
You can choose either stereo inputs (say microphone 1 and 2) or simple mono inputs. The IN section of your channel will choose which audio input from your sound card/interface you wish to record from if you are using microphones.The clock icon will activate the delay compensation for that channel and finally the disk icon will arm that particular channel for audio recording. The FX icon when clicked on or off will turn off or on all the effects for that particular channel at once this is useful if you want to temporarily disengage an entire FX chain. The phase invert and stereo swap obviously do as the names suggest.įinally at the bottom we have a few icons with one labeled FX, another showing a clock, and another a floppy disk. The stereo separation knob can be used to either completely remove the center from your stereo image or to make the channel true mono. However keep in mind while most DAWs have the mutes light up when active, FL Studio mutes are when the green light is off think of it light a disarm more than a mute.Ĭontinuing down the line we have the volume fader, a stereo separation knob, phase invert, and stereo swap. Next we have a mute switch represent by the little green light.
Starting at the top we have a peak meter for volume, followed by a pan control so far pretty generic.
This is your generic mixer channel which has various tools to help you when you mix. What is nice about just any mixer is that once you understand how one channel works, you understand how they all work! Lets look at each function in a given channel and what it is they do. With these larger sections in mind, lets delve deeper the working of the mixer. As you select different channels this section will reflect more information about that channel such as effects, larger peak meter, etc. This final section sort of the dynamic area of FL Studio's mixer. Why you ask? One such example would be a reverb channel for your whole mix instead of having the same plugin on every single channel. These tracks function almost exactly the same as your standard tracks except that they are meant specifically for either FX processing or additional audio outputs. These are your auxiliary send tracks inside FL Studio. While I am only showing a few here, you can have up to 99 of these tracks in a given project. will most likely pass through one of these tracks. Each of your instruments, synths, samples, etc. These are your general workhorse channels inside FL Studio. Ultimately, all of your audio that you will pass through this fader before going to your speakers or headphones. This is your master channel for FL Studio.