Fruity Loops

I've been using Fruity Loops for 2 years and I love it. I just want to see who's uses it and loves it like me.

First person to vote go me!

I found cool edit easier

i used it as my main sequencer for a while but have since switched to cubase, where i still use fruity as a sampler. i also find it good for getting ideas down quickly.

isnt cool edit just a wave editor? ive never really heard of it being used as a sequncer before?

I use Fruity Loops.

The main reason I use it is because I seriously don't think my computer would run another program (e.g. Reason, Cubase).

It's pretty easy to get the hang of. But I suppose it is a bit limited in what you can make. Unless you know it inside-out.

Peace!

ive had a little play with it, but really have no idea at all about what im doing, im getting someone to teach me, what to do, in the next few weeks. they said that he uses fruity loops to make D'n'B tunes.

Fruity is used but a few major producers in europe, it allows for vsts unlike reason...

QUOTE (Khem @ May 13 2005, 11:16 PM)

where i still use fruity as a sampler. i also find it good for getting ideas down quickly.

You're right Fruity Loops is heaps good for getting ideas down quickly.
I prefer to use Sound Forge to sample.

QUOTE (S2J @ May 13 2005, 10:33 PM)

I've been using Fruity Loops for 2 years and I love it. I just want to see who's uses it and loves it like me.

FL studio 5 producer edition is pretty cool, but i had a few issues with automation etc.
Some VSTi's arent fully automatable with it which can suck the big one!
Also the playlist/arrangment window is pretty gay compared to LIVE's.
Ive been makin beats for almost a yr. now with FL but have just started using Ableton Live 4. Its shits on FL.
It doesn't have much in the way of VSTi's but u can use any VST/VSTi's in it and its all pretty much fully automatable.
Live is also a wicked DJ machine and just for muckin about jammin samples,
it beatmatches samples/stretches/keeps it all in time and i fucking luv it long time.
So far anyway.....

I've been using FL Studio 4 for a while.. it's not too bad.

A mate of mine has been screaming at me to go to Ableton Live though.. reckons its the bizness.

I think FL is decent for just chucking ideas down quick.. prefer cubase as a sequencer though.

Grady and Flymo get some wicked results outta fruity

Sasha V, Twisted Freq and Pain on Creation use it also.

This post has been edited by Bongo: May 18 2005, 12:40 PM

mmm yum i love froot loops

albeton wins hands down when you want to get serious, but fruity gets you started and you get a better understanding of how to produce with it which translates to other programs

acid pro is also another good progam but can be a fucker to get all your loops beatmatched some times

i found it helped me learn the basics of production but after a while i took the step up to cubase and reason

started messing around with it in the last couple of weeks, definitely like it, found it easier to work with than acid pro

This post has been edited by techsta_girl: May 18 2005, 02:37 PM

i never really liked it because when FL first came out, the real trackers were still going strong (eg. Impulse Tracker, etc) so i stuck with what was familiar.

lotta ppl still use it as ppl have stated in this thread. just give the demo version a try and see if it floats your boat in terms of being productive and effective.

QUOTE (KrAkAz @ May 15 2005, 07:07 PM)

QUOTE (S2J @ May 13 2005, 10:33 PM) I've been using Fruity Loops for 2 years and I love it. I just want to see who's uses it and loves it like me.  FL studio 5 producer edition is pretty cool, but i had a few issues with automation etc. Some VSTi's arent fully automatable with it which can suck the big one! Also the playlist/arrangment window is pretty gay compared to LIVE's. Ive been makin beats for almost a yr. now with FL but have just started using Ableton Live 4. Its shits on FL. It doesn't have much in the way of VSTi's but u can use any VST/VSTi's in it and its all pretty much fully automatable. Live is also a wicked DJ machine and just for muckin about jammin samples, it beatmatches samples/stretches/keeps it all in time and i fucking luv it long time. So far anyway.....

im glad everybody is beginning to realise the brilliance of live....a few things they need to clean up and it will be on its way to being almost perfect in my eyes

QUOTE (VeLoCiTy @ May 18 2005, 03:23 PM)

i found it helped me learn the basics of production but after a while i took the step up to cubase and reason

was that before or after you started making crappy imitation hardcore that sounds nothing like it should?

Bottom line is most sequencers generally do the same thing.. Its a matter of being dedicated and using it to its fullest potential.

ive been using fruity for bout 3-4 years and i like it.
it is quite simple, and can be a very in depth program,
depending on how smart you are with using it.
I wrote 'Afraid of the Dark' and 'Crazee' and 'Hard as fuck' on it.
using cooledit just for wave editing and have started involving reason
in my productions.

QUOTE (GRADYG @ May 24 2005, 06:07 PM)

I wrote 'Afraid of the Dark' and 'Crazee' and 'Hard as fuck' on it.

sorry, but i dont know you nor have i heard of those songs before. lol.

got a link anywhere?

QUOTE (Phorte @ May 24 2005, 09:16 PM)

QUOTE (GRADYG @ May 24 2005, 06:07 PM) I wrote 'Afraid of the Dark' and 'Crazee' and 'Hard as fuck' on it. sorry, but i dont know you nor have i heard of those songs before. lol. got a link anywhere?

http://www.djnexus.com/main_view.cfm/l/47485/Passion%20S

Afraid of the dark sample.

Its on Passion records or something.. He plays out sometimes (dj sets).

Fruity loops, if we can compare music making programs to pornography, is lesbian porn.

(girls if you're trying to understand this, picture yourself as a boy, morespecifically that you have a penis.)


why do i say that? Well, think about it, there's definately something missing from lesbian porn it's not the gorgeous bodies or the conventional porn wailing of pleasure. It's the fact that you don't have a window into that porn world, you don't have that penis in the frame which bridges reality and virtuality together.

The addition of a penis, enables yourself to fit in that picture, making you feel like you really fit in, you don't get those emotions from lesbian porn but it's still entertaining to watch.

now, back to where i started, fruity loops is like lesbian porn for that exact same thing, it doesn't have a penis pretty much, it doesn't have anything special that sets it aside from any other program, nor does it have that robust music making masculinity that you can relate to, it's just mediocre, but it's still ok to use. just like lesbian porn

LOL
love the analogy

QUOTE (Cetra3 @ May 30 2005, 01:39 AM)

Fruity loops, if we can compare music making programs to pornography, is lesbian porn.

Can we add that to the poll please..?

I use Fruity-Loops to make patterns (drum, synth etc.) then export them into Acid (sometimes via Cool edit). FL4 is great for that (once you get the hang of it), but I find it's not much good for mapping out a whole track.

As a sequencer its piss easy, much better then reason which i found a bitch. Fruitloops is greatly improoved if u get more plug-ins and then you have a good program to use.

but the other week, i got ablteon Live and am loving it, will take me awhile to master but i have seen what it is capable of.

I used to use it but I now use Reason and edit samples, record scratches and master in Cubase. This combination works best for the material I do and I can fit my brain around it.

So I guess its what your used to or like to play with re: sequencers.
FL is great for making beats and such but i have found Reason to be a better all round package with unlimited potential.

Pz

Oh yeah and I better get to derringers soon to pick up my copy of Recycle and SSL before Jarrod bounces on my head

This post has been edited by Anzac: Jul 25 2006, 08:12 PM