How to Record Audio in FL Studio 20 

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I’ve watched many videos but this one sticks out! The way you describe the controls makes it a lot easier for us “beginners” thanks again brother

this was really helpful, you explain and describe everything so clearly. as a beginner in recording, FL studio can seem really intimidating sometimes 😅 but you helped clear it up a lot snd make everything easier. thanks!

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It was very useful. I realized to needed push the mute button to play recorded sounds. Thanks.

FL is my DAW of choice. But there’s one important feature you might want to touch on, the Panning Law. There’s an option to change panning law, from Circular to Triangular. This will allow you to hard pan various channels without boosting them over zero dB, if you select Triangular. Circular is the default, and will force users to reduce their input level when hard panned because Circular panning law dictates that a hard panned channel is louder. Another important feature for tracking is the Fruity Limiter which is on the master channel by default. This will allow users to smash audio together. Nice but this destroys mix dynamics. To do a mix in FL it’s best to disable any limiters until the end of the process. This will force the mixer to keep an eye on the mix levels, not exceed zero dB. Fruity Limiter is useful for those occasional spikes that exceed zero. Channel routing, another powerful tool to sum channels into one or two channels for recording. Multi-tracking is nice at first, but very difficult to manage a high track count session. This is also a useful working method to get recorded audio to default to the correct mix channel and will save time assigning tracks to the mixer. FL also records fader moves, MIDI, and automations, so if you’re adjusting things while recording, these will all become automations. This can become a hinderance. So it’s becomes prudent to edit your projects automations using the Browser. You’re doing great. Thank you for the series.

I think it would be important to note right upfront that you cannot record audio in the Fruity edition - only in Producer and above versions. This is also not stated anywhere the Sweetwater site under the different FL Studio packages.

Best an easiest FL Studio recording tutorial on RU-vid. Thank you very much! You helped me learn this process by simplifying the process. 🙏

Thanks for the video. I only needed the first 17s to fix my problem. Kept playing my beat while recording in Edison and couldn't isolate my vocals without getting the beat. As soon as I saw that you weren't using the Master Channel for your vocals something in my brain clicked and I realized that was my issue.

I keep coming back to this because I keep forgetting exactly how things go. Thanks!

wish i saw this video the first 500 videos I've watched. thank u so much, was very frustrated but this video is definalty informal.

You make it so easy for me after looka at like 50 different RU-vidrs u went slow detal by detail and I got it thanks so much u got another subscriber

all I can say is thank you. every other video has made it more difficult than need be to record in fl

That was a pretty good explanation and it was to the point. Thanks for making this video.

Recording audio in fl is fairly easy but finding those files for use later is horrible and not only that fl studio shows recordings in other locations on my pc as empty when they actually have audio files in them . The number one reason I use other daws over FL studio is the horrible file management for my recorded audio and the hassle of setting up channels just to record my own samples , its really archaic compared to the ease of ableton and bitwig with simple audio record drag and drop in a sampler. The sad thing is i like FL a lot other than recording my own samples to be used on a keyboard for play back.

youre the best youtuber ive ever seen thank you

I’m 49 and just beginning to record my own stuff, this tutorial was so easy and simple I’m amazed!! Thanks!! #GoldenGirl💋

Just got a new laptop my old one was so bad lmao I also had to get some different software besides suck ass audacity lol so I tried out fl studio and so far this looks like a pretty good tutorial

Perfect video, this took some time for shure! respect very helpful!

This helped me, one project in my fl was spacing out because it kept recording the beat with my vocals so now I clearly now to mute it

HAY Sweetwater ! Thanks a Lot !

You are a great man, brother Jacob.

thank you so much this a was basic and educational

you make me understand so better .sir your teaching process is so nice,,thank you

Thanks for this video! Very helpful. :)

Ver well done and straight forward! Thanks I'm Subbing

It would be nice if you could just arm a track and record like in other DAWs. In FL mobile you select a track and record. Sometimes it doesn't work properly but that's different topic.

Super easy to understand instructions, thank you!

You have the best explanation I’ve seen. I have a video or me singing on my phone. How can I get that audio to FL? I was at the studio yesterday and the guy took a dongle and hooked it to his set up and put my audio in the system . Do you know how? FL won’t let me drag the audio

Thank you! Short sharp!

Thanks for sharing the video. I'm looking for a solution as I'm not sure about the output setting and my voice has been altered and it sounds like a pitch formant when I didn't do anything to it. Could you give me some advice

Thanks bro, more grace 🙏

Hey could you please reply, I just brought a brand new focusrite and mic and set it up using another one of you vids but when I chose my input I don’t get no jump or signals like you did at 0:30 I can’t record nothing and I have no clue what’s wrong since this is all brand new equipment it’s a very frustrating problem

Not gone lie bro u saved me thanks

good video. I guess i need more basic stuff. I dont even know where to find the starting point of this video in my FL. LMBO. TY

hey, curious, are you using only the lav me2 or the sennheiser wireless

good tutorial thanks!

So how do you record into just track one? And not multiple tracks like you did? Cause when i record vocals I records onto track 1 and 3 and I can't for the life of me figure out why?! Please help.

Thank you, very helpful

Whenever I record I can hear myself.. If i unroute my vocal insert to the master track during recording, I cant hear my previously recorded clips before i start recording... Also, whenever i start recording for the next bar, it overlaps with the previous recordings... I'm new to fl, can someone help?

