FL Slayer - How to Make It Sound Good

[xyproductions1]

Good stuff bro ...

what soundfont have u use for the background string ....it sounds preety cool..

[Louisi4nimal]

how do u film ur FLS videos??? Bcuz the way i did it made it look like shit.Your video on the other hand looks fantastic!!!

[metabog]

@Louisi4nimal I used Camtasia.

[Louisi4nimal]

@metabog oh...

[tonazzz]

very nice! which drum kit did u used? thanks so much

[Zejex]

Or you could record a electric guitar... seems easier.

[metabog]

@Zejex I agree, however not everyone has or knows how to play guitar, and it's also quite useful for laying down temporary guitar before you record real audio. I myself don't ever use Slayer, but it's still a cool little VST.

[fraeofficial]

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!

[hollowpoint90]

i wonder if you would mind uploading the project file for that song somewhere for download?:) it would be great to play with that for inspiration!

[SEPTICSOUNDS13]

i just uploaded a metal track i made ages ago with fl slayer. i have other plugins now and other, better produced tracks but i wanted to show it for comparison. it's the newest vid on my page if anyone wants to hear it.

[27drumhead]

hahah wow thanks man

[benignism]

very helpful!

[davemooreracing]

great video.....very helpful

[mayanza]

Thanks a lot!

[pyr666]

just curious, how long did it take you to figure out all this stuff?

[metabog]

@pyr666 Well I'm on my second university degree on this now, but basically all you need to do is have patience and approach the problem with patience rather than quitting the moment it sounds bad and saying "oh I need another VST". The point of this video really is to showcase that you don't need to spend a lot of money to get a decent sound, because all the different products out there do all the same things, but people really only buy them because they want to be given some presets.

[metabog]

@pyr666 Once you've got the basic ideas behind synthesis and MIDI, it won't take you long to understand how to use basically any plug-in and be creative. The main thing I want to stress is don't expect to always be given good sounding settings out of the box.

[ItachiisThashit87]

I'm trying to make Guilty Gear/BlazBlue style music, yet am struggling to find a good program without having to rely on Slayer.

But if push comes to shove, how would I go about making that style using Slayer?

[coldsp1d3r85]

Damn!!! That sounded awesome

[97beatboxboy]

i cant find my fl slayer help pleaseee

[sfxsuperdude]

5 mins? you really meant 5 mins? you forget the 0 ! doesnt you?

[repentsins]

you my man, are a god send! lol i have been trying to figure out how to do the damn guitar crunch for idk how long! thanks alot, awesome video and very very helpful! thanks again for uploading!

[slitherlock]

thx brother...good vid,,,please make more....just got the producer edition today....the possibilities are mindblowing. that riff u threw together would have worked in the rip off. how funny you did the laugh..I understand the feeling...this shit is powerful indeed.

[dw1664]

Thanks for the video. I wonder if it's possible to convincingly emulate sweet Gilmour-esque vibrato and tremolo bar effects, reverse stringbends, etc., with FL Slayer?

[metabog]

@dw1664 I'd like to say anything is possible, but I've yet to see an actual guitarist emulate the sweet Gilmour-esque vibrato. :P

[WJWProductionz]

This is probably just me, but first time i opened up FL Slayer it sounded awesome, and it sounds realisitic to me. Atleast for being generated on a computer. Good vid :)

[LameV2]

Or just buy a guitar.

[DiseBeatz]

just add FL Slayer on the mixer , and then add "Hardcore" , and play around with it

[huddle90]

@DiseBeatz Guitar Rig is your best bet.

[lx0H34dShoT0xl]

@huddle90 but in guitar rig are only effects for real guitars

[metabog]

@lx0H34dShoT0xl That doesn't matter... 

[lx0H34dShoT0xl]

@metabog you can use it withput an real guitar ?

[metabog]

@lx0H34dShoT0xl Of course, stick it on a track and you can put anything through it, vocals, synths, bass... anything. 

[lx0H34dShoT0xl]

@metabog amazing ... thanks for your help :)

[Lop7dh]

Very impressive, I learned a lot.

So let's say I want a lead guitar in a song, but I honestly can't make Slayer sound good enough. Tips on other VSTis or should I just give up on the whole guitar thing?

[KnightsOfTheMcNugget]

where can i get slayer guitar for free and do i need any other programs/plugins to make it sound EXACTLY how you have it in this video. please reply.

[repaztiya7]

The Earth Extinction of Ayreon! Hahaha you did a great job, mate! Your video helped me out! Thanks ;)

[Redstealth503]

Really good vid, but Slayer is a lost cause. No way to make it sound good.

[metabog]

@Redstealth503 That's true, but in the right setting you can mask it behind other things, and people won't ask questions. I wouldn't use it to replace lead guitar in a song, of course.

[huddle90]

@Redstealth503 soundcloud(dot)com/dustinhanse­n/new-song-7

[RockinScene]

thumbs up if you thought he was going to play smoke on the water

[Sk8MeTheHorizon]

CAN ANYONE HELP ME?

I use FL 9 and yesterday i started making an instrumental an I was able to move all the single "blocks" in piano roll however i wanted to - i was able to set them between two of the vertical lines but now i can only set them right on those lines...difficult to explain...anyone knows what changed?

[NowhereBeats]

@Sk8MeTheHorizon

Maybe this will work.

