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Posted by themohawk on Jun-22-2005 16:18:

FL Studio filter problem

Can someone please help me with a very simple and basic FL-Studio problem?

How do i make the effect for main-synths, that makes the synth start playing very low and then builds up to its original high sound. I dont know what its called but i think it is a filter or something, and i want it to last for 8-16 bars.

Please help me out!

Posted by open-mind on Jun-22-2005 16:42:

you said it, it's simply a filter.
You can use an external one, but, prefer the synth filter. With it, you will be able to modify the envelop of your filter.

Posted by themohawk on Jun-22-2005 16:43:

Okey, thanks.
But how do i put it into the playlist, and adjust the length of it?

Posted by IDarkISwordI on Jun-22-2005 17:29:

Hey. You would be looking for a lowpass filter . If you are new to filters and want a simple no frills filter, go for the Fruity Free Filter. It is excellent. Youll want to automate the cutoff frequency from somewhere around 150-200Hz up to the max for a good sweep(depending on the sound).

The knob to the left of that selects the filter type. The 3 most important ones youll ever use are the first three filters in there, lowpass, bandpass, highpass. The frequencies that are allowed to pass refer to the prefix, such as lowpass; only low frequencies are allowed to pass and the restriction relies on the cutoff. With a bandpass, instead of allowing only high or only low frequencies to pass, you allow some middle frequencies to pass. This is useful for a lot of effects other clicks and pops throughout your song as well as white nosie sweeps.

The knob below the filter selector is the Q knob. In short, the Q knob changes the resonance. Its hard to explain resonance in a small amount of words but I'll try . What resonance does is with a particular frequency on a filter, some frequencies towards the cutoff are much louder than the other frequencies the filter allows to pass. If you are interested in reading more on it, check here and here .

I hope this helped somewhat.

Cheers,
Zac

Posted by themohawk on Jun-22-2005 17:38:

Thanks mate!

That really helped me out.
But there is one thing im still wondering about in FL Studio.
How do i put the filter into the playlist so it will controll the synth in the accual arangement, and how do i set the bar-length of it?(I mean like it`s been done in the demo-songs that comes with FL).

Posted by dj jasonF on Jun-22-2005 18:26:

select the synth in the pattern to apen the fruity sample / vst host go to the upper left (or right) corner click the button click assign free mixer track.the mixer is now open and you are ready to insert fx to it. there is a small arrow there click it > select > fruity fast lowpass click and you have the filter. right click the knob you want to automate click edit events and you can go from there... search the help for insert fx and automation or something

Posted by Corteoz on Jun-22-2005 18:26:

What version of FL are you using?

Posted by themohawk on Jun-22-2005 19:09:

Im using version 5 of FL-Studio.

Posted by krivi on Jun-22-2005 21:03:

right click on button and edit events...then draw envelope..or if you have midi controller then record to an empty pattern...