FL Manual 21 Newtone Flashcards

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FL STUDIO - Newtone
What is Newtone?

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  • Newtone is a pitch-correction and time manipulation editor. Slice, warp, correct, edit vocals, instrumentals and other recordings.
  • -A related plugin for live pitch manipulation is Pitcher.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone
How can you drag around the view in newtone?

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-CTRL+ALT+LEFT Click drag

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FL STUDIO - Newtone
How to mousewheel scroll horizontally in Newtone?

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-SHIFT+Mousewheel

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FL STUDIO - Newtone
How to create doubletracked vocals from one vocal sample take?

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  • Use Newtone to create small differences in pitcn and timing.
  • -Change Center, Variation, Transition knobs
  • –Then ALT Left click drag to change notes start and end times slightly.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Pitch Mode
Detected notes display as blocks on the Piano roll. Note volume appears as a background waveform. There are three indicators:
Orange Rectangles
Orange shaded blocks
orange line displays

A
  • Orange rectangles show the average pitch for the detected note.
  • -Orange shaded blocks indicate the nearest semi-tone.
  • –Orange line displays the detected pitch at each point.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Pitch Mode
Global Pitch Control Knobs
Center

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  • Global pitch correction.
  • -Scales all notes toward 100% nearest pitch.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Pitch Mode
Global Pitch Control Knobs
Variation

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  • Global pitch variation correction.
  • -Controls vibrato and pitch errors.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Pitch Mode
Global Pitch Control Knobs
Transition

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-Global pitch transition speed between notes.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Mode Buttons
Cut mode

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  • Select and slice notes by clicking on the desired cut location.
  • -In Cut mode hold (Alt) and click on the two slices to be joined.
  • –Otherwise use (Shift + Alt) when not in Cut mode.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Mode Buttons
Advanced Edit mode (Double-click)

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  • There are two advanced edit modes selected from the Edit menu.
  • -Pitch edit - Allows the note’s properties including Pitch, Formant, Volume etc., to be edited.
  • –When Vibrato edit is selected the tool shows the vibrato functions including frequency, start and end intensity and vibrato volume.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Mode Buttons
Slaved Playback mode (H)

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  • Playback position will sync to FL Studio’s transport controls (make sure FL Studio is in Song Mode).
  • -The bars in Newtone and the Playlist will also be aligned.
  • –To start Newtone from a point later in the FL Studio project make a selection in the Playlist from the point where you want Newtone to start.
  • —You can disable this behavior by switching ‘Ignore host selection’ (right-click the slave button to access).
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Mode Buttons
Auto-Scroll mode

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  • (A)
  • -The Piano roll will scroll to follow the playback cursor.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Pitch correction (single note)
A
  • (Right-click) notes and they will snap to the nearest semitone.
  • -For unsnapped re-pitching click the Pitch handle, hold (Alt) and drag vertically.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Pitch correction (of a selection)
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  • Make a selection by holding (Ctrl + click-n-drag) vertically through any note/s to select them and then click a note on the Piano roll ruler to the left.
  • -The selected notes will snap to the selected pitch.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Pitch correction (all notes)
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  • Use the ‘Center’ (pitch center), ‘Variation’ (pitch vibrato/ drift) and ‘Transition’ (legato) knobs.
  • -These scale values for all notes simultaneously.
  • –For most corrections you will probably just use these controls and make a few specific note-by note adjustments in Advanced Edit mode.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Fine tune pitch Hold

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-(Alt + drag) the center of the note vertically.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Pitch variation correction

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  • Enter Advanced Edit mode and then double-click the note to activate it.
  • -Controls include ‘Pitch variation’, ‘Ramp-in’ and ‘Ramp-out’ on a note-by-note basis (see above).
  • –To adjust parameters click on the controls as indicated and drag in the direction of the arrows.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Formant

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  • Enter Advanced Edit mode and then double-click the note to activate it.
  • -Drag vertically on the Formant control as indicated above.
  • –Formants are resonances caused by the size and shape of the vocal tract.
  • —Changing the formant will change the apparent size, age or even sex of the vocalist.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Vibrato

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  • Make sure Vibrato Edit mode is selected and then double-click the note to enter Advanced Mode.
  • -This provides control over ‘Vibrato frequency’, ‘Start’ and ‘End’ intensity and volume vibrato envelope on a note-by-note basis.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
How does vibrato control interact with existing vibrato?

