For us, data is being sent from FL Studio to our CPU for processing. After being processed, it collects in a buffer, and the sound card/audio interface pulls from the buffer and converts the data to an analog signal for your speakers to use. Buffering is useful for handling large spikes in data processing demand from FL Studio. I export the mp3 and bring it back into FL Studio so I can see where the track is peaking. At this point I take all plugins off the master so I can hear the track exactly as I exported it with no additional processing. It's peaking at about 1-2 dB, lots of distortion. So I go back to my session and take the last plugin in the chain off.
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FL Studio 12 sounds distorted when exporting projects. Question So I finished this track and when I export the project the entire song becomes distorted for some reason, but when I listen to my song in fl studio the song sounds fine.
Digital Audio Workstation Bias (DAW Bias for short) is real, and it’s a problem. Notable signs of someone with DAW Bias are: blaming the DAW for the music made in that DAW, making sweeping statements about the capabilities of a DAW (without spending time to actually learn it), and randomly cursing people out on the internet for not using their DAW of choice.
The most common and one of the most damaging forms of DAW Bias is FL Studio Bias. This is marked by the belief that only amateurs and people without talent use FL Studio, and is usually accompanied by being a low-key hater of Hip-Hop and EDM. Countless smash hit records have been made in FL Studio. It’s a great tool in all forms of electronic production, including Music For Film, Experimental Rock, and of course Hip-Hop, EDM and Electronica.
However, behind many biases are a grain of truth. DAWs are complex and reading manuals is boring. This leads to a lot of mistakes that are simple to fix, but often go unchecked. I mix a lot of records that were produced in FL Studio and there’s a few stand out mistakes I think need to be addressed.
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Mistake 1: Clipping Your Master Channel
Let’s be honest, we all want our productions to be more thumpy, and a big part of that is making the playback level loud and proud. However, there is a good way to do this, and a not-so-good way to do this. The most common mistake I see is people overloading either their individual channels, or their master channel.
What does overloading mean? In the digital world we have a level ceiling, and once a sound exceeds that volume level it distorts. While we get the signal louder by turning it up, up, and up, we also lose punch and create a tonal quality that is usually worse than what we started with.
Unfortunately, it’s very easy to do this. Why? Because most of our drum samples are starting out normalized to maximum volume. Drum sample producers want their drums to appear as loud as possible, so they maximize the level of the sample. That means when we program this sample into FL Studio, there is no more room to turn it up without distorting!
Fl Studio Export Distortion After Effects
Deceptively, FL Studio’s internal channels use 32 bit depth which is a scalar amplitude system. This means that within the program your sounds won’t clip. However, once you export to a fixed bit depth like 16 or 24, or convert your export at 32 to an mp3, any overs suddenly become clips. If you end up in the red it won’t be a problem inside FL but could be pretty gnarly once printed.
Solution: Turn your sample level down right at the beginning and turn your monitoring level up if you want that thump while you’re producing. By doing this, you leave yourself room to turn things up or down. Watch for those little red squares at the top of your channels. If they show up, that means you’ve overloaded the system.
But how do you make the playback loud? On your master channel place a device called a Limiter and use that to turn up your levels. The limiter will prevent clipping. And while it may seem counterintuitive, by turning things down at the very beginning you will actually have an easier time getting things even louder at the end.
Mistake 2: Ignoring Velocity, Time Offset and Swing
FL Studio has a ton of capability — even within the primary sequencer itself. But alas, many aspiring producers don’t go even a few steps further to explore these capabilities. While I don’t think it’s necessary to learn every nuance of FL Studio (although … why not?), I think there are three that are an absolute must when producing music: Velocity, Time Offset and Swing.
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Music is dynamic — meaning it changes. If everything hits exactly the same, exactly on the beat, it sounds like robots made it. Which in some circumstances can be ok. Freezepop has made an entire subgenre of their own from strictly quantized, robotic sounding music. The perfect sequencing of Muse’s “Madness” is effective. And the hi-hat rolls in Trap kind of work, somehow. However, most music benefits from dynamics and pocket (changes in level and timing).
By default, FL will put a hit at a designated velocity on the exact timing of a beat. But if you open up the sequencer window you can find that all of this is adjustable. Just by doing something as simple as drawing a contrast in velocity between your “big beats” (the really important drum hits you want to accent) and “inside beats” (the less important ones that just help the groove along) can make a profound difference.
Making some micro-timing adjustments can give the record an exciting feel. If you want something relaxed and groovy like the kind of Hip-Hop we like to smoke wee … err … relax to, drag those snares ever so slightly late. If you want something really upbeat and exciting, put whatever is on the second quarter note (probably a snare/clap) exactly on grid or a little late, and put whatever is on the fourth quarter note (probably also a snare/clap) ever so slightly early. And I’m talking just subtly enough so that you feel it, not so much hear it.
