Help with Drums in FL!!

[Hi-Lo]

So here's my question...and let me preface this by just saying I have tried to figure this out on my own, but to no luck, so I'm not being lazy and asking for help before I should...

So all I've got right now is FL 5 and a very basic MIDI keyboard. I know FL is tight and is a comprehensive program, I've figured out almost all of its features real well. My problem though is laying down drums to sync up with a sample...I'm having 2 problems:

1) Right now, I have to make my drums by loading a kick onto my keyboard, playing the kick part of my drum beat, then doing the same with a snare, etc. - the point is i have to do the drums piece by piece which for me at least ruins the vibe and rhythm of the whole thing. When I'm at a friend's house on an MPC I can bang out some pretty good stuff but I'm worthless with this keyboard so far...so my first question is- is there any way to assign different channels/sounds to the keyboard at once, and how do you do this?

2) The second problem I'm having is a major lag between my keyboard and FL's piano roll. When I play my drums in record mode on the piano roll, even if I play them on time, they come out on the piano roll messed up- off tempo, some notes get grouped together, etc- and its making it impossible to make even acceptable drums. Is there anything I can do to eliminate the lag in FL (again, all I have is a basic M-Audio USB keyboard and FL 5- very fast computer though-3.2ghz, 1gb ram, 200gb HD). If not, how would you guys recommend doing my drums? Is there a program you like to bang out some drums and then sync them up to your samples?

Thank You!!

 

[M!nd_Ctrl]

Only addressing the second problem, a fast computer does nothing for you if your soundcard doesn't support low latencies. you need a soundcard that supports ASIO drivers, but you can try lowering the buffer in FL under Options -> Audio Settings to see if that helps anyways. Investing in a good soundcard can make the latency virually unnoticeable.

Instead of using a keyboard to input drums, you could just load the sample into a track and click the "steps" on or off and add swing.

-Ctrl

 

[ManDAmyth]

Also once you work out the issue with your soundcard. Use the FPC drum machine. It's extremely similar to the MPC. You can load your samples there and bang 'em out. Get the MPD16 and there is next no difference.

 

[KENWOP]

try making the drums without the keyboard use the mouse and put them together piece by piece in th piano roll its not the same as playing it but if you have it looping you hear it and can just take out what you dont like and add shit with no prob or delay from your sc

 

[sYgMa]

I answered that question in detail in another thread...

https://www.illmuzik.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11830

as for your lagging problem... It could be 2 things...

1- you have a lousy sound card... even if your computer is nice, if your soundcard is not good, the lagging time will be bigger, of course!!!!

2- (hope that's the problem) Go to the Option menu and to the Audio Settings. If your Buffer Length is too high, lower it...

buffer length = This is the length of the FL Studio will use. Setting this buffer longer will avoid underruns that may occur while playing songs in FL Studio. Longer buffer, however, means also that there will be lagged response while playing a midi controller. Lag length is equal to the buffer length.

Hope that answers your question...