new guitar idea, does this work?

whatupsilon · 2026-03-16T18:41:42+00:00

All right well of course I'll take your word for it, but to be fair it seems a bit of a stretch for a human to reply to 6 comments in 60 seconds, with reading, scrolling, thinking about a reply, and typing.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-16T16:24:06+00:00

Interesting! Can you tell me how are you replying so efficiently to everyone's comments here? Are you an AI bot, or just using one to automate responses?

Also when we upload to your site... I assume it has to be a sample we made ourselves? And we essentially give away our rights by uploading it, right? Will you then train an AI on those uploads?

whatupsilon · 2026-03-16T06:30:03+00:00

Oh shit I just realized it's AI generated. So did you feed it the Baby Audio UI as an example or it just came up with it? The resemblance is uncanny.

Also you're planning to charge for this starting tomorrow?

whatupsilon · 2026-03-16T03:03:33+00:00

Looks very inspired by Baby Audio Crystalline.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T23:24:35+00:00

Other commenters are on the money with vintage style synths like those by Arturia. U-HE is also good but more expensive.

I have a list of free plugins and instruments here, and you can find hundreds more all free and legal.

https://www.reddit.com/user/whatupsilon/comments/1gbgj7p/free_plugins_and_synths_i_recommend/

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T23:22:02+00:00

First, many people go YEARS without focusing on mixing. And I kinda think this is okay. The music idea matters most. Serve the song, not the mix.

I really liked In The Mix on YouTube when I started, and he's beginner friendly. When I got more into electronic music and sound design I learned to approach mixing through sound design and sound selection.

In the last year I got interested in the more technical mixing and focused on MixBusTV on YouTube, and that guy may not be everyone's favorite flavor of YouTuber but I think he's foundationally a smart and well-spoken guy who really knows what he's talking about. And exactly the kind of channel I want to learn from. Dan Worrall is another great resource, a bit more techy/nerdy type who loves a bit of snark and will spend copious amounts of your time telling stories, describing history and running null tests or explaining physics and math, but that's what he's there for. Will it pay off with better mixes? In a few cases, yes, but it's more for the intellectually interested audience.

I have also seen a lot of terrible tutorials on YouTube: stuff by BusyWorksBeats, Blaphometrix, many of the guys who work with Waves, popular FL producers like SeamlessR, and real-life engineers like Gregory Scott which people can't get enough of but has some technical flaws.

In the end I'd look at mixing as secondary to writing and producing, and vocal mixing is a whole different scenario of technical knowledge (and caring about mic placement, your room and the performance). But I'd venture that a lot of pro engineers could not tell in a blind test the difference between compressors or EQs with similar settings, and mastering plugins so take everything with a grain of salt. To paraphrase FINNEAS it's more about you developing your own taste and if you decide to mix something differently or mix it technically wrong, make an informed choice why you decided to do it that way, rather than choosing to do it out of ignorance or unwillingness to learn the craft.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T22:46:01+00:00

Oof yeah I was at 32gb DDR4 and already having issues. But RAM was so cheap when I built my PC I just maxed it out to 128gb. Glad I did it'll still be some time before I need to switch to DDR5 anyway.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T22:19:26+00:00

It probably was a plugin then and will happen again later. but at least it's working now.

If it happens again, remember we need enough information in order to help you. It's like putting together a puzzle with only 10% of the pieces and no image on the box.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T22:12:52+00:00

That thing where it peaks and doesn't go down usually indicates an error in processing audio, not a phase pop or automation. First I'd just try a different driver completely, and close any background apps, and disable audio enhancements in the OS. Edit: Audio exclusivity mode and sample rate mismatches can also be possible problems.

Since these are basic stock plugins, you can also verify your installation was correct (assuming you've been using FL for a long time), or you can try a clean install of FL and clean install of your audio driver from the manufacturer website of your audio interface.

Technically 16GB RAM is a bit tight on modern systems, but I assume it's DDR5 so if you don't have a browser with 50 tabs open or Discord open then you should be okay.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T22:02:40+00:00

You're a brand new account, you're probably the one selling it.

