How to Use Portamento in FL Studio

By GratuiTous
/ November 28, 2022

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use portamento in FL Studio.

This is an older video when I released my FL Studio Beginner’s series many years back, but is still incredibly relevant for how to slide notes in FL Studio with portamento.

How to Use Portamento in FL Studio (Slide Notes)
We cover Polyphony, “Porta” and Mono.

How to Slide Notes in FL Studio

FL Studio allows you to easily slide notes with a feature called portamento.

If you’re wondering what portamento does, it allows you to slide (pitch bend) between notes.

Portamento is incredibly powerful for creating leads which sound full in dance music (as you heard the beat in the video)

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Here’s how you set up portamento to create slide notes in FL Studio:

**How to Use Portamento to Create Slide Notes in FL Studio**
*Found in the **Channel sampler -> Miscellaneous Functions** tab*

In the Channel rack, you simply click on a sound, then click the wrench (Miscellaneous Functions).

Access Portamento option in the Miscellaneous Tab in Channel Sampler from the Channel Rack in FL Studio — **Access Portamento option in Miscellaneous Tab in Channel Sampler from the Channel Rack in FL Studio**

You will not be able to access the Miscellaneous Functions tab if using an audio clip (See image below)

You can't open Miscellaneous Functions tab in FL Studio on an Audio Clip.. Only on Sounds loaded into the Channel Rack, or Virtual Instruments (VSTs) — **You can’t open Miscellaneous Functions tab in FL Studio on an Audio Clip.. Only on Sounds loaded into the Channel Rack, or Virtual Instruments (VSTs)**

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