Forums > Social Chat > Fruity loops... help people!

Posted: 19th May 2003
I can't really give you a good answer without knowing/seeing your set up but if you want my advice you should try to get hold of a copy of Reason and learn to produce on that instead. It's got a very usable interface and has so much to it it will always meet your needs as you get more serious. If you have a Mac desktop then use Logic as that is what most professional producers are using these days. What version of Fruity Loops have you just got? If it isn't version 3 then download that instead, it's still very user friendly and has more plug in capabilities.

If you need any technical help or want a copy of reason I can sort you out in a month or so when my uni finals finish, so pm me then if you still want it. In the meantime, the drum and bass website I go on a lot has a production forum (the grid) where people help each other out on so I recommend registering there. It's www.dogsonacid.com.

Hope that helps, good luck mate

A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words...

Posted: 19th May 2003
Shows how much I know - was expecting this tread to be about breakfast cerial!

Froot loops all the way! Speshly like the purple ones,..

I honour you as an aspect of myself..

You are never to old to storm a bouncey castle..

Posted: 19th May 2003
me too actually..

lol

i prefered the green ones personally.

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Posted: 19th May 2003
Teh reason you cant open those files is cuz they arent sound files. Try opening them in a txt editor...cuz at least .nfo is a txt file.

good luck

Posted: 19th May 2003
NFO is a text file, not a sound file, so use wordpad for that as Josh suggested.

The others are indeed sound files, but they don't contain sound information...they contain preset settings for for synthesizers. SYN is a Simsynth file, and DS is a Drumsynth file. You can use read and use these files in your songs, but to edit them you need the specific programs.

FLP is a fruityloops song file, so you can't open it elsewhere, and I think FST is some kind of effects preset.

Hope that helps.

Posted: 19th May 2003
Dear loop head,

When you've got your loop finished and you set out how long you want it to be, one then turns to the FILE button top left, then one clicks on EXPORT, then WAV or MP3. Then you got your shiny new track in a format that everything can read. And Bob was that guy that your father told you was his brother but never sent you christmass prezzies.

Gluck Mot.

Come forth and thou shalt win enternal happiness. but he came fifth so he won an electric toatser.

Posted: 19th May 2003
Well, I have version 3, and it has a heck of a lot of files to it, which is great. But, when I try to use them, there just isn't any sound. I thought that I needed something else to read them, but i dunno. I'm doin fine without them though, just wondering if i could find a way to use those files. Thanx for the input everyone... unless u were talking about cereal...then damn you. Cause now i got the muchies....

I need to find something witty for this so people like me...

Posted: 19th Jun 2003
Hey...figured everything out..well, not everything.

When you hold shift or alt or ctrl or something down and then use the mouse and drag a line on the playlist, it makes it red....what the heck is that for.....

I need to find something witty for this so people like me...

Posted: 19th Jun 2003
That's how you select sections of the playlist for the purposes of copying and pasting, which is a lot easier than laying down column after column of dots.

Also, if you highlight a few rows and play the song, it will loop within that block, so you can tweak stuff without having to constantly rewind.

Posted: 19th Jun 2003
Also, the demo manual is available here...it should get you started and answer all your basic questions.

Did you not d/l the full manual when you got your authorization? Or are you working with a ripped copy?

Posted: 19th Jun 2003
Most of the files you mention are designed to be imported into fruity loops, not exported out. As someone mentioned above, when you've made ur tune, set the start and end points and then hit Export. This will give you a nice long wave file ready for you to master and then cut onto CD/Vinyl/MD/MP3/whatever.

Or as someone else mentioned, get Reason. It is far better but I reckon there's still a lot to be got from the likes of fruity loops/rebirth, etc..

Oh, if you get Reason, make sure you get Recycle and Soundforge as well, as you will need them too - if you are at all serious about making tunes properly.

Good luck dude.

Posted: 23rd Jun 2003
I love fruity loops!!! I started messing around on that program one night and couldn't stop!!! It's an addiction! My friends had to literally pry my hands from the keyboard!

I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in to stop my mind from wandering....