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-The vibrato control will interact with existing vibrato, so it can be easier to see what you are doing by dialing out the natural vibrato with the variation knob then bring back some of the natural vibrato later if desired.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
How does the Vibrato Control work?

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  • The vertical green line is fixed and shows the estimated frequency of the natural vibrato in the original sample (if any).
  • -The blue line can be moved horizontally to set the frequency from maximum (far right) to minimum (far left).
  • –The start and end vibrato levels are bi-directional and can be dragged vertically to change amount and phase of the vibrato.
  • —The set frequency line marks the division between start and end controls.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Selections and editing

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  • When you make a selection (or select all notes) to change the pitch all notes in the selection will respond.
  • -In Advanced Edit mode all notes will respond to ‘parameter level’ edits also (e.g. Variation or Formant).
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Note positions & boundaries, how to edit?

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  • Clicking and dragging at the edges of the note blocks will move them.
  • -Where two notes are joining (as is often the case), the intersection of both notes will move together.
  • –The Snap resolution setting will determine how notes move.
  • —To override snap hold (Alt) while dragging.
  • —-To create new notes or insert missed notes, use the Cut tool to slice existing notes.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Cut mode

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  • (Shift)
  • -Or click on the Cut button.
  • –Move note start/end independently Click the Left or Right edge of the note and drag, hold (Ctrl + drag) left/right to detach it from surrounding notes, if possible.
  • —Move note independently Place the cursor on the front half of the note so the hand cursor appears and drag.
  • —-Hold (Ctrl + drag) to detach the note from surrounding notes, if possible
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Join ‘glue’ notes or slices

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  • Hold (Shift + Alt)
  • -OR in Cut mode hold (Alt) then wait for the pointing finger to appear then click the notes to be joined.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Cut, paste & delete

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-Follow standard keyboard shortcuts.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Auto-flatten pitch

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-Select some notes then click a note on the piano roll to set the group pitch.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Select a key for auto-pitching

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-Select Snap to scale and move notes vertically and they will only jump to notes on the selected scale.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Snap to time grid

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-Where the audio snaps to is dependent on the snap resolution and which notes are selected.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Vibrato control

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  • In addition to the ‘Variation’ knob it’s possible to impose a simulated vibrato on notes.
  • -Select ‘Vibrato edit’ from the Edit menu then the ‘Advanced edit’ display will change to show vibrato controls.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Convert your vocal parts to synthesizer performances, how?

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-by sending MIDI scores to Piano roll with the ‘Send score’ button.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Cut mode

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  • (Shift)
  • -Or click on the Cut button.
  • –Move note start/end independently Click the Left or Right edge of the note and drag, hold (Ctrl + drag) left/right to detach it from surrounding notes, if possible.
  • —Move note independently Place the cursor on the front half of the note so the hand cursor appears and drag.
  • —-Hold (Ctrl + drag) to detach the note from surrounding notes, if possible
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
How to detach note from surrounding notes?

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-Hold (Ctrl + drag) to detach the note from surrounding notes, if possible

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
How to temporarily enter advanced edit mode?

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  • Advanced Edit mode (temporary) (Double-click) Double-click the note to be edited.
  • -To remain in Advanced Edit model select the Advanced Edit button.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
How to leave advanced edit mode?

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Leave Advanced Edit (Double-click) the Piano roll.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Preview / Scrub

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-When playback is stopped, click on the middle of a note (where the double-headed vertical arrow appears) and drag horizontally.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Abusing Newtone

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in ways for which it was not intended will reward the adventurous.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Warp Editor Overview
To swap to Warp Mode

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  • select the Time-Warp Icon as indicated ot select the Disk icon and then ‘Time warping from the menu.
  • -You will be asked if you want to save any pitch correction edits before changing mode.
  • –Warp mode is designed to work primarily with non-pitched, rhythmic content.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Warp Editor Overview
Density

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  • Controls the number of detected slices.
  • -Warp markers are added where transients are detected with Density controlling the detection threshold.
  • –Auto-slicing works best with percussion or other performed-to-a-tempo audio with clearly visible beats.
  • —NOTES: Audio longer than 20 seconds is auto-quantized - the beat is detected according to the Density setting and warp-markers auto-snapped to the tempo grid.
  • —–For audio less than 20 seconds the Density control is deactivated if slices are already present in the file, as these are used instead.
  • To check if a sample is pre-sliced open the audio file in Edison and edit slices as needed.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone -
Editing in Time Warping Mode
Percussion/Drum or polyphonic mode includes stretching

