I first watched your tutorials 10 years ago. Still relevant. Came back for a refresher.

Just gotta accept the fact that even a year of producing still wont get the songs perfect, your really helping me out Ace, Thanks.

I like your ideas. The first part, about changing only one part, just reminds me of the scientific method of keeping a control and only changing the variable.

Holy shit that makes so much sense, that thing about using velocity and delays in making melodies was just brilliant!

Thanks, you hit the right spot. For me as a beginner I'm overwhelmed with all the possibilities in fruity loops and to dive deep into it you have to exclude the most. It will take some time before I can use fruity loops in an intuitive way to produce something good.

You're a brilliant teacher. Kudos!

excellent vid! got me back on track again since I'm in a creative slump currently . thank you

Yeh man. You are an incredibly fun instructor and personality on the Tube! Sharp!

Excellent tutorial! I wholly agree that limiting yourself is key in learning a given facet or technique as it is so easy to get lost in effects, instrument selections, etc. - ultimately getting very little done with no new knowledge or skill gained (this has been my experience time and again). Looking forward to more tuts - good job!

Bingo! I'm even trying to write an !!acapella!! song, in FL Studio, using my own lousy voice. In the process, I've found numerous ways to record my own voice and make it sound like a different person, such as stuffing cotton in my mouth, drinking lemon juice, looking up/down as far as I can, choking myself with a hand... It's amazing the things you can come up with...

There's a big difference, but it comes down to the individual instruments you choose. On a piano, velocity refers to HOW HARD you hit the keys, changing the loudness and timbre of the strings. With a synth, you can typically assign any function to the velocity, making certain modifiers come alive when you hit with force. Velocities accent melodies & rhythms within a pattern. Filters subtract frequencies from the overall sound. They can be used together, but velocity can do much more!

I took some music theory courses. It's grueling but rewarding. I recommend every composer learn the classic methods. It might not be intuitive, but it will make you a better composer/musician.

Thank you for uploading your video, learned a lot from it!

Yeah, I didn't mean to knock his work - he is an excellent sound designer. But the yound producers out here should *LOVE* the opportunity to personalize their studio with custom sounds. Sometimes they just need to hear it for the idea to form.

Genius man! This is such a good idea, thank you!!!

Thanks mate, this has changed how i view my music now.

3:47 is so awesome! good job!

What I mean is not to dismiss music theory, but rather to suggest that there are other possible notations that might be more intuitive than the Clefs or Piano rolls. For example, the way the 'Thummer' is constructed, or something that would take intervallic distance from the choice of finger used. Technology is changing music theory's scope and presence.

great video as always ace

Man you cool as hell for this video. One thought can make you think of a million more.

Your tutorials are amazing, thank you :D

i laughed so hard when u said "why are you still using windows default sounds" nice video fella,i shall subscribe

Although velocity typically indicates the "strength" of a note, it can do many things. It is most often _mapped_ to volume, but it may also control parameters like brightness, attack, filter, harmonics, etc. For example, a (real) struck guitar string sounds _different_ at different strengths, not just louder or quieter. It can have varying tones based on the strength or might make a bit of extra fuzz at maximum. A good velocity control will factor these sorts of things in.

Can't wait!

As usual, great video! :)

@KuraiX Music is sound. What you hear and recreating that is more important than the medium in which the sound is conveyed.

hey, this is a very cool method! thanks!

ACE Great Video

Rofl @ the windows thing. This is very good tutorial, as always :) Good job and my wild guess is that this will help many people out ;)

You. Are. A. Genius.

Thanks man i feel more confident

its easy. just right clik on your desktop and click properties/personalize then go to the sounds tab and you can change all the sounds and make your own sound themes from there

Cool ref. I'm using a DPS sample in an upcoming piece.

this is what i'm using for some time and i call it a draft....putting as much sounds and instruments and make them all sound better until i decide to rearrange and make a full song

Dude. I gotta say, you would be awesome at creating music for a video game!

I gave it a look! It certainly does look poised to change the face of music. I didn't see any recognizable structure of intervals or notes. I wonder what it is like to play on?

hey, thank you! even if it doesnt help:) i really apriciate that you spend alot of your time doing tutorials:) and btw do you have a tutorial like getting a normal vocal of your voice to sound like a crowd? ty for your attention

It works like this: Every move two the left or right, is a move of one whole tone. (2 semi-tones) A / diagonal move is a 5th. A \ diagonal move is a 4th. And transposing is equal no matter which tone you start out at. Just do the same progression. The way it's laid out, the corresponding white keys on a piano are on the middle of the instrument. The flats to the left and the sharps to the right. Watch this video for an introduciton: watch?v=CYdFM97ybgA

Oh Captain! My Captain!

Nice tutorial. I like to experiment, esp with effects, so i'll give this velocity tip a try. and change my startup sound as well. also, where did you get the samples for the short pattern?

Speaking of a new way of writing music as you mentioned, you should check out the new controller called the Thummer, which is a MIDI controlelr with an innovatve design. I think you should check it out.

He has pre-made patterns. He is switching from one pattern to another, probably using the keyboard. However, he made all of these patterns by hand previously.

trust me, having less fancy toys is definitely more when your talking about limitation in this respect

3:21 That Super Buu theme like rhythm

Yo I think Ace didn't understand your Q. Go to control panel > hardware and sound > sound. You should see some tabs on top of the screen that opens up that say playback, recording sound, and communications. Go to sound. Go to the windows events and pick one of the sounds. Test it to find the sound you want to replace, and do it by pressing "browse" next to test.

hey ace do you write or have any tracks available to hear ?

Can anyone tell me how he saved all those velocity maps? Short of creating them one by one? That's what I want to figure out now...

how do you shift the velocitys....randomly what buttons ..click what?

Thank you. Wlwctronic Philantropy

can you explain that guitar loop?

Nice but I dont have the fancy versions of fl like you do. I will still try though.Thanks a lot.

You're missing the point, D4rkMaj. Sure, you can use the FL Love philter, (the most CPU intensive filter) to generate a lot of variety in your pattern. But you could just as easily use the "mod X" velocities to do the same. The point is, however, that velocity has been a crucial component of music for thousands of years. Listen to "Clair de lune" or "Moonlight Sonata" and ask yourself what they would sound like if EVERY note were the same strength? Boring, repetitive, ugly. That's how.

How are you changing your velocity so fast..? I didn't get it..!

How do u change the default windows stuff

@DJSaschAustralia College. We have a pretty decent music department here. Not sure how that fares across the nation, though.

How do you toggle velocities

good shiz mate

cool ur fl background is the circle of 5ths/4ths

isn't velocity the same thing as volume?

Gotta use WAV, brother. Should be alright - you don't want your SFX too long...

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lol nice 1 mannnn ; ))))

knowing and comprehending music theory and harmonies gives u a different view of music and opens you're horizones.U can't create a better music product than someone who knows music theory.Don't be that ignorant...

me too!!!

"How the hell did he figure all of this shit out?" lol.

cool

Thanks D(:

There is a method to your madness? Who would have known? :)

I can't even comprehend this at all.. :(

How the hell did you figure all this out??

Isolating variables. You are using the scientific method. lol awesome

well you could buy a sample cd like the rest of us?

your a god damn prophet

How the hell did you figure all this shit out?!?

Acepincter says what

learn to make the sounds you like and your away... its alot easier than you may think

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the most unused technique in modern music

not to say your method is a lie, since obviously there is no reason for you to lie... and ur tryin to help us.. but seriously with this method it'll take us years if not centuries to learn everything.. and how long (in terms of years) did it take you to learn everything you know about FL?