利用这段寒假时间开始用FL studio for music making, a very popular and sophisticated software with many mind-blowing sound engineering features, it is not easy at beginning, but finally got some 'feel' for it. Created two pieces of simple music with it , a fun music experiment and adventure worth trying out, still learning and discovering about the tool, doing helps learning.
the high level development process in Piano roll :
0/ add instrument 'close grand' to channel rack for piano as a new one along with other default ones , ie kicks, clap, hats, snare
1/ set root nodes (scale) first under Piano roll
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2/ Pick a popular chord progression to start with , depending on the genre of music
3/ For Melody , pick out the notes within the scale (1/ step helps to limit the notes within the chosen scale )
4/ Arrange melody notes and make pattern that have smooth movement (could be in various ways, ideally can be sung by someone) , it is the fun part of creation, there isn't a strict rule and pick notes at position 3, 5, 7 from the root notes would be a good start
5/ use select icon and shift arrow key to move the group of chords or melody notes up /down, left/right to test the sound, this is extremely helpful
6/ Leave spacing between chords to breath
7/ add to master mixer and playlist in FL studio
8/ At top menu bar, file, export mp3 or wav file ale) first un
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