FruityLoops 3

Posted on Feb 23, 2003 12:44 pm
Murphy
An outburst for perfection
Member Since: Dec 11, 2002

How do I get my drums patterns to loop?
Just updated from the old version and I can't find it.
Also, can I export individual tracks without doing a solo for each?

Cheers.

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Noize2u
Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002

Feb 23, 2003 03:21 pm

For looping the drum patterns, just open the piano roll view and copy them as amny times as you want them played in the track.

As for exporting each track, yes they must be exported as individual wave files if you wan them to remain seperate. Otherwise, if you are staisfied with the enitre arangement as a whole, you can exprt the entire song as one wave file and you are done.

el musico
Freeleance Producer/Engineer/Gtr
Member
Since: Aug 11, 2002

Feb 23, 2003 03:46 pm

actually with FL3 you will use the PL (playlist) icon in the upper right corner then plug your patterns in. don't foget to change the play mode to 'song' instead of 'pat' (pattern) by clicking to the left of the play button.

and as far as separating the mix i believe you need to go the long way of soloing each track then rendering it separately. if you find a way to render ALL tracks into separate wav files at the same time then please let me know.

hope this helps.

Murphy
An outburst for perfection
Member
Since: Dec 11, 2002

Feb 23, 2003 04:19 pm

The PL playlist) seems to be doing the job, cheers.

blueninjastar
Maniacal Genius
Contributor
Since: Dec 30, 2002

Feb 23, 2003 05:16 pm

Soloing the tracks is the way I do it too which works very well. Even if there was a way to export all tracks separately in one operation, I would still end up doing it using the soloing method. Generally, I'll have more than one track for each instrument. I often have as many as 5 or 6 tracks of hi-hats! Using several different samples allows me to create more "realism" in the patterns. It seems like a bit of a pain to solo each instrument and export them, but it usually only take a few minutes anyway.

Also, something else you might want to try is to also export a stereo wav file of the entire drum kit. I turn the kick and snare down to about 30-40% and the toms down to about 50-60% and then export. I import that wav file as a separate stereo track and EQ it as a pair of overheads. I also add a fairly wet mix of reverb to get a "roomy" sound out of it. When appropriately mixed in, it really helps to stich the whole drum mix together and keeps it from sounding too "machined."