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The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 21 - Second Edition

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Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837631650

Pages 462 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Music Production

Author (1):

Joshua Au-Yeung

Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section I: Getting Up and Running with FL Studio

2. Getting Started with FL Studio

3. Exploring the Browser, Playlist, and Channel Rack

4. Composing with the Piano Roll

5. Routing to the Mixer and Applying Automation

6. Section II: Music Production Fundamentals

7. Sound Design and Audio Envelopes

8. Compression, Sidechaining, Limiting, and Equalization

9. Stereo Width (Panning, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, and Flangers) and Distortion

10. Recording Live Audio and Vocal Processing

11. Vocoders and Vocal Chops

12. Creating Your Own Instruments and Effects

13. Intermediate Mixing Topics and Sound Design Plugin Effects

14. Section III: Postproduction and Publishing Your Music

15. Mastering Fundamentals

16. Marketing, Content Creation, Getting Fans, and Going Viral

17. Publishing and Selling Music Online

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

19. Index

Understanding distortion effects

Distortion is an audio effect created by overloading audio. It changes the waveform and compresses sound in a way often described as “warm or dirty” sounding.

There are several types of distortion:

CLIPPING occurs when your audio is louder than the sound system can handle. Unintended clipping is an unpleasant sound to the ear. You’ve heard clipping whenever you hear audio feedback from phone or video calls. This type of audio can occur when the audio gain is turned above 0 dB. Unintended clipping distortion is undesirable; however, there are many kinds of desirable distortion that can be used in creative effects for your music to add unique character to your sounds. For the purposes of this chapter, we will be talking about intended distortion being used as a creative effect, rather than unintended clipping distortion.
SATURATION adds harmonic frequencies to your sound. It adds some compression and smooths...

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Authors (1)

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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