1. First, I created a bass-line using the program's Piano Roll (it has one like its desktop counterpart) using C and G notes.

2. Next came the drum section (which I consider personally to be another part of the bass/background in some cases). This was done using the step sequencer (easier to use in Mobile than the piano, since it's requires less key-touching).

3. Lead time! Done using piano roll. You press down on keys, and can create pretty good/decent melodies. Yet it's harder to play than a real piano (at least, it was for me). 

The program is ultimately easy to use, yet requires understanding to use, as it doesn't come with built-in explanations, as some other programs do. 

Lesson 4 Adding Chords Mobile

Here are my methods:

1. Drum line. Done using Step Sequencer. Only sagely advice is to click randomly, which often leads to new ideas that logic can't come up with. 

2. Next, the lead. I basically just experimented with notes I liked, then meshed them together in a way that sounded pretty. In more technical terms, it's in the key of D (as much as my non-musically trained mind can ascertain). 

3. The bass line! This was made mainly to comply with the lead. I think it's in the key of F minor, if that is a key. 

4. Next came the automation and sound checking. I took a few tries to experiment with the different types of filters--low, high, and band pass--which all create different (yet similar) effects. I eventually settled on the lowpass filter. From there I recorded from the beginning and added happy little effects. To do this, you swipe and move your finger across what I'm going to call the fliter matrix (mainly because it sounds cool), which is basically a big blue square. Depending on where you move a gray dot, the sound of your track changes.

Fl Studio Bass with Automation

Hi! This project features transposition, quickening beats, and FX. How did I do it, inquiring minds want to know...?

1. Main drum beat. Typical procedure of step-sequencer.
2. Next, I picked a synth I liked via WASP (another filter program on FL Studio (Desktop)). The synth I chose was Wideorgan. From there, I used chords to create the lead beat from the synth. 

3.  Next I chopped some of the chords, using the "Chop" tool in the Piano Roll.
4. Then, transposing, which was a simple click and drag operation, again in the Piano Roll. (Transposing is taking a series of notes and bumping them up or down some so that they sound higher or lower, but are stil in the same positions.)
5. After transposition came the filtering. To add nice-sounding effects to certain elements, you select the element you want changed. This will open up the element's settings, where you locate an "FX" section. This section has a number above it. This number relates to the FX panel, where you can add effects to many different, selected elements. I did all the above for the drum beat by setting the drum elements to the same FX channel.



Transposed Loop With FX

Made using FL Studio Mobile for the ipad.

1. First, I made a drum loop. I used Acoustic Kit.
2. Next, I created a bass line usnig MiniSynth Bass Pump. (The name sounds a little complicated, but it's really just another bass synth.) I made the notes rise in ascending order in 1/8 notes.
3. Next, it was time for the lead. To create the lead, I first inputed notes using the Keyboard Tracks tool. Then, for the second part of the 8 bars, I used the Keyboard. I recorded using the Keyboard, then quantized the notes. 

Lesson Five Adding Chords

1.	Creating the synths
I listened to the already-existing synths that are available on FL Studio, picking which ones I liked. I employed a technique in making the synths called FM Synthesis. Basically a fancy term that means that some filters and envelopes were controlled by other knobs in the Matrix. I used this technique for all three synths.
a.	Bass
b.	Lead
c.	Pad—most influenced by pre-existing synths, like Ambiance 2. My version is a little different, though.
2.	Thinking of direction of project
a.	At first, wanted to combine all three synths
b.	Later decided to select my favorite pattern/idea from the original, combined track
c.	This expanded into the current project
3.	Editing
a.	Which mainly involved lining things up and making sure the timing of different introductions was nice. I changed the timing many times, especially on second and third listens.
4.	Editing
5.	Editing
6.	Editing—the last bit of editing was very nerve-wracking. The last time I had worked on the project, I thought it was fantastic. I was terrified that listening to it with fresh ears would shatter my opinions of the piece and myself. Fortunately, it sounded really good! I just need to tweak some of the timing and volume, but I had gained control of that skill long ago, so those changes were easily and quickly made. All that was left was to turn my project into a wav. File, and send it off to soundcloud for posting.

Influences: Daft Punk, “Tron Legacy” ; Steven Price,“Gravity”
Links: 
	Above Earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEp_qpGqnjY&list=PLCCFeNrJWcDdVwpUn1dDVHNYST-KiSrWq 
	Tron Legacy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYJBcr1LDg4 

Obviously I am not talented enough to have created or owned the above music, brands, artists, etc. 


shkennedy