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Pazoozoo
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Hi. I hope I've picked the right category and I hope this isn't a stupid question/post. I'm not completely sure how to word this question, but I'm hoping it comes together as I type. I've loaded alot of the songs that came with fruityloops and downloaded alot of flp's off the net hoping to learn different ways people are peicing together songs. Some people like to have one channel per pattern and use one, two, or more patterns playing together in the playlist. Some like to use several channels per pattern and alternate them in the playlist. I see some like to use layers alot as well. I'm not sure if the method that you choose to use depends on what your most comfortable with or if one is better to use than another but it sure would be nice to find a tutorial on which method to use.
It's been a long time since I used a tracker program like fasttracker - but I really liked this method. I would work on a song from start to finish and play along (midi keyboard or computer keyboard) with a pattern adding a new instrument's track and then simply copy and paste all the tracks right into the next pattern and keep going removing tracks I didn't want in the new pattern and adding one's I did. There was a flow. But I just haven't been able to get that comfortable in fruityloops.
I had been using pattern 1 in fruityloops as my "working" pattern that would represent what part of the song I am currently on (with all the tracks in the pattern)- like in fasttracker, and copying individual channels into seperate patterns to use in the playlist. The only problem with this is that if I have an alternating octave that spans two patterns in length I can only play along with the first or second octave of the pattern in my working pattern. And I have to break the flow by stopping and copying the newly recorded channel into it's own pattern, put it in the playlist somewhere, and get back to pattern 1 deleting what I just did to that track's melody to make room for the next part of the melody. There are other problems that occur as well using this method that I won't get into.
The other method that I've tried is putting together the song with 1 channel per pattern and then playing the song while recording on an empty pattern - the new channel. But this is awkward as well. I just haven't been able to find a way to get comfortable with fruityloops. It takes me days to do what use to take only 4 or 5 hours in a tracker program.
Are there any suggestions any fruityloop users might have for me on this forum about the best song writing method to use to create a nice flow?
I hope I was clear enough in this post.
Thanks in advance.
pazoozoo
It's been a long time since I used a tracker program like fasttracker - but I really liked this method. I would work on a song from start to finish and play along (midi keyboard or computer keyboard) with a pattern adding a new instrument's track and then simply copy and paste all the tracks right into the next pattern and keep going removing tracks I didn't want in the new pattern and adding one's I did. There was a flow. But I just haven't been able to get that comfortable in fruityloops.
I had been using pattern 1 in fruityloops as my "working" pattern that would represent what part of the song I am currently on (with all the tracks in the pattern)- like in fasttracker, and copying individual channels into seperate patterns to use in the playlist. The only problem with this is that if I have an alternating octave that spans two patterns in length I can only play along with the first or second octave of the pattern in my working pattern. And I have to break the flow by stopping and copying the newly recorded channel into it's own pattern, put it in the playlist somewhere, and get back to pattern 1 deleting what I just did to that track's melody to make room for the next part of the melody. There are other problems that occur as well using this method that I won't get into.
The other method that I've tried is putting together the song with 1 channel per pattern and then playing the song while recording on an empty pattern - the new channel. But this is awkward as well. I just haven't been able to find a way to get comfortable with fruityloops. It takes me days to do what use to take only 4 or 5 hours in a tracker program.
Are there any suggestions any fruityloop users might have for me on this forum about the best song writing method to use to create a nice flow?
I hope I was clear enough in this post.
Thanks in advance.
pazoozoo
