December 23, 2008
Author's Response:
Yeah, I realized as well that the bigger drums come in a little late, but after listening to it for a few times, I feel it was the right move. Thanks for the review!
Congrats on getting Fruity Loops -- it's a great program. When I first started using Fruity Loops, the first thing I did was make about 10 songs completely out of premade loops and samples. I think most people do that at some point, and I don't think it's a bad thing to do, either. Experimentation is key when it comes to learning FL (just don't submit songs made with stock loops to the AP because they aren't original work).
After that I started making music the real way; that is, I stopped simply throwing loops together and I started composing with Fruity Loops' instruments. You can hear that stuff at the bottom of my audio list; insomniac is the first song I ever made in FL.
I use a ton of VSTs. There are lots of great free ones out there, but as an essential step in expanding your FL boundaries, you will need some new VSTs.
I feel like I'm just rambling now, so I'll bring this to a stop.
I recommend reading through the Audio Forum's sticky; it has a lot of useful links and information that could help you out:
[http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/rules_
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