Congrats, you’re in a whole new world of thinking now.
It’s also worth playing with the Swing slider. Just mess with it, you’ll hear what it does. There’s a whole new world of potential grooves out there. Swing Trap? Somebody better do it, or I will. Fallout 4 maps all locations.
Mistake 3: Stagnant Arrangements
Music is progressive. If you start at point A, go to point A, and then end at point A, you haven’t told a story. You’ve just repeated a sentence. No one is trying to hear that. People want arc, drama and excitement. Don’t make a two bar loop, copy it eight times, copy it four more times with one new element on top of it, and then go back to the original loop eight more times and call it a verse – chorus – verse. It’s 2017 — c’mon now.
Create variations of your original loop and bring them in and out during the verse. When you go from the verse to the chorus, put in something to build tension and make the listener want that chorus to kick in. Don’t forget an intro and maybe a bridge. Even if you’re just making a beat and there’s no lyrics yet, give the lyricist some energy to go off of. Make a format to help them tell their story!
Mistake 4: Missing The MIDI Functions
FL Studio is centered around its wonderful step sequencer. It also has MIDI capability that allows you to plug in a keyboard and play a part in real time. The best producers know this and take full advantage of being able to both play live and program by sequence.
Even if we go under the hood and meticulously sculpt every note velocity and bit of timing, it still doesn’t account for all the possibilities one can create by simply playing a part in real time.
Mistake 5: Not Optimizing Your Export
After spending hours to days to weeks producing a song, don’t drop dead at the finish line! When exporting, we want the absolute highest quality file we can print out. For this I would just straight up copy these settings:
- Under “Project Type” select “Full Song” and “Leave Remainder”.
- Select “Wav” and under “Wav Bit Depth” select 24-bit. I generally recommend not printing 32-bit float unless you will be doing further treatment to the track yourself — like if you are going to pull the file back into another DAW to do your own mastering for example. Very few audio playback systems accept 32-float and will either reject the file or convert it to a non-floating bit depth. Consider a 16-bit version if your distribution website or digital platform specifies 16-bit as a requirement and there won’t be any mastering done outside of FL Studio prior to uploading, or if you are printing to a CD.
- Under “Quality” select the highest resampling rate you can pick. Currently that number is 512. Enable “HQ For All Plugins” and “Disable Max Polyphony”. If you are exporting to 24 or 16 bits, enable “Dithering” as well.
Mistake 6: No “Re-Recording” Mix or No Individual Trackouts
This one is for folks who are selling instrumentals online. When advertising your production on your sales page, I completely advise making a heavily compressed, pumped up, loud version of the instrumental. Your potential customers don’t understand the process of production, they just know what they hear and they expect the record to be loud. However, when it comes time to record the vocals for the production, that’s an entirely different story.
In order to get the vocals to blend well with the music, whoever is recording and mixing needs space in the record. If the record is slammed, whether through compression, limiting or hard-clipping the master channel — there is no more room. In order to make the vocals work, the engineer will have to make concessions. And again, counterintuitively, the final product will probably be less loud than it would have been had the engineer been given a less compressed file to begin with.
Once a beat is purchased, make an alternate version that is less compressed to help the process. Your name is going on this record and over the long term, everything that can help the success of the song benefits you!
You know what’s better than a less compressed mix? The complete individual trackouts of each audio element.
This one takes a bit of judgement. If you don’t know whose hands the instrumental is going to end up in for mixing, you may want to stick with the 2-track (just the beat, without the trackouts). However, if you know that a badass engineer will be handling the mixdown, give us the versatility to make the record the best it can be.
In order to do this, under “Miscellaneous” in the Export menu, select “Split Mixer Tracks”.
Now, again, here’s a bit of subjectivity. There is also an option labeled “Enable Insert Effects”. With that selected, all the processing like EQ and compression you have on your sounds will be printed into the trackouts. Personally, I’m an advocate for enabling that button. It’s your song and your sound. Mix engineers are not here to reinvent your music — we’re here to make it sound incredible. As long as you like what you did, you’ll love what you get back. However, if you are new to producing or unsure of your choices in effects, it’s ok to leave them off.
With these things in mind, FL Studio is every bit as good (if not better in some regards) as any DAW out there. So go make your music and let haters stand in the dark.
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A downloadable VST for Windows and macOS
Misstortion 2 is a free distortion plugin for VST-based hosts. Does its best to be like Logic's Clip Distortion and adds a bunch of other great features, which makes it very useful for the Hardstyle genre.
- Symmetry: Make your waveform asymmetrical for more finetuned distortion.
- Hard clip: Simple hard clip distortion.
- Soft clip: Hyperbolic soft clip distortion.
- Resonance: Increase the resonance to get a great tonal sound.
- Bitcrush: Add some bitcrushing to your waveforms.
