How To Set Up Microphone Fl Studio 20

Are you struggling to effigy out how to record your voice in FL Studio?

Well today I'm going to walk you through the entire process of how to record your vocals.
And I as well accept a cheatsheet that yous can download and impress out.

I can remember the showtime time I tried to figure out how to record vocals in FL Studio.
It seemed like some weird technical nightmare to figure out all the different buttons I had to press, and things I had to check.

All just to pace up and sing a few words into a microphone.

I know information technology feels intimidating right at present.
Simply I promise, in one case you've done two-3 times, information technology starts to get second nature.

Then allow me walk yous through what you have to practice!

THE EQUIPMENT

So the first thing that we need to practise is make certain we have all the correct equipment that we need to record a vocal in FL studio.

Today I will be using a:

Condenser Microphone that comes with a headbasket
a popular filter
a mic stand
an XLR cable
an audio interface.

I set up all these elements together so that I can become my voice from the microphone into the DAW.

Brand sure that y'all connect everything commencement, earlier you turn on the Phantom power.
Phantom power is the affair that helps power the condenser microphone to make information technology work.
Only if I have the phantom power on while I'm connecting everything, in that location is a take a chance that I could damage the microphone.

I don't want to do that. You don't desire to do that.
You need to protect your investment, and make sure that you have it for the long booty.

Sound INTERFACE SETTINGS IN FL STUDIO

So now that everything is connected, I demand to make certain that I accept everything routed correctly in FL Studio so that it sees the microphone, and I can get the audio into the song that I am producing.

So I will open up FL Studio and then open upwardly the settings window by pressing F10 on my keyboard.
When that window comes upwardly, I volition select the audio tab.

At the peak of the audio tab you accept the pick to select the commuter for the audio interface that you take plugged into your computer. The sound interface that I am using on this project is the Presonus Audiobox iTwo.

So I want to make sure that I am looking for the ASIO driver for that audio interface.
Since I am working in Windows.

The side by side setting that I need to bank check is the buffer size.

Usually when I am recording a song or any audio, I want to brand sure that I get the buffer size as depression as I can without introducing any clicks or pops into my recordings.
I ordinarily endeavour to exist around 256 samples.

If that doesn't work, then I'll move up to 512 samples.
That usually works pretty well for me without introducing whatsoever strange filibuster that I would hear in my headphones.

RULE OF THUMB : proceed buffer size low when y'all are recording to go on from hearing a weird delay of your voice in the headphones. You can increment the buffer size when you move into mixing, which volition help yous with processing lots of plugins in your mix.

SETTING UP THE MIXER TRACK

Now that we have the audio interface setup, we need to go into the mixer to make sure that we are able to get the audio into the project.

I observe a blank mixer track, they are called insert tracks in FL Studio.

Go over to the right side of the window and select the drop down menu for input.

I am going to select Input one from the dropdown carte.
Brand sure you are using the mono channel and not the stereo channel,
otherwise you will go everything showing up on the left side.

And so I need to set the gain for the vocal mic.

I practise this past singing into the microphone and raising the level on the sound interface preamp,
until I encounter the green bars hitting somewhere in the -16 to -12 level on the meter.

This will make sure that I am getting a decent audio signal into the song
and so that I tin apply plugins and mess with the volume afterward every bit I start mixing the song.

TIP: if you are having problem getting enough proceeds out of your preamp, then you can try to add together a little more past adding a fruity residue plugin to the mixer track to requite you a little extra book.

RULE OF Pollex : Look to have the meter hitting about midway up to make sure you lot have a good usable signal that isn't too loud, or too soft.

The last thing you demand to practise in the mixer window is to pick where you want to salvage the audio file that you record.

You tin can do this by clicking on the little circumvolve at the bottom of the mixer track you setup.

This will open up upward a dialog box that volition ask what you desire to call the file and where you desire to save it.
I try to proper noun files in a way that makes sense so that when I open the project later, I can tell at a glance what the files are.

And then if I'm recording a office of the verse, then I would name it something like vox-verse1.

Information technology simply makes things easier when you utilise a little fleck of organization upwardly front end in your projects.
Trust me, it pays off later on on.

Sweet!

You lot have finished doing all the things that you need to do for the mixer window,
So now we can get back out to the main window and playlist area to finish getting things setup.

SETTINGS IN THE MAIN WINDOW

At the elevation of the programme, there is a section called the transport controls.

This is the play button and the tape button, etc.

Right click on the record button (1) and make sure that the pick for recording sound is checked,
as well as the record starts on playback option.

And so I like to make sure that I take the countdown timer (2) turned on. This just adds a metronome countdown before the recording starts, and gives y'all a little actress time to get prepare before y'all have to sing.

I may or may not as well turn the metronome on, based on what stage I'm at in the song.

If I just have a crude guitar track downward and am recording guide vocals,
and so I will probably record with the metronome.

Just if I take a pretty fleshed out vocal, so I might plow information technology off.

That'southward up to y'all.

So make sure that you have vocal mode (3) selected.
It'due south correct beside the play button on the left. When you lot click song, it will plough greenish.

That makes certain that you are focused on the playlist mode.

THE Bodily RECORDING Part

So now all the back end stuff is prepare, and yous can actually start to record the vocals.

Put a pair of headphones on, make sure that no sound is coming out of speakers.
You don't want any sound bleeding into your mic while your are singing.

Make certain you cheque to make sure that the volume is up enough to hear the music,
but not too loud that it makes it difficult to concentrate on what you accept to sing.

If you don't like to hear yourself singing, you can setup the mixer to just hear the track and not your voice.
Merely I retrieve it is a practiced practice to go used to hearing yourself sing.

Then all y'all take to do is click the tape button, or press R on your keyboard.

You lot'll hear the metronome outset to count downwards.

And then you are recording!

When yous finish recording you tin can printing the infinite bar to cease the audio,
and you will see an audio file show upwards in the playlist.

Congratulations! You lot have now done your showtime song recording in FL Studio!

Determination

Let's go over the steps one more time.

Setup your microphone, stand up, pop filter, XLR cable and audio interface
Turn on Phantom power after it's all connected.
Get the audio interface settings in FL Studio
Setup the mixer track to tape from your audio interface
Set the gain for the mic and so yous become a proficient level
Gear up where y'all want the audio file to be recorded and name information technology
Make sure that you are set to record in the transport bar
Tape your little heart out!!

Now there are some ways that you can customize the listening feel in your headphones.
You tin can setup the mix to either hear yourself with some furnishings,
or perhaps you lot don't want to hear yourself at all.

If you want a quick checklist for recording, you lot can download one here.

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Vocal Recording Cheat Sheet

This step by step guide will help you tape your vocals in FL Studio.

Cheers for hanging out with me, and brand sure that you check out this post on how to tape multiple takes of vocals and other instruments to get some ideas for putting together really good takes for your productions.