MENU BAR

Tools Menu

The Tools menu contains useful tools for working with channels, patterns, effects and provides the ability to use external applications as tools inside FL Studio.

• Browser smart find ( Ctrl+F) - Searches the directories in your browser for any text entered here.
• One-click audio recording:
  • I want to record audio...
  • Into Edison audio editor/recorder - Loads Edison into the Master Mixer track and prompts for an audio input. See the Audio Recording section for advanced training (highly recommended).
  • Into playlist as an audio clip - Records audio from the Master Mixer track and prompts for an audio input. See the Audio Recording section for advanced training (highly recommended).
• Macros
  • Patterns:
  • Rename current pattern ( F2) - Launches the pattern rename dialog.
  • Jump to next empty pattern ( F4) - Switches to the next pattern that does not contain any note events (either in the Step Sequencer or the Piano roll) in any channel.
  • Panic:
  • Stop sound ( Ctrl+H) - Stops all notes playing.
  • Cancel recording - Cancels the current recording and purges the WAV file.
  • Misc:
  • Switch smart disable for all plugins - Turns on Smart Disable for all plugins, this turns off plugins when they are idle and can reduce CPU load significantly.
  • Prepare for MIDI export - Replaces all channels with auto-configured MIDI-out channels. Use this before rendering to MIDI. If you want the file to play on any soundcard using the inbuilt general MIDI (GM) sounds then you will need to assign GM patches to each channel:
    • 1. Load a Fruity LSD plugin into a Mixer track.
    • 2. Set the various MIDI Out channels to the same port number as the LSD plugin.
    • 3. From the MIDI Out Patch control, select general MIDI sounds that match as closely as possible your original channels.
    • 4. Render to MIDI and the MIDI file will play on any soundcard with the correct GM sounds. Note: if you are making GM files from scratch you should build your song this way from the start.
  • Select unused channels - Selects all channels that do not contain any notes (neither in the Step Sequencer or the Piano roll) in any pattern.
  • Purge unused audio clips - Removes any Audio Clips that do not have associated note data or appear in the Playlist (i.e. are not being used in the current project.
• Clipboard - These options are greyed out if no data is available.
  • Save audio clipboard to browser - Creates a WAV file of the current audio clip-board and saves it in \Data\Patches\Clipboard files of the FLStudio installation directory.
  • Save MIDI clipboard to browser - Creates a MIDI file of the current MIDI clip-board data and saves it in \Data\Patches\Clipboard files of the FLStudio installation directory.
• Score logger
  • Dump score log to selected pattern - Saves the contents of the score logger into the Piano roll of the selected pattern and channel. The score logger is always on and buffers all note activity from external controllers or typing keyboard to piano activity from the last 3 minutes. A copy of the current log can be dumped to the Piano roll at any time. Never lose that perfect improvisation again!
• External tools... - Opens the External Tools dialog that allows you set external applications (wave editors, sample browsers etc.) as tools in FL Studio.