[fruityloops] Re: FL & controller keyboards

Thanks Andy.  That clears a lot up for me.  I've been debating on =
getting an Oxygen8 or not.  I think I'm going to get it.  I'm no =
musician, but I would like a small keyboard to play around with & some =
knobs to tweak out my filters and stuff.  Now that I know FL will record =
my sessions, I'll make that investment.  One question though, is it as =
simple as pressing the record button & then playing on the keyboard or =
are there other steps as well.  I remember seeing the quantitize on the =
edit menu options.

Thanks for your help,

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: AndyEbling [mailto:andyebling@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 1:44 PM
To: fruityloops@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [fruityloops] Re: FL & controller keyboards





> If I get a controller keyboard, will FL record the notes I play on the
keyboard like Cubase & other programs do?  I know I can tweak the =
filters &
such of my soft synths, but I would also like to play some riffs on the
keyboard versus trying to make things in the piano roll.  Also, does FL =
have
a way to make the notes I play "snap" to a certain position so they stay =
in
rhythm with the song?  Thanks for any help.  Sorry to bother anyone.

Yes you can use a master keyboard with fruityloops, but there are a few
caveats.  You may notice a small delay between pressing a note on the
controller keyboard and actually hearing the note.  This is known as =
latency
and it depends on your sound card, you sound card drivers and overall =
system
performance.  Creative cards (e.g. SB Live and audigy) are not =
particularly
good in this respect, but I'm currently getting by with an SB Live by =
using
some unofficial drivers (http://www.kxproject.org) which dramatically
improve the latency.  Unfortunately, due to their hardware design, the
SBLive and Audigy work at 48Khz sampling rate internally; every other =
rate
gets converted to this by the card.  That means that the ultra low =
latency
drivers (ASIO) only work at 48khz.  Fruityloops has some issues with =
working
at sample rates other than 44.1khz.  Many of these issue have now been
resolved, but the DX-10 plugin and some FX plugins may sound different =
if
not used at 44.1khz.

I'd recommend you get a controller keyboard that has some programmable =
knobs
in addition to the usual notes.  You can assign these to just about any
control inside fruity (e.g. filters) and record the changes in real =
time.

Yes, fruity can snap notes to a grid, this is known as quantisation.  =
You
can either snap notes to a rigid grid, make them move towards a rigid =
grid
(sometimes called gentle or partial quastisation) or you can use groove
quantise templates which take the feel of say a drummer playing live and
apply it to the recordings you make with your keyboard.  This is very =
useful
if you use a drum loop in your tracks as you can create your own =
quantise
template and use it on all the parts in the track, giving the whole =
thing an
consistent feel.

hope that helps, if anything isn't clear, don't be afraid to ask.

Andy

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