On piano roll in the top left corner there is what looks like an upside down magnet which is on the right of an icon of a spanner

If you hover over the upside down magnet you will see it is called Snap To Grid

Click on it and select (none)

This will allow you to place the blocks any where on piano roll

Let me know if that is what you wanted help with ???

[Sk8MeTheHorizon]

@NowhereBeats thanks for your advice but i configured it myself already...i dont know how exactly i did that but if it changes again i will try your way :)

[ZIONCALLSyou]

really good man................cool

[kettuja]

Loved the Ayreon rip-off.. I'm watching right tutorial, ty. ;) Arjen forever.

[metabog]

@kettuja If you like Ayreon you might like my band Abodean Skye then. Do a search. :) Cheers, thanks for watching.

[AmxCsifier]

why do you guys don't share the flp file ? :)))

[metabog]

@AmxCsifier Because we want you to do it yourself so you can learn.

[slashmole]

How could I make a Djent guitar on that?

[metabog]

@slashmole I will probably try to do a tutorial on that as I've started to "get" Djent tones, though I kind of hate most bands in that genre.

[slashmole]

@metabog Well by Djent... i guess I mean Dubstep because they both have that "digital piercing" sound to them, with really juicy digital bass. I know what you mean hating those bands, thats why I just listen to instrumental Djent. Buttersnips by Bulb is pretty cool

[rocksteadystevey]

good vid man. like the rip off. you have any drum tuts? i wanna get a sick double bass punk 1...2 1....2 beat

[sergiutarantino]

very nice!i was about to quit fl studio but after this vid...fckin amazing!Oh..and one more thing. Can u tell me what kind of drums plugin are you using cuz flc sounds a bit off. Tnx for the video!

[metabog]

@sergiutarantino I use Addictive Drums mostly.

[sickly666]

Thanks for the tutorial. I actually learned something from this tutorial unlike some of the other tutorials for FL Slayer. Thumbs up man.

[AjfromDamons]

Dude you make music so fast I spend 20 minutes thinking of a 10 second riff. You are the man, thank you for showing this to me. LIKED!

[LastKissGoodbye]

It sounds better, but even FL Slayer at it's best isn't going to be able to replicate the sound of a real electric guitar.

[Panman14]

Ok i'm kind of new to FL slayer, (Or more so the program at this point) but Every vid I lookat, I see this plugin or effect thing that they al ways use. I was wondering what it was or if it effects the quality of the project. At the begining of your vid, whch was majorly helpful, :) Its behind the first FL Slayer you have open, right underneath it. What is that? :\

[metabog]

@Panman14 That's the mixer, the most important and basic thing in FL Studio.

[thePariah6]

this is very helpful

thanks a lot

[cjsnw1]

What'd you use for the drums? DFH perhaps? All my DFH wav's are empty. Can you help?

[toshkabg3]

Great!! Thank you :)

[Blind0Fish]

777 views >D

[mayank6169]

how u copy the loop

[LyripsBeatzOfficial]

fl slayer is very low quality vst

[metabog]

@LyripsBeatzOfficial Can you please define what it means for a VST plugin to be "low quality"? Slayer is a top notch Karplus-Strong-based plugin based on years of research into physical modeling. It has controls for every parameter and avoids almost all the pitfalls of the KS algorithm, and, to top that, it even includes a good quality Amp and Cabinet simulator. I think you are taking the technology for granted. It's only going to sound as good as you can make it sound.

[LyripsBeatzOfficial]

@metabog FL SLAYER HAS CLICKS ON BIGINING OF ITS EVERY SOUND,,,,LOW QUALITY ,,MEANS ITS NOT REALISTIC GUITAR VST..ITS THE SAME WITH FL KEYS...THE NOTES ARENT GOOD ...AND THE VIBRATIONS OF THE SOUNDS ARE NOT GOOD,,,,THATS WHAT I MENT BY SAYING "LOW QUALITY" BUT THE TUTORIAL IT SELF IS GOOD

[metabog]

@LyripsBeatzOfficial Ugh. Ok.

[ProjectTrinity]

@metabog It's like what you said went right over his head, huh? xD I happen to use Slayer myself and plan to get better at it, so thanks for the tutorial! Mixing in choirs and the guitars together are always too fun to do. *w*

[RyukoTR]

@LyripsBeatzOfficial

Add more attack. clicks disappear.

[JRocKinPENANG]

i can't believe how fast you work... the ideas just kinda 'flow out'... amazing job man!

[Methecos]

Incredible. Thank you so much, metabog.

[MrJohnHoHoHo]

Seriously the best FL slayer guide made so far. Much better then shit from noobs of expertvillage.

[UnbornKamaza]

@MrJohnHoHoHo <<< i hella agree with this guy

[metabog]

@MrJohnHoHoHo I don't know what the deal is with Expertvillage, but I haven't seen a single helpful vid, and often times they just give bad advice. There's nothing to qualify those people as experts, since there's never any background to them. It's like they just get random people.

[RawGreenTheAnimator]

@MrJohnHoHoHo yeah, them bitches need to suck socks for a living.

[psensor]

5:24 LMAO

[Ayfgony]

Guy, You are awesome ! I'll never more record my weird things.. Now i'll finally call it Rock . haha

Thank You So Much, really !!! =D

[comraad]

DUDE you are craaazy , go make your own albums and you will kick ASS. Thanks for the tutorial.

By the way, is it possible to make Slayer sound like the guitar played at the beginning of X japan song Kurenai, if it is, could you please make a tutorial. Thanks

[stevenmonster]

Fantastic, a really helpful tutorial.