Help , When I record it also record internal sound , it also detect the sound here in youtube

hey my insert from 0:17 is locked and i cant use it, what do i do?? HELP!

ayo awesome this helped a lot thanks man

Great tutorial.

great video thank you

Thank you very much but I’m having a problem. how can I pay sound when Recording on my Fl20

Thank you sir . you have helped me on this subject

How do I you make it stop adding automatically tracks I wanna do one track at a time and then mix it

This was very helpful, thank you so much.

You are Genius man :)

It's helpful really really

So I am trying to record a track to a track I have already prepared and armed, but when I click record, it ALWAYS creates a new track and captures audio in both my prepared track and the new one. How do I stop FL studio from creating a new track and just recording in the one I have selected?

Thanks work !

I really do appreciate.. Thanks a lot..

i like how you call it "armed"

hello, do you know how to get vocal recordings out of mono? I cannot get them to stereo, and its not a problem with my mic because my recordings have been stereo in my past projects.

My question for you is what if you don't have a mixer-insert 1 on your screen?

Hello I have a question. and what if i have midi controler - synth, that is pluged stright to computer and i want to record my vocal as audio file and keys as notes all at once. How can i do it? and second qestion is, which audio input source i should use for the midi controler. thank you

Every time I go to select an input channel i get a notification saying this- 'You've selected an external input. Do you want to switch to External input only to avoid recording internal audio on this track?' Everytime I click Yes or No, nothing happens. Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?

It was very helpful, thank you 💙

Nice video, thanks.

helped a lot just recorded my first song

I can't seem to control which playlist track the recording goes to. Even if I select a new track, it still records the clip on to a different track, it's actually the 2nd empty track.

Great video, thanks bro!!!

Hey so I have a problem when recording. So when I'm finish recording my vocal in FL studio my verse tends to move out of place and isn't in the same spot of where I originally recorded what could be wrong I've been looking for a solution for quite some time. ( I also tried recording with a the selection tool and looping it but it randomly will move the takes out of place still)

This was very helpful!! Can you please tell me why my vocals or my audio only comes in on the left side? I seen in your video the sound comes through with the left and the right. I'm using SSL + 2 as my interface

I am doing everything that everyone is doing on these videos...I have everything set up right, but when I record, it is doing really wierd stuff, it only records 2 steps and loops, it is recording in different tracks that I did not select in the mixer, and it is bringing in multiple samples thag I don't even have in the channel rack at all, because I don't have anything in the channel rack...WTF is going on? Please, anybody? I can't find any videos to help? This is crazy, I tried everything?

Is this available in the fruity edition?

I used Cubase for 10 years... but now, i would use FL Studio. What do you mean? FL is my producing DAW since 2007.

hmm, when i do everything exactly like sweetwater and go to the insert section where it says none ... and i can not change to input. this field is blocked. what am i forgetting?? swissgreetings

great singing bro

are you using a microphone or headphones only

Is there a way to delete the time lengths so you can use your pattern as a solo

How can I record through the line in on the back of my PC instead of my mic?

Hi how to get external keyboard voices into FL studio do you need to connect audio interface?

do i need a certain package to record? is producer package good?

Nicely done - thanks !

Do you have the Producer or Signature version?

HI jaccob, when i'm recording the vocal, metronome clicking being record in FL studio. can you guide how i can stop recording clicking of metronome..?

pls what about adding the beat. like you wanna make a complete song how would you do it

do you need producer edition to record?

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Please help, it won't let me click on the insert section that says none. It won't drop down any options and it won't let me click on anything.

when you puch rec buton,it is asking what tipe do you want to record. what tipe do you choose? everything or? thanks

im having a problem where my vocals and instrumental record in the same track and instrumental is duplicated and put on to the same audio as the vocals, how can i fix this?

You the best.

v helpful. thank you

Wow, you're device is good, I tend to have lag like laid/late sound. How do I conquer this?

thanx So Much I real learned some Thing new how to record .....it's supper nice ..... please help me to kno how to mix mastering vocals .....Thanx so much

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@sweetwater i have a problem. Everytime i record something to add on the same bar. It automatically "rerecord" what is already recorded. So the new track have the newly recorded audio file merged what was on the top track. If it makes sense. This has never happened in any other DAW, only FL. Any ideas? Since it does not happen with you in this video.

i wish you explained how to stop FL studio from making you listen to your mic playback when the mic is active. this is something i've always hated about FL studio and i can't figure out how to make it so i don't hear everything my mic is picking up during and while not even recording x_x

I used FL studio in my windows. Now, I gotta try FL studio in Macbook. When I record in windows go to track mode and insert 1 for my instrumental and insert 2 for vocals etc. But in Macbook I cant find track mode. Is it automatic?

What to select either input 1 or 2 after connecting keyboard via usb to start recording?

Can you pls explain how your track changes automatically while you sing ,,,do i need to press play button every time cause i tried but it stops in one go ,,

@38 seconds into the video, I don’t see the levels on fl studio but I see them on my interface when I speak into my mic. Fl isn’t picking up my vocals. Can someone help me please.

What if you recording one of the plugins?

so why mine isnt showing? i can hear it but when i record, its flat. plus is there drivers we supposed to download?

How do you stop feedback when your interface is connected to the mixer and the main outs of the mixer is going into the interface?