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getting tracks in fl to act like ableton
« on: January 16, 2016, 11:20:04 am »
hey. so i've been using ableton for a while and am now trying to get a hang of FL.

one thing i loved about ableton is how i was able to put an fx chain on an individual track in the playlist. that's obviously not the case in FL, and i can't even route an entire playlist track to a mixer channel. that's quite a bummer if i want a lopass/hipass or reverb track where i can easily drop whatever audio clips in and it'll process through. what's a good workaround in FL? should i just assign individual audio clips to their own mixer channels and then route those channels to a send channel where i have an fx chain?

enlighten me please
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Re: getting tracks in fl to act like ableton
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2016, 11:49:56 am »
Pretty much as you just described. Route the sounds you'd like affected to the Mixer track with the FX on it, and then un-link it from the Master, so all it's audio is processed through the FX buss to the Master track. You can control many sounds with one plugin/automation clip this way.
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Re: getting tracks in fl to act like ableton
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2016, 11:55:31 am »
Quote from: Kinesthetics on January 16, 2016, 11:49:56 am
Pretty much as you just described. Route the sounds you'd like affected to the Mixer track with the FX on it, and then un-link it from the Master, so all it's audio is processed through the FX buss to the Master track. You can control many sounds with one plugin/automation clip this way.

thanks mane. i'm gonna assume you're familiar with FL. question: is there a limit to the number of audio clips you can route to a single mixer channel?
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Re: getting tracks in fl to act like ableton
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2016, 12:42:50 am »
Quote from: Zamar on January 16, 2016, 11:55:31 am
Quote from: Kinesthetics on January 16, 2016, 11:49:56 am
Pretty much as you just described. Route the sounds you'd like affected to the Mixer track with the FX on it, and then un-link it from the Master, so all it's audio is processed through the FX buss to the Master track. You can control many sounds with one plugin/automation clip this way.

thanks mane. i'm gonna assume you're familiar with FL. question: is there a limit to the number of audio clips you can route to a single mixer channel?

As far as I'm aware, there's no limit to how many sounds can be sent to one Mixer track. Same goes for routing; as many as you wish.

If you have a bunch of sounds in the Step Sequencer you'd like all sent to the same Mixer track, hold SHIFT and click the little green light to the right of each sound you want linked (it's the little icon between the sound itself and the Steps). This'll select them all at once. Then just hit CTRL-L on the Mixer track you want them sent to. Makes for really quick busses for generic sounds like white noise FX and sweeps.
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