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-Any downbeat markers will be used to determine the start of a bar and then warp markers will be automatically placed at beat boundaries that are detected in the sample.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone -
Editing in Time Warping Mode
Set the downbeat

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-Right-click an existing warp-marker.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone -
Editing in Time Warping Mode
Add and remove warp-markers

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-Double click on the location to add/remove the marker.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone -
Editing in Time Warping Mode
Set BPM

A

-(F2) - Click the disk icon and select ‘Edit properties. Enter the desired BPM

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FL STUDIO - Newtone -
Editing in Time Warping Mode
Preview Scrub

A

-Click the time-ruler above the slices

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - General Editor Functions
Move the Piano roll in any direction

A
  • Click (Ctrl + Alt) & drag the mouse OR click the (Middle mouse button) & drag.
  • -Scroll the Piano roll vertically Scroll the mouse wheel.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - General Editor Functions
Scroll horizontally

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(Shift + mouse wheel).

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - General Editor Functions
Zoom horizontally

A

(Ctrl + mouse wheel).

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - General Editor Functions
Zoom vertically

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(Alt + mouse wheel).

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - General Editor Functions
Zoom Selection / Zoom Full

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  • Make a selection and (Ctrl + Right-click).
  • -If nothing is selected this will Zoom Out to full view.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone
Loop mode On/Off

A

(L).

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FL STUDIO - Newtone
Play/Stop

A

(Space Bar)

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FL STUDIO - Newtone
To Pause

A

(Ctrl + Space).

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File
Mode

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  • When switching modes you will be asked if you want to save the current file.
  • -If you have made changes compared to the original, then these will be saved and the file re-opened in the new mode.
  • –You can choose to re-open in the new mode without saving your existing changes.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File
Pitch correction

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-Correct or edit pitch of monophonic sources.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File
Time warping

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-Correct or edit timing of performances.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options
New

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-Opens a new (empty) editor window.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options
Load sample

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  • (Ctrl+O)
  • -Opens a file browser dialog in ‘load’ mode.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options
Save sample as

A
  • (Ctrl+S)
  • -Opens a file browser dialog in ‘save’ mode.
  • –The pop-up dialog has two options under the ‘Save as type’ field:
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options
Microsoft wave file (*.wav)

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-Standard lossless .wav file at the bit-depth and sample rate set in the Sample Properties dialog.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options
Microsoft compressed wave file (*.wav)

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  • Lossy compression formats.
  • -After initiating the save a second dialog opens to save the sample in one of many compressed formats.
  • –MS compressed wave files simply wrap the selected compression type in a *.wav file, and put information in the wave header as to what decompression method the opening program should use (not all programs read this information).
  • —FL Studio will load and decompress MS compressed wave files automatically as long as you have the appropriate codec installed.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options
WavPack (*.wv)

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  • (or Right-click the ‘Save as’ button) Lossless or lossy, depending on settings, open-source compression (see the WavPack website for more details).
  • -After initiating save in this format you will be prompted for a bit-depth (lossless is the default, other settings are lossy compression modes).
  • –In ‘lossless’ mode expect between 30-70% reduction in file sizes, useful for archiving purposes.
  • —FL Studio will load and decompress WavPack files automatically.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options
MPEG 3 audio file (*.mp3)

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  • Mp3 is a Lossy compression format.
  • -It has gained world-wide popularity because it was one of the first on the market that provided good quality lossy compression.
  • –After initiating a save a second dialog opens to select the quality (bit-rate), this controls the tradeoff between audio quality and file size.
  • —Good listening quality on portable devices starts at about 160 kbps, use 224 kbps or 320 (max) if you want something probably indistinguishable from CD quality.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options
Ogg Vorbis (\*.ogg)
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  • Lossy, open source compression format, similar in concept to mp3 (see the Vorbis or Ogg Wikipedia website for more details).
  • -After initiating a save a second dialog opens to select the quality (bit-rate), this controls the tradeoff between audio quality and file size.
  • –Use a setting of 0.50 or more if you want good quality. FL Studio will load and decompress *.ogg files automatically.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options

  • Do not use any of the lossy formats (Microsoft compressed wave file, MPEG 3 or Ogg Vorbis) to archive project samples or loops.
  • -Use Microsoft wave files or WavPack in lossless compression mode if you want to save space.
  • –Hard disk space is cheap, samples may be irreplaceable.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options

  • Do not use any of the lossy formats (Microsoft compressed wave file, MPEG 3 or Ogg Vorbis) to archive project samples or loops.
  • -Use Microsoft wave files or WavPack in lossless compression mode if you want to save space.
  • –Hard disk space is cheap, samples may be irreplaceable.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options
Save as MIDI

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-Saves the current pitch detections and manipulations as a MIDI file (.mid).