- DC Filter: Filter out that nasty DC offset quickly and efficiently.
It's free! It runs on Windows and Mac DAW's that support 64 bit VST3's. There's also a Nimble Tools Discord for more info and support.
Check out Nimble Kick as well, a hardstyle kick pitching plugin.
If you love Misstortion, why not send a donation via Itch.io? When downloading the plugin below you can select a tip. <3 Donations will further drive development of Misstortion as well as other plugins that I'm working on! (More news on those very soon!)
Huge thanks to Code Black, Headhunterz, Frontliner, and many other top Hardstyle DJ's for their very helpful feedback! And a special thank you to Kimmykix aka Jacknife for the initial idea for me to make this plugin.
Status | Released |
Category | Tool |
Platforms | Windows, macOS |
Rating | |
Author | Nimble Tools |
Tags | distortion, hardstyle, Music Production, VST |
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- Misstortion 2.01.0 out now!Jan 28, 2020
- The 1.3 update!Sep 09, 2018
- Updated to 1.1Mar 04, 2018
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Hi, I don't understand why I can't see Misstorsion in my daw. I put the file in my library but it doesn't work. If you have a suggestion, i use Ableton on Mac.
For some reason version 2.01.0 gives me an error (unable to load the plugin) when trying to open it in FL Studio 20.6 on windows, but 2.00 works like a charm.. Do you have any idea what might be the problem?
Yes, you might have to install this: https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
Yep, that helped. Thank you for your time! Great handy little plugin btw!
Yo, Can you please explain what does the mode knob does and LEGACY means. The pre-dist clip filter is a bit tricky for me. Can you please explain?
The mode knobs control the filter slope. 'Legacy' in this case comes from one of the first versions of Misstortion 1, where the only available mode was a 12 dB/octave filter with a low Q value. I kept this specific mode because it was one that Headhunterz used a lot before I released Misstortion 2.
When you check the pre-dist clip filter option, the distortion is applied after the low pass filter (the clip filter) rather than before. This can be useful if you to put a focus on distorting certain lower frequencies without losing clarity in the high end.
Buenas, al final solucioné el problema poniendo un código en la terminal. aquí dejo los detalles por si alguien los necesita
- Lo primero será acceder al terminal. Para hacerlo entramos en el DashBoard y en la carpeta Otros encontramos la app Terminal. También podéis buscar en el Spotlight la aplicación, lo que os resulte más sencillo.
- Cuando hayáis entrado al terminal, debéis introducir el siguiente comando: y pulsáis Enter. Tras esto deberéis introducir vuestra contraseña de inicio de sesión para verificar que sois vosotros. A algunas personas le está dando error el código, debéis de saber que delante de master van dos guiones seguidos (-).
- Una vez hecho, ya podréis iros a Preferencias del Sistema > Seguridad y Privacidad y encontraréis la opción de Cualquier sitio descubierta.
- Para activar esta opción debéis darle en el candado que encontramos en la esquina inferior izquierda. Tras esto nos pedirá nuestra clave de acceso. Una vez introducida ya podréis seleccionar la opción En cualquier sitio.
Buenas, tengo problemas, mac catalina me dice que proviene de un deasarrollador no identificado y no lo puedo abrir, intento habilitarlo en privacidad y seguridad, pero no lo habilita. Alguna solución. Utilizo Cubase 10.5
I assume this is on Mac? Try this as a temporary workaround: https://itch.io/post/1114702
(It's a known issue caused by some weird Apple-related things.)
Would be possible to add the built-in highshelf post filter wich is avaliable in ClipDist/Distroyer?? Misstortion is a really great plugin!!
Would it be possible to release a Linux build for Misstortion 2? A Windows VST2 build would work as well, but I assume that's probably impossible without releasing the entire thing under the GPL because of Steinberg's licensing weirdness. I've compiled the original GPL'd Misstortion from source a few years ago and I've been using that since. I'd love to give Misstortion 2 a shot. Thanks!
Indeed, I can't release it as a VST2 unfortunately. :( Building as a Linux plugin is a bit difficult as well since I believe I need a fork of Juce in order to build it, which kinda sucks. Might try some day though!
I’m not sure if anything’s different for Misstortion 2, but I’ve been able to build a Linux VST3 plugin for Misstortion in the past by just selecting the ‘Linux Makefile’ export target in Projucer, saving, and running ‘
CONFIG=Release make -j8
’ from the ‘Builds/LinuxMakefile
’ directory created by JUCE. I don’t know if you already have access to to a Linux machine or VM, but I’m sure compiling through WSL2 would work just fine if you you’d like to give it a shot!Oh, it does have a Linux target now! That's new to me. I will play around with this soon, thanks!
On which OS? And which version of FL Studio? And in which folder did you place the plugin exactly?
why oh why is the gain in and out reduced to 12 instead of 50?