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Glim Glim is a male
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ok this is a really basic question I'm sure but i've never grasped using vsti's and nearly all of my tracks over the years dont have any, when people hear them they often cant or dont believe me but i never had a good enough pc to run a decent vsti.

I now have a decent setup and a whole bunch of vsti's i want to use, but im not sure how to install them.

do i just copy and paste them into a folder in FL? some of them have files in the their folders that dont open so im guessing those ones i copy into an FL folder and then do a vsti search in FL??

Its just im getting things ready for producing again, building up a decent sample base and synth collection, something i may of neglected last time..

if anyone can help i'd be most grateful

thanks. Smile

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19-12-2008 18:41
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when you go to add a channel or an effect click on more at the top of the list, then refresh and as long as the vst's are in the fl studio> plugins folder, it'll automatically find em....then you just select em and they'll appear on your list.

i wrote that without looking at fl but im pretty sure its right.....

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Options -> File settings -> VST plugins extra search folder

choose the default folder for VSTs. When you install them laters, you choose this folder. This will also be the default folder for all programs that use VSTs. But, this is the folder ONLY for the VST plugin files (which are .dll's)!!
Don't mix it up with the program files of the program which are not put in this location (usually, but you can choose to install them all) and usually request for an installation location.

BTW what Sephiroth wrote will work in the case when you have designated the default VST directory which really holds those VSTs. If not, they will not appear in the list.

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19-12-2008 19:26 Homepage of Muad'Dib
Glim Glim is a male
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cheers lads, i'll get right on it when i finish work... hate that.. always stumble across an idea or thought that i cant do until i get home.. they should install FL on all work pcs around the world imo... would make a happier employee..


Also just one more thing, been searching but cant find it:

Do you knwo how i can record using my guitar in FL.. I remember doing it ages ago and from what i remember it is a slightly difficult thing to do.. maybe it was me.. anyone know how to do this?

i have fl8 xxl
m-audio fast track pro


cheers!!

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19-12-2008 19:32
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You can record sound in FL only if you have ASIO drivers. You can record it through the mixer. You select a mixer channel and select the input (big letters IN).
Then, you click the Mixer channel's record button (looks like a floppy, beneath the channel). It will ask you where to put the file.
After that, you press the master record button (next to play). And voila! It records Big Grin

PS Be careful, if your channel has effects, your guitar will be recorded with those effects. Solution: input the guitar in a dry channel, route it to FX channel for effects, and when recording, record the dry channel.

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19-12-2008 19:46 Homepage of Muad'Dib
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Excellent!!

Thanks Muad'Dib, a very helpful and speedy response as always mate!!

Cant wait to get home and try it out!!

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19-12-2008 19:50
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No problem, mate, I am always glad to help! Bigup

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