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - File options
Export regions in pitch correction mode

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-Each detected note and slice will be saved with a region marker.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Slave to host playback:
Ignore host selection

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  • Playback will follow the absolute song position in FL.
  • -Normally Newtone will align its first bar to start at the beginning of Playlist selections in FL Studio.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Slave to host playback:
Ignore own selection

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-Playback isn’t limited to the selection in Newtone.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Slave to host playback:
Ignore space bar key

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  • Spacebar is ignored when Newtone is slaved to FL Studio’s transport.
  • -This avoids the situation where you are editing something in sync with a song, and each time you edit, if Newtone is in focus, it plays alone instead of with the FL Studio project.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Slave to host playback:
Edit properties (F2)
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-(Or Right-click the title text below the transport buttons) - Opens a dialog to set BPM and Tempo-sync that causes the sample to stretch with changes to host BPM once imported.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Undo

A

(Ctrl+Alt+Z) OR (Ctrl+Alt+Z) - Undo/Redo OR Undo many.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Cut

A

(Ctrl+X) - Cuts the selection.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Copy

A

(Ctrl+C) - Copy selection.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Paste

A

(Ctrl+V) - Paste selection.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Copy to MIDI clipboard

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  • Copies the current note detection to the MIDI clipboard.
  • -To send notes to the Piano roll use ‘Send to piano roll’ below.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Delete

A

(Del) - Delete selection.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Advanced Edit

A
  • (Ctrl+A) Toggles Advanced Edit (A) pitch mode.
  • -In A mode the A box will automatically appear when the mouse cursor is placed over a note.
  • –Otherwise you can double-click notes to enter Advanced Edit mode.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Vibrato edit

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  • Toggles Advanced Edit (A) vibrato mode.
  • -This allows you to fine-tune pitch vibrato effects on individual notes.
  • –In A mode the A box will automatically appear when the mouse cursor is placed over a note.
  • —Otherwise you can double-click notes to enter Advanced Edit mode.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Cut Mode

A
  • (C)
  • -Toggles Cut Mode used to Cut/Slice notes.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Snap to scale

A

-Once you start moving notes from their existing locations they will only snap to notes from that scale.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Scale

A

-Select the scale to use in conjunction with the Snap to scale function.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Snap to grid

A
  • Set the horizontal snapping from ‘none’ to ‘1/8 beat’ (32nd notes).
  • -Hold (Alt) to temporarily override snap.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Send to Playlist as audio clip

A

-Sends the audio to the Playlist as an Audio Clip with markers set for the note boundaries.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Edit
Send to piano roll

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-Sends the detected notes to the Piano roll as MIDI data.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Select
Deselect

A

-(Up arrow) selection.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Select
Select time around selection

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  • (Ctrl+Enter)
  • -Selects the time-line range occupied by the selected notes.
  • –If no selection is made the Zoomed range will be selected.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Select
Select before current selection

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Selects the time-line before the current selection.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Select
Select after current selection

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-Selects the time-line after the current selection.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Select
Select all

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-Selects the time-line.

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FL STUDIO - Newtone - Select
Select all slices

A
  • (Ctrl + A)
  • -Selects all audio.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone
Undo

A

-Undo if there is nothing to redo, (Ctrl+Z).

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FL STUDIO - Newtone
Create Score

A
  • Left-click - Sends the detected score to a Piano roll in the currently selected Channel & Pattern.
  • -Right-click Copies the score to the MIDI clipboard.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone
Save as

A
  • Left-click Save as a new file.
  • -Right-click Save the file as WavePack format (.wv). See the ‘File > Save sample as’ section for a detailed description of .wv format.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone
Drag selection

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  • Drag this button and drop on a compatible location in FL Studio (Playlist, Channel window e.t.c,) to copy the selection to that destination.
  • -If nothing is selected the entire sample will be copied.
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FL STUDIO - Newtone
Send selection to Playlist

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  • Sends the selection to the Playlist.
  • -If nothing is selected the entire sample will be copied.
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A