How to Compress a Lead in Fruity Loops
Fruity Loops -- now known as FL Studio -- is one of the most popular professional quality programs used to create and edit music tracks. A popular feature of the Fruity Loops software is the ability to adjust the compression of a song. This brings the louder and quieter sections of a song closer to one another, so that the dynamic performance is more even. Fruity Loops comes with the ability to compress the lead of a musical track -- requiring no additional hardware or software.
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Instructions
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Load the desired track into Fruity Loops by selecting "Open" from the "File" menu, and then navigating to where the track is stored on the computer. Use the cursor to select the lead of the loaded track, by clicking and dragging in the track window displayed on the screen.
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Access the "Mixer" window by pressing the "F9" button or selecting "Mixer" from the "View" window.
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Click on any of the plugin slots located on the right-hand side of the "Mixer" window. Then click on the LED light next to the slot, so that the LED shines green.
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Right-click on the illuminated slot, and select "Fruity Compressor" from the presets menu.
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Adjust the compression for the lead by changing the settings displayed on the screen. Use the "Ratio" setting to raise or lower the amount of compression applied. Experiment with the "Attack" and "Release" settings, to change the way the compression software reacts to the sounds in the track. Raise the volume of the compressed lead section with the gain setting.
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Raise or lower the "Threshold" to change when the compression settings will be applied.
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