Library.

For when a lesson isn’t enough. The saved music is the test, not the video.

Watch it done

  1. Welcome to FL Studio (new tab)Video · 00:12–03:24FL Studio · Synthet
  2. Creating melodies (new tab)Video · 00:00–02:16FL Studio · Synthet
  3. Let's record MIDI (new tab)Video · 00:27–03:30FL Studio · Synthet
  4. Making a beat (new tab)Video · 00:08–03:09FL Studio · Synthet
  5. Arranging a track (new tab)Video · 00:00–03:04FL Studio · Synthet
  6. Export your music (new tab)Video · 00:00–02:35FL Studio · Synthet

Understand the instrument

  1. Your first piano lesson (new tab)Video · 00:30–05:41Pianote · Lisa Witt
  2. Build your first chords (new tab)Video · 05:41–09:43Pianote · Lisa Witt
  3. BooBass: three controls and a keyboard (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Read the introduction only.
  4. 3x Osc (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Read shape selectors and oscillator mix levels.
  5. Instrument volume envelope (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Read the volume envelope and ATT (attack).
  6. Fruity Reeverb 2 (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Read DEC (decay), DRY and WET.
  7. Automation Clips (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Read Creating and Editing Automation Clips.

Record and deliver

  1. The easiest way to record (new tab)Video · 00:34–03:14FL Studio · Synthet
  2. Keep the recording dry: EXT (new tab)Video · 05:04–05:39FL Studio · Synthet
  3. Audio Clip fades (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Read Integrated Envelope Controls: fades and gain.
  4. Exporting separate parts (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Read Split mixer tracks and insert/master effects.
  5. Project backup (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Read Export → Zipped loop package.
  6. Audio settings (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Read the audio device and buffer settings.
  7. Autosave and recovery (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Read Backup (Autosave).

Go a little deeper

  1. Complete Beginner Basics Tutorial (new tab)Video · Watch up to 10 minutes; this is a time limit, not a verified chapter.In The Mix · Michael Wynne · FL Studio 20
  2. Triads · Open Music Theory (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Optional: Triadic Qualities and Listening to Triads. Use the written keyboard exercise here first.
  3. Chord inversions · Open Music Theory (new tab)ManualImage-Line manual · Optional: Triadic Inversion. Compare the same notes with a different lowest note.

How these were chosen

The course uses short Image-Line tutorials, original exercises and manual pages for specific controls. Video titles and chapter times were checked against the uploader’s details on 15 September 2026; that is not a claim that every demonstration was watched.

In The Mix is the longer explanation when a short lesson is too compressed. Learner recommendations in r/FL_Studio (new tab) and the Vital forum (new tab) informed that choice. Community reports are useful feedback, not proof of learning.

Pianote supports the keyboard exercises; Open Music Theory supports harmony. No paid membership is needed. Some screens differ by FL Studio version; the long In The Mix introduction uses FL Studio 20.

Finished beats perfect.