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myersguy
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CloseSo, I have recently been very interested in Fruity Loops Studios. I have the full version, and I have mostly just been doing things like turning VG midi's into a more realistic sounding song. Now here lies my first question.
When it actually comes to exporting the song, I can only get certain tracks. This is because some of the tracks are going through VSTs, and others are still midi format. So if I choose to output to mp3/wav, I get only the VSTs, and if I output to midi, I only get the midi tracks. Is it possible to output all of the tracks into an mp3?
Also, I am sure some of you may wonder why I don't just change all of the tracks to nice VSTs, but this is because for many of the songs I am messing around with, the original track sounds fine.
Another question. If you do a lot of this kind of stuff, can you recommend any VSTi/DXi libraries to me? The good ones I currently know of are the ones by Native Instruments and East West Samples. Any others? Maybe something a bit cheaper? I have been using some free ones, but I am sure these other ones have a much better quality.
Finally, one more question. How good of a computer must you have to do this kind of thing? I know my laptop sometimes puts tracks out of time as I am changing them to VSTs, but I do have a studio computer in my basement that my dad put together for this kind of thing.
Here's hoping to be making music in the near future!
When it actually comes to exporting the song, I can only get certain tracks. This is because some of the tracks are going through VSTs, and others are still midi format. So if I choose to output to mp3/wav, I get only the VSTs, and if I output to midi, I only get the midi tracks. Is it possible to output all of the tracks into an mp3?
Also, I am sure some of you may wonder why I don't just change all of the tracks to nice VSTs, but this is because for many of the songs I am messing around with, the original track sounds fine.
Another question. If you do a lot of this kind of stuff, can you recommend any VSTi/DXi libraries to me? The good ones I currently know of are the ones by Native Instruments and East West Samples. Any others? Maybe something a bit cheaper? I have been using some free ones, but I am sure these other ones have a much better quality.
Finally, one more question. How good of a computer must you have to do this kind of thing? I know my laptop sometimes puts tracks out of time as I am changing them to VSTs, but I do have a studio computer in my basement that my dad put together for this kind of thing.
Here's hoping to be making music in the near future!
Jabbo
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Since I use FLStudio I guess I can answer the first question. To my knowledge FLStudio has no built-in way of converting your computer's MIDI out to MP3 sound (or maybe it does, I can't even begin to grasp the depth of these audio programs...). So you have to have a VST/soundfont/whatever that provides instrumentation. If you're satisfied with how the MIDI sounds, you should probably look into the Fluid soundfont that SF mentioned in the other thread, which I've used in the past and is basically designed for MIDI conversion. And is exceedingly easy to use with FLStudio. Or you could just take the time to VST everything, which you should probably do anyway if you plan on actually using the MP3s.
McTricky
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I don't use FL Studio, I use SONAR. But maybe is should be the same for for FL. Basically what I do is have a MIDI track and an audio track. I have one for each, so for every MIDI track, there is an audio track. And then I basically have the VSTi play through the audio track to the midi track (or vice versa, I don't know if I'm explaining this right). I change the MIDI 1 outport to the VSTi of Audio 1 and so on so forth. I use VSTi synths and the piano roll for everything I do.
myersguy
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@Jabbo: I will probably end up VSTing everything in the near future, I just wanted to see if exporting the sound fixed the lag porblems I was receiving on my laptop. Usually my VSTi tracks play just a bit earlier than they are supposed to, not sure why.
Also, what are soundfonts? Are they just as easy to use as VSTi? And how do you use them? (I will probably have figured all of this out by the time someone posts, but post as well, just in case :))
Also, what are soundfonts? Are they just as easy to use as VSTi? And how do you use them? (I will probably have figured all of this out by the time someone posts, but post as well, just in case :))
Jabbo
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Soundfonts are enormous files that generally sound okay, but VSTs are pretty much better. To use them in FL, just drag the soundfont file into your resources directory (Data/patches/soundfonts), then you can just open the directory in the panel on the left, and just drag the soundfont file to the track you want to use it on. Then in the track editor window thing you can pick your instrument.
myersguy
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Indeed, I did end up figuring this out, but thank you jabbo for your help. I would agree that VSTs do generally give better quality, but I did find a few nice soundfonts. I am actually having so much fun taking songs like the halo theme, and turning them into GB pocket songs (I found a nes and gb soundfont, they are perfect :))
S. F. LaValle
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What you need to do is export the mix, that is the master audio tracks that all sound playing, midi or vst, is merged into before you hear the sound coming from your speakers. Don't know how in FL though.
The lag you hear w/ vst tracks is indeed due to hardware latency. Exporting the mix will solve the problem (you had the right idea), but if that's too much trouble, try looking for a 'software mixing' option, or an option to incease the sound buffer (this will delay all tracks so that they play together properly). Your dad's 'puter should not have this lag.
The lag you hear w/ vst tracks is indeed due to hardware latency. Exporting the mix will solve the problem (you had the right idea), but if that's too much trouble, try looking for a 'software mixing' option, or an option to incease the sound buffer (this will delay all tracks so that they play together properly). Your dad's 'puter should not have this lag.
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