Right-click the bar and it allows you to rename, delete, recolor, clone, and more options. If you're trying to make a new pattern, you go to a bar where it says 'Pattern 1', and scroll down to select a free one. I believe you can load up to 199 channels, but I highly doubt at this stage you want to use that many sounds. The name of the sound on the left is called a channel (basically whatever sound you're using). You can have it placed to as many places as you want, or not have sound there at all. It's extremely simple to use: Left-click to place the sound in that block, right click to remove it from that block. The Step Sequencer is basically where you place your sounds in a particular position (I'll refer to them as blocks). But, once you get used to it and know what you're doing, you'll be setting fire to your house in no time.
The DAW itself is pretty large, and I had to learn how to use the majority of the tools myself (I personally don't even know how to use everything in there yet, haha). 'FL Studio for beginners is like putting a newborn baby in the Sahara Desert and expecting it to return to civilization.''ĭon't get nervous though - that's why I wrote this blog post: For beginners to get a basic knowledge of Fruity Loops.
If you've chosen Image-Line's FL Studio 12 as your starting DAW for beat making, then you KNOW that you've got quite a bit to learn.
