FL Studio

Configuration

Application-wide setup

• Main menu > Options > General settings > Undo > (o) alternative undo" (their "normal" is like FUBAR emacs undo/redo)
• Mixer > click top-left arrow to get menu > View > [x] Track inspector on left side

Starting project setup

• Select a template, In The Mix has a good one, see here.
• Save as... and give a name and store your project in a new folder in your projects folder (which is hopefully backed up, raided, shareable, all that goodness).
• Options > Project info > set the Title Author Weblink Genre
• Options > Project general settings > Data folder > change from "Auto" to the project folder.

Usage

• There are no tooltips for buttons, you have to look up in the far left corner when hovering over a control to get a description of what it does.
• Study using this great youtube channel: In The Mix

Time-correcting sampled tracks

• In the channel rack, click the audio file to open the wav editor.
• Right-click ON THE WAVE, and select "Edit in time warper" (newtime)
  • On the right-click menu, you can also "Edit in pitch editor" (newtone)
• Flags will be set on audio spikes; set the snap via the MAGNET button, then drag the flags as needed
• To save the changes, click and hold the "Drag selection" to the WAV in the piano roll to overwrite it.

Tempo got all fucked up on me tho when I stretched the tempo of the WAV BEFORE using newtone for a second time. Hrmph.