FL Manual 4 Directwave1 Flashcards
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What is BeepMap?
- BeepMap generates sound based on an image.
- -Imagine a vertical line scanning an image from left to right translating (mapping) colors and brightness to frequencies, tone and volume.
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BeepMap is good at making what types of sounds?
-BeepMap is especially good at producing atmospheric and eerie sounds, particularly when given generous amounts of ping-pong delay and reverb.
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BeepMap Parameters
Frequency (FREQ)
Length
Scale
Use Blue
Grainy
Loop
Widen
Max Bitmap Height
- Frequency (FREQ) - Selects the frequency range for the whole bitmap height.
- -Length - Sets the duration of a pixel. The greater the length, the longer the sound will last.
- –Scale - Switches between linear frequency (Hz), and pitch scale in cents (1/100 semitone).
- —Use Blue - Enables blue color response.
- —-Grainy - Causes sound to be heard as small grains.
- —–Loop - Allows you to loop the whole bitmap, or play it once.
- ——Widen - Use this to adjust the width of the stereo field.
- ——-Max Bitmap Height - Sets the maximum height for loaded bitmaps, i.e. number of sine waves to be added. The amount of CPU needed to process a voice depends on that value.
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What is BooBass?
-BooBass is a monophonic, realistic bass generator with adjustable frequency response and supports portamento slides.
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What is Control Surface?
-allows you to add real-time controls that can be linked to plugins in FL Studio OR Patcher.
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What is DirectWave Sampler?
- DirectWave is a powerful and versatile sampler.
- -Featuring a fully programmable synthesis section and features such as inbuilt FX, velocity & randomization layering, looping, automatic sampling of VSTi plugins and the ability to ‘sample’ (record sound) when loaded into the mixer audio chain, in an effects slot.
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DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters
Zone
This is a numerical label for the sample.
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DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters
Zone Name
By default will show the name of the sample loaded based on the file name. To change Left-click in the cell.
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters Sample Size (S.SIZE)
The total number of samples in the recording.
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters Sample Rate (S.RATE)
Shows the sample rate of the file loaded. DirectWave can play back any sample rate.
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DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters
Mute
Exclusive mute group. Triggering samples with mute group above 0 will release playing samples of that same mute group. I.e: closed and open hihat samples.
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DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters
Root
The MIDI note number of the root key (that is the key the sample should play back at the sampled pitch/speed).
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DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters
Transpose in Semitones (SEMI)
Transpose sample (+/- 36 semitones).
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters Fine tune (FINE)
Transpose sample (+/- 50 cents).
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters Keyboard Track (KTRK)
Determines how the playback pitch tracks the MIDI keyboard (+100 to -100 is possible). 100 = 100 cents per semitone, 0 = no pitch tracking.
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DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters
Ticks
Length of the sample in ticks. 4 Ticks equals 1 musical beat. This parameter affects the way ‘Sync’ mode works.
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters Beat Sync (SY)
When activated (check mark), playing the sample at root key will adjust pitch to match the playback rate of the voice according host tempo.
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters Tick Slice (SL)
Plays a slice of the sample based on the note (relative to the root key of the sample).
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters Low Key (LKEY)
Lower MIDI note playback range.
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters High Key (HKEY)
Upper MIDI note playback range.
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters Low velocity (LVEL)
Lowest velocity at which the sample will be played.
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters High velocity (HVEL)
Highest velocity at which the sample will be played.
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DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters
Lock (LK)
Locks the zone parameters.
FL STUDIO DirectWave Columns(upper) Parameters Voice Count (V)
Displays the number of voices played based on that sample.
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DirectWave Zone Mapper Parameters
Change playback range of the selected sample
Left-click the small squares at the upper left and lower right of the selected sample and drag the bounding box left and right respectively.
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DirectWave Zone Mapper Parameters
Change velocity range
Left-click the Upper left and lower right marker squares and drag the box up and down.
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DirectWave Zone Mapper Parameters
Shift box while leaving dimensions fixed
Left-click inside the selected sample region and drag the box up/down or left/right.
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DirectWave Zone Mapper Parameters
Change root key
Right-click the desired key on the preview keyboard below the zone mapper. The set root key shows orange.
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DirectWave Context Menu (Right-click anywhere inside the Zone window)
New Zone - Creates a new zone.
Delete Zone - Deletes the currently selected zone.
Delete all Zones - Deletes all zones - be careful with this one!
Duplicate Zone - Creates a copy of the currently selected zone.
Add Sample/s - Adds samples to those existing.
Replace Sample/s - Replaces samples with new ones.
Automap Zone/s - Automatically maps samples if the .wav files have embedded key-range and loop data.
Remap Zones/s as Drumkit - Remaps existing zones into consecutive semitones, useful to map drum kit samples across the keyboard, for example.
Lock all Zone/s - Prevents zones from further editing.
Unlock all Zone/s - Allows editing of previously locked zones.
Find pitch root - Pitch detection will estimate the pitch of the selected sample.
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DirectWave
Multi-Bank window allows you to do what?
-The Multi-Bank Window allows you to load, up to, 16 separate programs as banks and control them from the 16 MIDI Note Colors or 16 MIDI Out Channels and/or route them to 16 separate Mixer Channels for separate FX processing.
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DirectWave Multi-Bank Parameters
Ch
MIDI Channel. To change the MIDI channel for a sound bank you must load it into the desired MIDI channel slot.
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DirectWave Multi-Bank Parameters
Index
If you load more than one program into DW select them with the arrows at the top left on the PROGRAM window.
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DirectWave Multi-Bank Parameters
Name
Program name as labeled. You can double-click on the name field to edit it. This does not change the name of the loaded program, just the name displayed in DirectWave.
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DirectWave Multi-Bank Parameters
Output
Output offset number from DirectWave’s own output channel. Double-click on the Output number and type in the desired offset. Use this to output sound banks to separate mixer channels for separate FX processing.
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DirectWave Multi-Bank Parameters
PB Rng
Pitch Bend Range (cents). To set, double-click the field and enter a new number.
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DirectWave Multi-Bank Parameters
Pitch Bend
Pitch Bend. Click the bar and drag horizontally to set.
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DirectWave Multi-Bank Parameters
Volume
Volume. Click the bar and drag horizontally to set.
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DirectWave Multi-Bank Parameters
Panning
Panning. Click the bar and drag horizontally to set.
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DirectWave Multi-Bank Parameters
Expression
MIDI expression, acts as a multiplier to volume. Click the bar and drag vertically to set.
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DirectWave Multi-Bank Parameters
Mute
Solo / Mute switches. Useful to hear a particular instrument in multi-bank arrangements.
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DirectWave Sample Tab
What can you do with a sample that might be really cool for a buildup?
- Automating the loop start/end to make it same as a DJ build.
- -Like 66 the heart
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DirectWave Sample Tab
Loop Type: Disabled
No looping. Loop start/end markers will not be visible.
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DirectWave Sample Tab
Loop Type: Forward
The sample is repeated jumping back to the Loop Start once.
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DirectWave Sample Tab
Loop Type: One-Shot
The sample play from start to end regardless of note duration (useful for percussion samples).
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DirectWave Sample Tab
Loop Type: Sustained
The looped region will play while a key is held. The region beyond the Loop End will play on key release. Remember that you need to increase the ADSR - Release value (Zone Tab) for this to work.
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DirectWave Sample Tab
Loop Type: Bounce
The sample loops backward and forward.