FL Studio 10 - Available now

FL Studio 10 is a complete software music production environment, representing more than 12 years of sustained & focused development. Everything you need in one package to compose, arrange, record, edit, mix and master professional quality music. FL Studio 10 is the fastest way from your brain to your speakers.

FL Studio 10 is shipping now. You can buy FL Studio from the Revolution Audio Online Store.



What can FL Studio do?

• Audio editing and manipulation including pitch correction, pitch shifting, harmonization, time-stretching, beat-detection & slicing, audio warping and standard audio manipulation (cut/paste etc).
• Automate most interface and all plugin parameters by recording, drawing, spline-based automation curves, automation generators with formula based control of links.
• Be hosted in other DAWs as a VST or connected through ReWire.
• Live music performance including video effect visualization.
• Mix and remix audio including apply realtime audio effects including delay, reverb & filtering.
• Multi-track audio recording.
• Record & play MIDI input recording from keyboards, drum pads and controllers.
• Sequencing and arranging.
• Synthesizer & effect plugin hosting (VST 32 & 64 bit, DX and FL Native format)

Why choose FL Studio?
Image-Line, the company behind FL Studio, love what we do and our considerable experience means we understand what it takes to rock your world, creative freedom:

• Free to choose - An 'open standards' and 'modular' design mean you won’t be stuck in a production dead-end. FL Studio supports industry standard plugin formats so you can use instrument and effects form 3rd party manufacturers including VST1 to 3 (64 or 32 bit). Import and export all popular audio formats such as .wav, .mp3 and .ogg, among many others. Importantly, upgrade FL Studio and add features if and when you need them.
  
  
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  Free your audio - Route any group of instruments and soundcard inputs to any mixer track. Mixer tracks, in turn, can send audio to any number of other mixer tracks and a soundcard output. Create sub-mixes, effects chains or just insanely complex and creative mixes. FL studio’s flexible architecture sets audio free.
  
  
• Free your workflow - Choose your preferred workflow, compose using the step-sequencer or piano roll. Create in pattern or track mode, then arrange your ideas in the free ‘palette’ Playlist. The Playlist presents timeline as a virtual  ‘canvas’ where each Playlist track can simultaneously hold any number of score, audio and automation events. Now that’s freedom.
  
  
• Free updates - Buy online or register a Boxed copy of FL Studio and you get an online account from where you can update FL Studio each time a new version is released, for free. Just stop an think for a moment how much money is wasted each year when our competitors hype their latest version and charge anywhere from $149 to $199 for the update. The latest version of FL Studio will always be yours free, leaving you more money to spend on what matters to you.
  

FL Studio 10 is shipping now. You can buy FL Studio from the Revolution Audio Online Store.

Win an IK Multimedia iRig Mic!

Announcing Bi-Monthly Newsletter Giveaway!
In each newsletter there will be a giveaway for cool recording gear. A different prize each month.

The first giveaway starts NOW! Winner will be announced in the May 1 newsletter.


The Prize - IK Multimedia iRig Mic for iPhone/iPad

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Vocal Processing And Mixing Tips

Vocal Processing And Mixing Tips
Last time we shared some tips for recording great vocals, now lets get them sitting right with the rest of the track.

Cleanup - Before anything, clean up the vocal tracks. Go through and trim the silence around each phrase. Remove any noise, thumps, clicks, pops and gasps. Fade in or out on each edit.

Pitch Correction - Gentle pitch correction with software like Melodyne is a big part in getting that professional sounding vocal we all strive for in our home studio productions. Be careful with this! Doing it right takes time and practice. Over tuned vocals are about as bad as out of tune vocals (you can hear both on American Idol).

EQ - There are no rules and every voice is different but here are some starting points. A high-pass filter (low cut) can be used to clean up the very lows (below 100Hz). 200-600Hz can be gently boosted or cut depending on the voice to add thickness or compensate for proximity. 1kHz-3kHz is usually where the clarity of the vocals is. Above that is brightness, bite, air but look out for sibilance. How much you can boost here depends on the song.

Compression - When it comes to controlling vocal dynamics, using two compressors doing less individually often yields the most transparent result. Use a compressor with fast attack and high ratio (10:1) working just on the peaks, ignoring everything else. The second compressor is set with a 4:1 ratio, a slower attack and release and threshold set so it is always compressing about 2-4dB.

Reverb - Reverb is an effect you'll want on a separate channel (aux track in Pro Tools, FX Channel in Cubase) rather than having it right on the vocal track. Use a send to add the reverb to the vocals. The reverb time should be related to the tempo of the song, it can really clutter the mix if it's not. Hall and Plate are the most common types of reverb for vocals. Shaping the reverb sound with EQ is recommended. The UAD EMT-140 plate reverb plugin is great for a classic vocal reverb sound.

Automation - Automating the volume level of the vocals is absolutely essential to getting the vocal to sit right where you want it throughout the song. Automating the reverb send for the vocal will allow you to have just the right amount at any time. You can also automate effects like chorus and delays for the vocals to keep things interesting through the song.

iZotope Nectar - A great all-in-one tool for vocal processing is iZotope Nectar. Eleven high quality effects in one plugin including EQ, Compression, Auto and Manual Pitch Correction, reverb, delay and more. Worth checking out.