17 FL Studio Hacks (I Wish Someone Had Told Me Sooner)

In this video you'll learn about 17 FL Studio tips, tricks, and hacks that are really useful and will save you a lot of time if you actually implement them. In this video I'm still using FL Studio 21, but all of the tips will work in FL Studio 24 and should work in older versions of FL Studio as well. If you feel like there's any important tips or hacks that I missed in this video, feel free to help us all out by leaving a comment. Hope you enjoy :)

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TIME STAMPS

Introduction - 00:00
Time marker trick - 00:10
Options menu hack - 00:59
Playlist grid back to default size - 01:27
Hint bar - 01:47
Turn audio to midi - 02:24
Split and merge patterns - 02:48
Remove background noise - 03:19
Custom mixer chains - 04:25
Current channel tip - 06:12
Fix corrupted FLP files - 07:00
Fix CPU overload issues - 09:06
Freeze midi tracks - 10:13
Midi keyboard hack - 11:05
Best way to collab - 11:30
Detach the browser - 12:11
Unlimited mixer slots - 12:36
Create a custom template - 13:18

In case the time stamp labels are confusing here's a bit more info about what you'll be learning in this video.

The time marker trick is something I came up with if you need to start your project in a weird place on the grid in the playlist. It allows you start your project anywhere on the grid that you want and still keep everything lined up properly so it's easier to produce music.

The options menu hack allows you to right click on certain things in the options menu so that the menu doesn't close. This works for the playlist, piano roll, channel rack, etc.

Playlist grid back to default size just means you can easily click the top right corner of FL Studio to put the grid in the playlist back to it's default size.

Hint bar ads a new hint bar that you can drag around FL Studio and can make it easier to see what's going on if you're a beginner.

Turn audio to midi means you can actually take an audio recording and turn the notes into midi on the piano roll.

Split and merge patterns is used if you want to split a bunch of drum samples or instruments that are all playing at the same time on a single pattern into multiple patterns. This can be useful for more control while you're arranging your track in the playlist.

Remove background noise is pretty self explanatory. Use Edison to remove any background noise in an audio recording or sample.

Custom mixer chains is a way to save a lot of time by saving all the plugins you use for processing into a particular chain. For example if you always process vocals a certain way you can save that as a custom vocal chain and then load it up very quickly and tweak the settings to your liking.

The current channel tip is an option to load all your metering plugins on the current channel instead of the master channel. This gives you more flexibility to see what's happening on individual elements of your mix.

To fix corrupted FLP files there's two options. I go over both in the video.

To fix CPU overload issues you can change the buffer size and timebase PPQ settings.

You can also freeze your midi tracks by bouncing them to audio. This also frees up CPU.

The midi keyboard hack is a way for you to get midi in the piano roll that you played on your keyboard even if you weren't recording.

The best way to collab in FL Studio is to save your tracks as a zipped loop file and then send them that way. This will save all the samples and audio clips you used in the project.

You can actually detach the browser and put it anywhere you want it inside FL Studio.

If you want unlimited mixer slots there's a couple ways to do this. The best way is to just use Patcher, but I go over both ways in the video.

Creating a custom template can save a lot of time and I highly recommend doing this as a way of speeding up your workflow.

I'll be releasing videos about FL Studio 24 soon so keep an eye out.

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