In my case, I want the volume level to start at 0% and raise to 80%. Now that we've got a boring straight line of an automation clip (see first graphic), its time to make it do something. By clicking the black dropdown box in your instrument panel and selecting “All”, you can view your instruments you have already added along with the newly added automation clip. When you add an automation clip, the category of your instruments panel automatically switches to automation clips. This keeps your instrument panel cleaner. Where did my drums go?! When working with multiple types of ‘instruments', they will often be put into different categories. The line is flat and uses the current value of the parameter you were going to set. By doing so, the automation clip is added to the first available row in the playlist and takes up the entire length of the track (the automation also exists in the instruments panel). When you've picked a good parameter to change, right click on it and select “Create automation clip”. This can be a volume level, stereo balance, cutoff frequencies, almost anything that has a knob or slider or can be changed using the FL Studio GUI. The first step to making your very own automation is to pick a parameter that you automate. As you can see, as the song plays, the volume level will go from 0% to 80% (FL's default volume level). Here, I have the automation applied to the volume level of my drums (The FPC). Simple, huh? Probably not, since you're reading this.įirst of all, what does an automation look like? In the graphic below, the automation is the wine colored row with a line: Automations could be replaced by manually setting the automated values and applying it to dozens of instruments or patterns, but that would be far to much work and over head.Īn automation in FL Studio, simply put, allows you to control one parameter over time. This often makes a song more dynamic and interesting. Setting one allows you to dynamically change your song as it plays.
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