FL STUDIO for...

[Abo 3amter]

i was wondering to make like jazz, concert music/band music, broadway scores or pieces... would it be wise to use FL Studio or would another program would be more suitable... i know i have 1 of those programs that is an actual music sheet and you add the notes to the instrument you please and its like your writing on sheet music....
ps. forgot its name,... not installed anymore


so any ideas?? btw i got FL XXL 9

[Amadeus]

Yes you could make it, but I advise using and learning another program like Cubase, protools, or sonar if you're using a PC.

U'll have to do post production in another DAW if u use FL studio.

[Abo 3amter]

i never knew u can make beats in pro tools....

amadeus i heard that 1 score you did ... what did you use???

[Amadeus]

FL9,
one thing about FL 9 is that nobody in the industry uses it, if you're apprenticing somewhere good luck

[Abo 3amter]

no i wont got that far... i have other goals...

my idea with this is just do music to express myself

and for the band pieces i mean sell it or give it out for free to the middle schools and stuff.... not really hardcore going into this....

[Amadeus]

Fl is fine then, there is no notation support tho, and recording live isnt so good.

[Opie M.]

You do not want to use FL Studio for recording live music. Pro Tools, Cubase, Audition, Sonar, Audacity... anything but FL. Pro Tools is definitely the most powerful for live recording, but you'd actually have to know how to use its features. Audition is probably the easiest and cheapest.

[Brandon Heat]

Originally Posted by Amadeus

FL9,
one thing about FL 9 is that nobody in the industry uses it, if you're apprenticing somewhere good luck

hmmm... I don't know about that one... but word

[Abo 3amter]

Originally Posted by Opie M.

You do not want to use FL Studio for recording live music. Pro Tools, Cubase, Audition, Sonar, Audacity... anything but FL. Pro Tools is definitely the most powerful for live recording, but you'd actually have to know how to use its features. Audition is probably the easiest and cheapest.

i see well my plan was getting like a midi keyboard and playing all the instruments through there... and not actually getting live instruments...

but thanks for the advice i will get Pro Tools.

[Brandon Heat]

get nuendo or cubase or something... not protools... unless you want to get digidesign equipment... that's the only fall back on using protools...

[Opie M.]

M-Audio equipment is the shit. And Pro Tools M-Powered is only $150 with a student ID. If you were recording live instruments I'd definitely recommend Pro Tools over Cubase for a number of reasons, but if you're recording midi, it really won't matter.

But I can promise you that unless you're a really sick keyboardist you're not going to get MIDI to sound like live instruments. Especially guitar and drums.

[Opie M.]

Originally Posted by Brandon Heat

hmmm... I don't know about that one... but word

Well, most studios have Macs so I'd have to somewhat agree with him. Pro Tools and Logic rule the studio world. There's obviously plenty of producers that use FL tho. But definitely not too much outside the hiphop world.

[Abo 3amter]

^^ true i was already thinking of getting the m powered one since im getting the maudip pre usb... like keeb advised me.. n u sent me that link on 1 of my threads opey for the Pro Tools... i think its about time to start fucking with that...

lol and i am a slick musician.... ill figure out what to do with guitar and drums even tho i have friends that are sick at both of them

[Opie M.]

Drums are about the hardest thing to fake. Nothing can replace a good drummer. I do have a couple Pro Tools tricks up my sleeve tho.

[Abo 3amter]

*waits for opey to share*


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