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Without installing Pro Tools, you can download the Windows driver for the Mbox 2 at the avid.com website. You can then select the Mbox 2 as the audio input and output device for FL Studio.

Right now, computers produce most of the music out there. Back in the good ol' days you would do everything analog and record to a tape which was then pressed. Now everything is being done in computers with programs like Pro Tools, Garageband, Cubase, Audacity, etc.

Essentially in a reocrding studio the big console has been replaced with a computer. Granted most studios still use the console with the computer but the final product is on a hard drive, or burnt to a disc.

Aside from just the recording part of music, the ability to network with computers has really effected the music industry. Now people can find new artists on the internet. Musicians can find other musicians via sites like craigslist. I can make a song, and email it to someone to add their parts to it, and send it back to me to edit. Then we can take that and email it somewhere to be mastered, and printed. All without leaving our house.

Then you get into songs being able to be downloaded, and bought of the internet and all of that.

Computers have really changed almost everything about the music industry.

It depends.

1. If you are legally purchasing it from Image Line, then no; Fl Studio is the prime program for audio production.

2. If you are pirating it, or obtaining it in other illegal forms, it very well may.

By "packs", you can download literally hundreds of free VST plugins that FL Studio will instantly recognize and use at your disposal (once located and activated by FL). If you remember where you installed the VTS Plugins folder, just drop any of those plugins there, have FL refresh the plugin list and tick it off as a useable plugin. Then just add the device as another instrument.

Keep in mind that many plugins don't use the FL Studio generic interface and most will probably not offer individual automated "edit events" options, but if used correctly, any knobs you tweak during a recording will appear as an event on playback. For some plugins that don't even have an interface, FL Studio will assume a generic one with all of the FL specific functions.

You don't need to use any additional plugins at all as FL comes with many very good ones, but if you have certain sounds in mind that you would rather not reproduce with Harmless, Sytrus, Wasp, etc., you may be able to find a plugin that has exactly the sound you are looking for it their presets.

According to Image-Line, a copy of FL Studio 12 (current version at the time of this answer) costs $99 for the basic version, $199 for the Producer version, $299 for the Signature bundle, and $899 for the ultimate bundle. However, if you wish to test it out, the demo version is free-of-charge.

You can go to the ImageLine page and get a Demo, then if you like it, buy it.

There are 4 different versions of FL Studio each with a different price:

Express Edition: $49

Fruity Edition: $99

Producer Edition $199

Signature Bundle: $279.

These prices are from the official store. You can get a 10% discount using promo links such as those found on flstudiosale.com

There is no way to load the preset patterns from an SR-16 into FL Studio. The SR-16 used a cassette tape for data backup, and did not transmit samples or Sysex by MIDI. You can record the audio out of the SR-16 one pad at a time, as well as recording the sound of the patterns. You won't be able to edit the patterns recorded like you can with other sounds in FL Studio.

The demo version of any FL is save disabled, but you may still be able to downmix any unsaved projects to WAV, OGG or MP3, depending on the version you are using. Doing so will not make the audio files editable again in FL the way it was made, just as you can never unbake a cake and separate the ingredients to make it again another day.

No, FL Studio will work fine without internet access, although you can not use the internet specific features like Collab (used to share music made in FL) and you can't go to the FL Studio forum or upgrade the software. Pretty much like any other software.

If you want to record directly into FL Studio, use the Edison plugin where you can record, edit and save the audio file before FL automatically adds it to the project. Alternatively, you can downmix your project without the vocals and play it somewhere else so you can perform live.

You can buy FL Studio from their official website as a download or you can buy the boxed version in music specialty stores.

If you buy it online, you get free lifetime updates, plus you can get a 10% discount with this promotional link: https://support.image-line.com/jshop/shop.php?offer=Default&promo=EDAJCI416

Go to the URL below and enter your email and password. If you don't have one, sign up and get a password. You will have to buy the serial number, it is not free. Once you have it, follow the instructions on the website.

http://support.image-line.com/login/login.php?r=/member/profile.php

There is no definitive 'best recording microphone'. Perhaps a more valid question would be what is the best microphone for a particular situation taking into account the sound sources involved, accoustic environment, desired quality of the recorded sound and your budget.

Research into the characteristics of the various types of microphones (eg: condenser, dynamic, ribbon etc.) and the various attributes of different mics (eg: polar patterns, frequency response etc) if you haven't already done so and then research opinions and reviews of particular model(s) you may have your eye on to help conclude whether the desired mic(s) are suitable for your needs. For an introduction to microphone technology I think the page below is a good start.

It's important to note that although particular mics may be deemed 'good' or 'bad', no one microphone can be considered a 'catch all' solution.

Open your version of FL Studio and select the step sequencer in the upper right toolbar if it's not opened automatically (it's the box with 16-squares). By default there should be four samples already loaded into the step sequencer; Kick, Clap, Hat and Snare. If there isn't, you can find free drum samples online at Musicradar or FreeDrumKits and load them into FL Studio's step sequencer simply by dragging and dropping them from their folder and into the FL Studio window, over the sequencer.

From here you can program the samples into a beat by clicking the step-buttons in the sequencer and creating patterns. You can do this in real-time by pressing the Play button (or space bar). To make a simple 4/4 beat, right-click the Kick sample and select 'Fill each 4 steps', then right-click the Hat sample and select 'Fill each 2 steps' and finally right-click the Snare sample and select 'Fill each 8 steps'.

In the step sequencer you can adjust the pattern length (number of beats) and Swing as well as select the pattern you're on and edit with the graph/keyboard editor. For more information, click the Help button in the FL Studio toolbar and read the contents in 'Channel Window & Step Sequencer'.

The only legal way of downloading it is by buying it of the FL Studio Website. Or you can pirate it at your own risk.

Hope I answered your question :)

Every version of FL, more so with the later versions, including the demo version, come packed with synths, drum machines and effects as well as sample packs, demos and hundreds of user definable presets for each module. You get groove packs so automatically add drum groves and fill ins, preset chord generators, mastering rack... just to name a mere few, so there is no shortage of stuff to use to make a few hundred songs of different genres before you get bored. The only difference is that the demo is save disabled, but if you are willing to risk a few hours of hard work (and that's being generous for people who already know how to use it well), then you can export your final song to an MP3 or OGG file. The only thing is that you can not sell it, because you do not have the source files, nor can you sell of individual parts to DJ's to make remixes of your work.

This probably refers to the velocity of the selected note or the name of the track you have selected.

You can make music. Please don't post questions you already know the answer to.

If the samples you are using are royalty free and you want to copyright your own stuff, simply keep the FL project saved and the project data, FL Studio and plugins used need to be registered to your name if you want the credit. You can not use already copyright material without permission to sell or even broadcast your work. You can also not claim any part of your work as solely your instrumental interlude if FL Studio was your host application, especially if you used legit plugins used by professionals that are often made to emulate their work as a plugin for DAW hosts.

Use the creative commons practices and save your money on copyright as it does not seem to protect anybody much nowadays. Create a very high quality downmix of your final work and do not change a thing, then present it to someone you completely trust as a "gift" with the date on it. This is a legal backup loophole to prevent anybody stealing your work. In a court of copyright law, you can produce the project files, the project itself, the registration and ownership of equipment and software (FL conveniently records time spent on projects, check project setting to see), and finally the high quality downmix your trusted friend has as evidence.

The Image-Line commercial office is in Belgium. So you'll need international calling provided in your service plan if you live outside of the country.

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