4/30/11

Using MIDI Files in FL Studio


Why MIDI Files?

They will provide you with as much flexibility as possible. You can edit and transpose them, assign any sound you want and get your own and original melodic lines. The editing possibilities are endless as you can play the performances at any tempo or pitch without artefacts.

M.I.D.I (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a file that contains all parts of a song split up into one file (Never the vocals!). Typically these are used for cell phone's, or other various projects that require a song without lyircs, yet not a big enough file to be an mp3 or WAV. MIDI files are not large at all, not even 1MB. Though in this file we have all the instruments parts split up into different sections on one file, and when imported into any music production program such as FL Studio, we can view / edit / change anything to that one song.

How to import MIDI files:


After you import a midi file, what you have to do is drag a sound from your library pack, and put it on each one. You can drop a guitar part onto a mandolin solo, you can drop 8-bit sounds onto a drum track, your choices are endless. I show you a little example with bass lines using Trilogy VST and some MIDI Files from MIDI Bass Chords Loops

So overall, here is what you can do with MIDI files.
1) Make an instrumental song
2) Change any track of a song
3) Change bits and parts of a song
4) Make a ringtone
5) Make your own song out of one!





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