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This three part tutorial teaches you the basics of using FL Studio 7 with the free version you can download. First you will learn the basics, then part two will explain how to add in some effects to make your song more... lively, and part three covers how to make Automation Clip patterns with volumes and pitches.

A short tutorial on panning automation in Fruity Loops (FL Studio). Panning is moving a sound from the one speaker to another from left to right or vice versa.

This tutorial tries to describe a few ways to sync an acapella to your own beat. As with many things in life, there are many ways to do this but NFX gives some great starter points on usin gFL Studio to sync acapella and beats.

Ever wondered what a High Pass or ban Pass filter does? Why a Low Pass filter might be useful? Well wonder no more as NFX explains these useful EQ effects in FL Studio (Fruity Loops).

This video demonstrates a couple of ways to get a wah wah sound. It shows some of the power of FL Studio's Formula Controller as an automation source as well.

This method rarely works perfectly but when it does work, oh man does it do a good job. The video shows a nearly perfect example, so don't be discouraged if you don't get great results every time. Check it out and learn how to use inversion to create an acapella sample in Adobe Audition.

NFX shows you how to create secondary kicks, also known as doubling your kick drum using FL Studio (Fruity Loops).

Portmento is cool. You can't do that famous West Coast worm or Dirty South Synth glide without it. So check out this tutorial and learn how to create portamento (slide, glide or pitch bend) on notes in your FL Studio beats.

Sometimes we have great individual sounds and we put them together in a mix but they don't gel as good as they should. You might need to find the sweet spot or sour spot in the frequency spectrum. This tutorial shows you how to use the EQ to find the sweet spot when working in FL Studio.

NFX shows you one method for mixing drums for beats in FL Studio (Fruity Loops).

One of the most basic starting points of music and music theory is the individual note or tone. In this tutorial you will learn some of the basics of working with notes or tones when making beats in FL Studio.

Writing a good melody is harder for some people than others but anyone can do it with practice. The key is to show you what makes up a melody & why the parts are important and NFX shows you how in this FL Studio tutorial.

Some plugins load 1 instance that can control several patches. This tutorial shows you how to set up multiple out plugins in FL Studio to do just that.

This vid shows the basics and relationship of the Pattern window and the Playlist windows in FL Studio and how to use these Fruity Loop features.

NFX thinks good organization is a key to "getting out of the way" and letting your creativity flow when inspiration hits you. So check out his tutorial and learn some ways to organize your samples and sounds in FL Studio.

Most people use the FL Slicer in Fruity Loops on drum beats because it can chop them up real nice but NFX shows you how to use it for some creative sample chopping. Just load a loop and go at it.

Templates are a real timesaver in FL Studio. Imagine being able to load that East Coast Kit or Club Kit with ease. In addition to loading your samples, templates can load predefined Mixer chains/setups into Fruity Loops.

NFX shows how to split tracks into WAV files using FL Studio. You would do this to send your song to a professional mixing engineer or maybe to collaborate with a non-FL user. Split tracks can be used in Protools, Audition, etc., but are demonstrated here in Fruity Loops.

This video shows a simple way to fade out your song using an automation clip in FL Studio.

In this video NFX shows you how to get a T-Pain vocal effect using a freeware plug-in called GSnap for Fruity Loops (FL Studio). You do have to listen to NFX (try to) sing as punishment, but if you need that T-Pain effect on a budget, here you go.

You can get the best acoustic drum kit ever made and it can still sound artificial and computer-ish. Unless you watch and learn from this tutorial. Check it out and learn to humainze your drum patterns in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).

Edison is the new FL Studio 7 wave editor and it is light years beyond the old editor. In this tutorial NFX does some basic chopping and slice markers in Fruity Loops.

This is a four part series on remaking Cam'Ron's "Oh Boy" produced by Just Blaze using Adobe Audition and Fruity Loops (FL Studio). Part one covers sample chopping, Part two covers finding the tempo, part three covers pitch matching, part four covers arranging it.

NFX shows you another beat recipe on a Dr. Dre style beat. Watch and learn how to put together the ingredients for this beat in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).

In this tutorial NFX shows you (and explain why) his method of getting an acapella ready for the mix to be used in FL Studio (Fruity Loops). This tutorial is intended mostly for those acapellas you work on as a collab with an MC and not commercial quality acapellas.

This tutorial shows three ways of doing pitch bends as used in "Lean Back" in Fruity Loops (FL Studio) software.

NFX explains how a Vocoder works, specifically the Vocoder in FL Studio. Even if you don't have Fruity Loops, the functions of a vocoder are similar so you can still learn.

This tutorial shows how to make those fast pitched snare rolls popular in dirty south style music in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).

The famous ADSR Envelope (Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release)... It's seen in almost every virtual instrument or software synthesizer from Albino to Halion to SampleTank to Z3ta but do you know what it does?In this tutorial NFX tries to explain how an ADSR envelope helps shape a sound. To demonstrate he uses the FL Studio sampler channel but the way ADSR works is the same in just about every instance.

If you make beats in FL Studio you may want to incorporate some scratches without needing a turntable. This tutorial shows you how to do it with the Wave Traveler in Fruity Loops.

This tutorial explains why scales are important and how they give your song a specific mood or sound and how to work with them in Fruity Loops (FL Studio).

NFX shows you how to remake the 50 cent hit In Da Club produced by Dr. Dre in FL Studio (fruity loops) using free sounds.

This tutorials shows how easy it is to create a basic reggaton beat in Fruity Loops Studio. This is a 3 3 2 rhythm beat.

This tutorial shows you how to create custom brushes in GIMP that will allow you to change their color.

This tutorial will show you how to make your own keyboard shortcut keys to speed up the processes and functions you use the most while getting your Gimp on.

If you are struggling with the paths tool and drawing vector art in GIMP, you can import other people's paths and manipulate them for your purposes! This tutorial will show you how to find sources at DeviantART.com and start using those in GIMP.

This tutorial takes looks at the selection tool as a drawing tool and also covers how to convert paths to selections and vice-versa when creating vector art in GIMP.

This video will introduce you to the basics of creating vector art in GIMP by teaching you to draw using the path tool.

This tutorial shows you how to blur backgrounds on portraits or macro type images using GIMP image editing software.

Learn how to customize your opening Gimp Splash screen. Pointless, but fun. This tutorial is best for Windows users but may work on Mac or Linux.