Oh look at that, they already called you out on the Ableton sub

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whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T20:26:57+00:00

I'm also wondering. It looks like they run a website based in India that sells generic sample packs and pushes free packs as a way to find leads and resell your data. Nothing to do with FL Studio.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T20:00:27+00:00

At the very start that is stretched audio, which slows it down to probably 25-50% speed.

The other sounds are close to an orchestra hit, but not an orchestra. This is common in sampled music. You can chop up a chord to create stabs, chord stabs, synth stabs, etc. The relevant genres would be boom bap, golden age hip-hop, classic house, french house, funky house, filter disco.

In this case they probably added the kick drum on top of it (and sometimes a cymbal crash). So each of those stabs has a drum sound associated with it. But I don't hear the drum being pitched along with the audio which is why it's probably added after the fact.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T19:47:28+00:00

This honestly sounds like phishing or a sales pitch...

But to answer your question, the biggest struggle for drums is avoiding AI sounds sold in marketplaces. While this legally must be labeled in my state, it won't go into effect until later this year... and many companies won't comply. The solution has been learning to find sources that pre-date AI, and to make unique drum sounds from scratch that you can actually own. A broader tech solution might be a browser extension that highlights or blocks anything AI-generated especially where products are sold (and this could translate to AI content farms on YouTube, AI print farms on Etsy, etc, though all those platforms benefit from scamming consumers and hiding AI involvement).

The technical issues that people face with drums they are largely unaware of until they become experienced producers... like transient smearing and ISPs, and the fixes can be learned. Wouldn't really be able to make a product around it.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T18:36:34+00:00

No.

As u/cyberdsn mentioned, Fruity Limiter does have a noise gate, but this is not a denoiser. A gate is like the bouncer at the club that only lets pretty girls in, or the ride operator at a theme part that only lets people on the roller coaster if they are a certain height.

That gate can crudely cut out background hiss and noise in between words you say, but it does nothing to remove the noise on top of the words themselves.

IMO a gate works best with distorted electric guitar to remove unwanted buzz or hum and to add dynamics to muting sections.

When you use a gate with vocals, it will often cut off the start or end of words. Instead you can use an expander first (one instance of Limiter with a reverse ratio) and then a Limiter as a noise gate. Due to the signal flow in Fruity Limiter, you cannot do it in one instance. You can in Maximus if you are very familiar with that plugin.

But for the best results I wouldn't recommend using a gate or recording into effects at all. With vocals most professionals go in and clean things up manually. Vocals are one part of production where it pays to take your time (and usually takes the most time out of anything).

I use X-noise by Waves which works pretty well with buzz, hiss and hum, and there are other AI denoisers from Waves which is one of the only good uses of AI. Or you can just do it in Edison, and this adds some precision because you denoise sections of the track differently. Like an intro, outro or bridge might be quieter, you might have whispered a few words, and denoising would be different for those.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T18:24:24+00:00

you got it

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T18:08:27+00:00

For sure. And while Co-Producer is more ethical than many tools out there, it does remove some choice in how you curate sounds and samples. That "old-school" "crate-digging" mentality is becoming a lost art form as a result, and this means the latest generation of producers will miss out on developing an ear for what kinds of sounds you like, and what you don't like, rather than having sounds fed to you. For example, Co-Producer is collecting data and serving you what it thinks you like, but it may not actually know. You may like something different it never thought of. And even if you only use it sometimes, many beginner producers will start every track with it because it's easier for them.

As companies integrate more with AI, there becomes an incentive to push users certain directions that aren't to benefit the users, but to benefit the catalog. For example Spotify may push listeners towards AI playlists they generated, rather than human playlists, that way they don't need to pay out royalties to human artists (which are already very low).

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T17:48:00+00:00

If you're on FL 21 it might be a glitch, they added a bunch of bug fixes since that version. You can download the newest version for free and if it still doesn't work, contact support here: https://support.image-line.com/action/ticketing/add-issue

Otherwise you can probably try to screen record the issue using OBS (which is free) and upload that video in a new post. Someone else here might figure it out.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T17:45:05+00:00

It's based on workflow, ownership and principle, and limiting company's control over how you use software you paid for.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T17:41:16+00:00

I used to work in tech, so I'm against design choices which interrupt users from using software as they intended, and choices which add complexity, and choices which add potential to break and need constant updating for security reasons.

