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Recommended volume controls

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MichaelSep 24, 2020

Hey, whats up?
Loving the new site layout. I have a question on volume usage. So, when making a beat and you create a pattern in amongst the others, what volume control do you recommend if a melody or drum, etc, is too high. Do you adjust on the channel rack or go straight to the mixer? I've seen both used. But does it affect the true loudness of a pattern, or the overall song, when mixing at a later stage on the mixing deck if you already adjusted it on the channel Rack? Hope this makes sense.
Thanks.

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GratuiTousStaffSep 25, 2020

Hey man!

Yeah so this actually made me do some studying into how FL Studio's signal flow works, when it comes to the Channel Rack and Mixer.

I discovered your audio first starts from the Channel Rack.

Then your audio goes through all your effects, then the fader on your mixer insert controls the volume AFTER effects.

So you can think of it:

Channel Rack is BEFORE effects volume.
Then Slot 1 to Slot 10
Then Mixer fader is AFTER effects volume.

Here's a video & tutorial I created about What Volume Knob to Use in FL Studio.

MichaelSep 26, 2020

Thanks Riley,

Much appreciated. Nicely detailed, and as usual, technical stuff made simple.

Michael.

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