FL Studio: Making Your First Beat

If you use FL Studio and are completely new to beat-making, you're in good hands. FL Studio guru Tyler Coffin will teach you how to create your very own first beat from the ground up, including sample selection, using tools like Stem Separation, editing and refining, adding effects, and more. By the end of this FL Studio course, you'll be well-versed in the process and ready to start building a beat library of your own! These videos are designed for users with basic FL Studio familiarity.

Videos

• Introduction & Overview (04:41) - To get started, we get a broad look at how we will approach the course and what we will cover, as well as some fundamental concepts of FL Studio and DAW music production.

• Initial Drums & Groove (10:16) - Here, we dig into making our beat by browsing for drum samples to start with and defining our groove in the Channel Rack of FL Studio.

• Initial Musical Composition (12:12) - The musical composition and style of instruments will further define how our beat will sit stylistically. In this video, we go through some processes to write music in FL Studio while implementing a few tools to simplify the work in the Piano Roll.

• Exploring More Samples & Stems (10:51) - Sample selection can be a key factor to an overall sound. Here, we go through a variety of samples and see how to find them in the browser. We also look at ways to access other options like the FL Cloud and Stem Separation tools.

• Working in the Mixer (08:50) - Using the Mixer can polish sounds and make each part shine in its own defined place. We go explore possibilities with effects and the mixer to balance and shape our beat and the sounds within it.

• Modifying & Refining (11:30) - Having created the bones for our beat, we'll now work through some changes that refine and make the beat more cohesive and polished.

• Review & Conclusion (09:49) - To close things out, we have a look at some finalizing touches to the beat and a few variations of it in different intensities and styles. We then get a quick recap of all we've gone through and see how you can take this beat further on your own with tools like integrated AI Mastering.