FL. Using automation clips makes comping several takes a breeze too.

I agree that FL has a toy-like feel - but for me that's a huge positive - there's so many toys inside it that it encourages you to play which for me is usually very inspirational.

Ildon · Post by **Ildon** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:35 pm

What a dumb mother f**king thread.

Oh, I'm a keyboardist, by the way. A bad one, but one nonetheless.

origami · Post by **origami** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:55 pm

Answering the initial post, well, a toy is something to play with, and for me music is like a game, is something to enjoy, maybe that's why I've actually finished about 100 songs all written from start to end in FL. And anyway, after all, in English we use the same word "play" for both using toys and using instruments, so yes music is playing for me and I'm proud of it, so if FL's a toy, perfect!

Spookyrockstar · Post by **Spookyrockstar** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:13 pm

origami wrote:Answering the initial post, well, a toy is something to play with, and for me music is like a game, is something to enjoy, maybe that's why I've actually finished about 100 songs all written from start to end in FL. And anyway, after all, in English we use the same word "play" for both using toys and using instruments, so yes music is playing for me and I'm proud of it, so if FL's a toy, perfect!

Well said! If you're not having fun making/playing music, you've strayed from why you started it in the first place.

tony tony chopper · Post by **tony tony chopper** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:23 pm

I've always wondered why some wav files you can play from any point and they stop when you press 'stop', and others you can't and can only start from the beginning and they just keep playing til you hit 'stop' twice.

that's like, the difference between an audio track, and an instrument?

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:31 pm

I can play the piano, and also a bit of guitar, violin and oboe, but I rarely record playing in realtime on the keyboard because my style of music is more suited to using a mouse - though I think FL would be fine for that if I did

Jbravo · Post by **Jbravo** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:33 pm

tony tony chopper wrote:
I've always wondered why some wav files you can play from any point and they stop when you press 'stop', and others you can't and can only start from the beginning and they just keep playing til you hit 'stop' twice.
that's like, the difference between an audio track, and an instrument?

sometimes a sampler channel will play to the end of the sample when using a keyboard, and other times will have instant release and I'm not sure either what determines that - not that it bothers me, I just enable the envelope when necessary

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:39 pm

I play my vocal chords, the piano since the age of 5, the guitar, bass, some drums (I don't completely suck that is) and of course various synthesizers.

Additionally I do have some experience playing the accordeon.

Cheers!
bManic

Stupid American Pig · Post by **Stupid American Pig** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:58 pm

Jbravo wrote:
tony tony chopper wrote:
I've always wondered why some wav files you can play from any point and they stop when you press 'stop', and others you can't and can only start from the beginning and they just keep playing til you hit 'stop' twice.
that's like, the difference between an audio track, and an instrument?
sometimes a sampler channel will play to the end of the sample when using a keyboard, and other times will have instant release and I'm not sure either what determines that - not that it bothers me, I just enable the envelope when necessary

Im pretty sure its loop points that determine whether or not a sample will be like a "one shot" and play all the way through, or stop when playback or piano roll data stops...

<edit> meaning that if a sample has no loop points it will play through, if it does, it will not.

tony tony chopper · Post by **tony tony chopper** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:03 pm

I'm not sure either what determines that

you wrote it yourself: the envelope

if there's no envelope, there's no (envelope) release

Any Fruity Loops users here that can also play an instrument