Question by toolmania1: How do I set up my MIDI keyboard in fruity loops to still record what I am playing on the keyboard into FL?
I set up my MIDI keyboard with a USB to MIDI cable and windows found it. I opened Fruity Loops Studio 8. I found my keyboard under the MIDI settings for input. I selected my keyboard and enabled it. I needed to select the generic controller.
Now, I have 4 channels open in the step sequencer ( kick, hi hat, snare, and clap ). Only 4 keys work on my keyboard. Each key correspondes to one of those 4 instruments. This is not the set up I want.
I want to be able to record what I play on my keyboard into fruity loops and save it. I dont want one key to correspond to one instrument. I want to play the notes on my keyboard, save them in fruity loops, and then edit these notes since it is MIDI data and not audio. ( I am new to this so I apologize if my terminology is a bit off. )
Do I need to set the patch and bank numbers? I can hold down one of the program button on my Alesis Micron Synth to find this information. I tried setting the bank and patch numbers in one of the settings in FL and it did seem to make a difference. ( I am not in front of my keyboard to list the exact setting )
There are plug ins like MIDI out and MIDI controller and some synthesizers. Do I need to use these? I put them into one of the channels and they do not seem to record what I am playing.
Sorry to ramble on, but I wanted to supply as much information as I could to help out whoever responds with some valuable knowledge. Thanks in advance!
Best answer:
Answer by audioloops
You said: Each key corresponds to one of those 4 instruments.
That’s really weird to me. Normally the keyboard will play/record on the specific channel that is active on your step sequencer list.
Each key on your Alesis should trigger a single sample and play different notes of it across the octaves.
What you describe would actually take some time to set up on most systems. Perhaps you’re using a “different” default starting point?
To get what you seem to have right now, you’d create a MIDI Out channel and link the four channels to that by selecting the same port/channel and you’d have to configure the instrument settings each of the four channels to play only one note (set as the base note), each on a key next to the other one.
You can check to see if your channels each only have one key in the key region. see #3 on this page for more info on key root and key region. http://www.flstudio.com/htmlhelp/html/chansettings_ins.htm
What if you select File -> New, and choose another template. Does the same thing happen with the sampler channels?
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