
These are all mixer tracks for the project that you’re working on. You should see a whole bunch of vertical bars, They will be titled Insert 1, Insert 2, and so on. Press F9 on your keyboard and that will bring up the mixer window. The first thing that we’re going to need to do is set up your microphone in a mixer Channel. This will get the input from the microphone and the audio interface into a mixer track in FL Studio. This is where we set up the microphone input from the mixer track. This lets you pick the folder on your computer that you want to save the recorded audio to.Ĭlick on the folder icon and select where you want the data to be stored.Īnd now we’ll move on to setting up the mixer track. You should see a box beneath that that says data folder. We’re going to go over to the Project tab. While we still have the Setting Window open let’s do one more thing. So let’s choose where we are going to save our recorded files. Now FL Studio can receive the input from the audio interface. So now we have the audio interface setup. You can see in this menu if you have had underruns. You will be able to hear pops and crackles in your recording if you have it set too low. For me, if I try to go lower than that I start to get some crackle in my recordings. In my case I’m selecting a buffer length of about 6-8 milliseconds. It will also make sure that you get a clean sound from your interface. This will prevent you from hearing a delay when you go to record your audio. I’m not going to go into a lot of detail about this.īut for recording, you want the buffer setting as low as you can get it, without it starting to clip, crackle, or pop. Buffer Settingsīelow the device drop down menu you’ll see another box that says buffer length. I am working off of a Presonus AudioBox iTwo audio interface in this example.Īnd in my case the ASIO device is called AudioBox ASIO Driver.Īnd then we need to set up the buffer.
#HOW TO RECORD AUDIO ON FL STUDIO TRIAL DRIVER#
The name of the driver might not be exactly the name of your audio interface. So from the ASIO devices menu select the driver for your audio interface. We want to look at the drop down menu of ASIO devices. There should be some options at the top that are called direct sound devices.Īnd underneath of that there should be some called ASIO devices. You want to look for your device ( audio interface). So underneath is the device drop down menu. This is the settings window in FL Studio.Īnd you should see a section called input/output. This will bring up a dialog box that has a couple tabs across the top like Midi, Audio, General and File. To get to the settings window in FL Studio, press F10 on your keyboard. Let’s get everything setup to record from our mic. And then choose where you want to save it on your computer.Īnd finally press the save button. This will bring up a dialog window that lets you choose where you want to save the project. It may seem a little weird to save a song before we’ve started.īut it’s just to help prepare where we are going to record things.įL Studio calls the files you save projects, but really it’s a song. Which as of 2019, is the latest version.įirst thing I like to do is to save the project. I’m currently running version 20 of FL Studio. So we want to keep that microphone working well for a long time. Having phantom power on when you plug the mic into the audio interface can cause damage to your microphone.

Generally, condenser mics need phantom power. If the microphone needs phantom power (+48V), then push the +48V button. Make sure that the Phantom power button is not on on your audio interface.Īnd then plug the other end into your audio interface.

Now plug the microphone cable into the mic. So plug into the correct port (USB, Firewire, or Thunderbolt). Plug the audio interface into the computer.Īudio interfaces come in a variety of connections. We’re going to do a couple of things to make recording happen: *Note if you are using a USB Microphone to record, the process is a little bit different.
#HOW TO RECORD AUDIO ON FL STUDIO TRIAL HOW TO#
We’ll cover the components you need, how to set everything up the first time, and how to start recording. Basic Steps to setup your mic and interface
