The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20: Create production-quality music with FL Studio

Au-Yeung, Joshua

ISBN 10: 1800565321 / ISBN 13: 9781800565326

Published by Packt Publishing, 2021

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Synopsis:

Leverage the power of FL Studio 20 to create and compose production-quality songs and develop professional music production skills

Key Features

• Leverage the power of FL Studio to create your own production-level music
• Develop widely applicable music production skills and learn how to promote your music
• Utilize cutting-edge tools to fuel your creative ideas and publish your songs

Book Description

FL Studio is a cutting-edge software music production environment and an extremely powerful and easy-to-use tool for creating music. This book will give you everything you need to produce music with FL Studio like a professional.

You'll begin by exploring FL Studio 20's vast array of tools, and discover best practices, tips, and tricks for creating music. You'll then learn how to set up your studio environment, create a beat, compose a melody and chord progression, mix sounds with effects, and export songs. As you advance, you'll find out how to use tools such as the Piano roll, mixer console, audio envelopes, types of compression, equalizers, vocoders, vocal chops, and tools for increasing stereo width. The book introduces you to mixing best practices, and shows you how to master your songs. Along the way, you'll explore glitch effects and create your own instruments and custom-designed effect chains. You'll also cover ZGameEditor Visualizer, a tool used for creating reactive visuals for your songs. Finally, you'll learn how to register, sell, and promote your music.

By the end of this FL Studio book, you'll be able to utilize cutting-edge tools to fuel your creative ideas, mix music effectively, and publish your songs.

What you will learn

• Get up and running with FL Studio 20
• Record live instruments and vocals and process them
• Compose melodies and chord progressions on the Piano roll
• Discover mixing techniques and apply effects to your tracks
• Explore best practices to produce music like a professional
• Publish songs in online stores and promote your music effectively

Who this book is for

This book is for music producers, composers, songwriters, DJs, and audio engineers interested in creating their own music, improving music production skills, mixing and mastering music, and selling songs online. To get started with this book, all you need is a computer and FL Studio.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with FL Studio
2. Exploring the Browser, Playlist, and Channel Rack
3. Composing with the Piano Roll
4. Routing to the Mixer and Applying Automation
5. Sound Design and Audio Envelopes
6. Compression, Sidechaining, Limiting, and Equalization
7. Stereo Width: Panning, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, and Flangers
8. Recording Live Audio and Vocal Processing
9. Understanding Vocal Effects
10. Creating Your Own Instruments and Effects
11. Mastering Fundamentals
12. Branding, Promotion, and Marketing
13. Publishing and Selling Music Online

About the Author:

Joshua Au-Yeung (professionally known as Chester Sky) is a music producer, composer, director, and software developer. He's published more than nine albums, directed and composed for short films, created board games, and hosts a podcast. He's an instructor for several online courses, including bestselling courses on music production and composing for films.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL ...
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good