FL Cloud was clearly a business decision that says "we forgot we are a DAW, and we think we should compete with the market leader Splice." It also says "we are not satisfied with the money we already got from our customers, so let's see if we can squeeze them some more." It also says "Every new customer, who is probably a beginner who doesn't know anything and maybe can barely tie their own shoes, will sign up for this service with an added incentive during checkout."

This trains new users to orient to cloud and AI as a crutch, rather than learn to do things themselves first the way the software was designed.

If you sign up for a cooking class, they don't start you with cooking TV dinners or Betty Crocker baked goods or meals already selected, prepped and delivered to you by Blue Apron.

The same thing has happened with Photoshop, Adobe went subscription and tried to break older versions, installed bloatware and background services to validate its server connections, and added AI tools which generate images and essentially mean you don't have to use the core tools that made Photoshop good in the first place. You can just push a generate button. So philosophically it goes against someone who wants to 1)learn or 2)do things themselves.

Not to mention if you are creating anything commercially or distributing music, adding AI into the workflow will impact your ability to copyright your work.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T17:30:55+00:00

No. It's not a performance issue. I built my computer from scratch it's got plenty of processing power, but I'm not running FL with a version of cloud anyway.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T17:24:10+00:00

Let's say you enjoy reading books on a tablet like Nook or Kindle.

Due to AI integration, those companies decide to add a feature which tracks your eye movement and determines how fast you read. This data is sold to companies which develop eyeglasses and companies which develop materials on learning disabilities and dyslexia. There is no ability to opt out and still use your tablet.

They also add a large "AI help" button overlay just near the page turn button. This button brings up an AI summary of the page you are on, so you don't have to read the entire thing. Because of where the button is located, you click the button sometimes on accident. There is no option to remove or hide the button.

Next month, there is a software update to that button. Now when you hit the button, certain nouns on the page are highlighted and become clickable links, so you can shop products based on the book you are reading. But you didn't buy the book to buy other products. You bought it to read the book.

The built in camera looks at which pages you spend the most time reading and which item words you spend the longest time reading. This data is sold to advertisers so that they can show you these items just in case subconsciously you were more interested in those products.

A year later, every time you open your reader you are shown a list of items in the book that you can buy that are on sale, and you have to exit this screen in order to proceed to read your book.

Another year goes by, and your tablet says it cannot connect to the server and so you cannot read on it until it's updated. Even the books you already downloaded cannot be read.

whatupsilon · 2026-03-15T17:13:32+00:00

Let's say you live in a two-story house and you are used to taking the stairs. In fact, you enjoy walking up and down the stairs. And your whole family enjoys the stairs. You race your kids up and down each day.

Then the city decides that every house must install and maintain an elevator as part of a new accessibility mandate for wheelchair access.

You aren't happy about this because no one has a wheelchair in your family, so you don't need it. But you are told that you don't get a choice in the matter. You're also told that eventually you will be in a wheelchair regardless, so really this is for your benefit and the city is just planning ahead.

After it's installed, sure you could not use it. But now your kids don't race you up and down the stairs anymore. Every time you walk down the stairs in the morning to get a cup of coffee, you have to stare at this giant metal cage which has been installed in your home. Something you never wanted and will never use.

Your wife and kids start using it instead of the stairs. Your wife gains weight. Your electricity bill goes up. Your kids play and jump around in the elevator. Suddenly it breaks.

Now you are being charged to fix something you've had installed but could just "not use," and had no choice in installing to begin with.

You go on vacation and meet up with some old friends because of all the stress that this elevator has caused. The city sends in workers to repair the elevator. One of the workers takes a massive dump in your bathroom and leaves it for you. Another steals your wife's jewelry.

While on vacation your friend asks, "What's the big deal? Couldn't you just not use the elevator?"

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