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Joshua Au-Yeung
Joshua Au-Yeung
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Joshua Au-Yeung

Joshua Au-Yeung (professionally known as Chester Sky) is a music producer, composer, director, and software developer. He's published 10+ music albums, directed and composed for films, created board games and dozens of art pieces, and hosts a podcast. He's an instructor of online courses, including best-selling courses on music production and composing for films and video games. His previous book, The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20, reached #1 on Amazon in the Digital Audio Production category.
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Applying automation to external third-party plugins

If you want to apply automation to an external plugin (not a native FL Studio plugin), you won’t be able to right-click to apply automation. In order to apply automation for third-party plugins, you need to use another method.

We’re going to explore two techniques to add automation. The first approach, MultiLink to controllers, is the easiest and most intuitive. The second approach of creating an editor thumbnail is more of a legacy technique but can still be used.

Using MultiLink to controllers to add automation

There’s an easy way to add automation clips for any plugin using the MultiLink to controllers feature. The plugin doesn’t have to be a native FL Studio plugin. It can be an installed Virtual Studio Technology (VST) instrument or effect. This technique also works for adding automation for hardware controllers’ controls.

As a brief overview of how it works, you first enable...

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Joshua Au-Yeung

Joshua Au-Yeung (professionally known as Chester Sky) is a music producer, composer, director, and software developer. He's published 10+ music albums, directed and composed for films, created board games and dozens of art pieces, and hosts a podcast. He's an instructor of online courses, including best-selling courses on music production and composing for films and video games. His previous book, The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20, reached #1 on Amazon in the Digital Audio Production category.
Read more about Joshua Au-Yeung