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Although one of the most misused effects in making beats and instrumentals, reverb can be without question, a great friend to a beat maker or producer as well!  There's something to be said about having a nice reverb flowing through your mix.  It brings out a nice ambience to your beats, and gives it a nice wider feel at the same time.  However, overdo it, and you may create a muddy mess of echoing on your mix which is not a great sound at all.  There is not much to be said about the reverb plugins in FL Studio, as some people doubt on their ability to bring out a nice sound.  So how do you go about doing that?

Bringing out reverb isn't too difficult, but can be a bit tricky depending on how you have your channels set up within FL Studio.  Best rule of thumb first of all, ...
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Just wanted to share a remake I had done awhile back in FL Studio for Ciara's "Like A Boy". I know some of you may have seen the video, and others may not have, so I thought that for those that haven't, or even for those that have and wanted to see it again, I'm sharing the video on my blog on SoundsForBeats.com. I'll be creating more FL Studio videos of working on beats that I'll share with you all on the blog, for those that are looking for different thoughts or tips on beat making.  Of course, sounds I create for SoundsForBeats.com, I actually use in my hip hop beats as well.  Some sites may sell sounds but don't believe in them firmly enough to not use them.  I stand behind my musical instrument sounds, and use them quite frequently on my beats.



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It's Finally available!  FL Studio 9 (or Fruity Loops as some still call it) has officially been released as of September 9th, 2009.  For some, it's just another release for another software, and for others, the release of the music production software, FL Studio 9 is like celebrating Christmas early!

So what's all the hype about FL Studio 9's release?  Well, for those that have had the world known music production / beat maker software for years, it is another update with fixed bugs, and new features and plugins to have making beats easier to accomplish.  Or rather, for making music completely!

FL Studio has been tweaked with various new features, and plugins that add to making songs or making hip hop beats within FL Studio.  Some of these new features consist of a new stereo enhancer plugin, and a new vocoder plugin, Vocodex.  Also, the playlist has been revamped a bit ...
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