EDISON WAVE EDITOR / RECORDER IMPORTANT: This guide is a general Getting Started guide for all existing FL Studio Editions. Some features however, are not available in some editions. The FL Studio Fruity Edition doesn’t have Audio Track or the Integrated Wave Editor capabilities. Please check our site http://flstudio.image-line.com for upgrade conditions. Edison is a fully integrated audio editor and Mixer-track recorder. Edison loads into an effect slot (in any Mixer track) and will then record or play audio from that position. You may load as many instances of Edison as you require in any number of Mixer Tracks or Effects slots. To open Edison, press Ctrl+E in a Sampler Channel, or load from the effects menu into Mixer track/s. Many powerful tool are available within Edison. 72 1. Load Edison - Load Edison in an FX slot in the Mixer track that you want to record. Don't use the Master track (all audio from all tracks is routed there). TIP: Select the Mixer track and press (Shift+E) to auto-load Edison in the first empty FX slot on the track ready to record. 2. Input selection - Select an external input (see Audio Recording, page 70). 3. Effects - Place Edison before any effects loaded in the same Mixer track for a 'dry' recording. It is recommended to record all external audio dry as you can always add effects later on. 4. Record using Edison – Select ‘On play’ as shown above, so recording starts when playback is started from the main FL Studio transport controls. 'On play' mode will also place accurate song start markers when Play starts/stops or the Playlist loops back to the start of the song. This is useful for recording multiple takes so that you can easily select the region/s you wish to export to wave files and include in your song. Click the Record button in Edison then press Play on FL Studio. Press Stop on FL Studio when you are done. 5. Exporting recorded audio - There are three main ways to export audio from Edison into FL Studio: A. Send to Playlist button, Left or Right-click to: Left-click: Send to Playlist as Audio Clip (Shift+C) - Dumps the selection to the Playlist as an Audio Clip. B. Drag / copy sample / move selection - Left-click on the button and drag to the desired location (e.g. Playlist Clip-track). The selected region in the Sample Edit Window (or whole sample if no selection is made) will be copied and moved Select ‘ON PLAY’ and make sure the FOR duration is long enough 73 to any compatible location in FL Studio. C. Save and load - Save the audio/selection to a file and re-import it through the Browser. Apart from recording audio, Edison is really about EDITING and has some very cool tools: Convolution Reverb Reverb impulse files are created by recording short, sharp sounds in real spaces or through a reverb/effects unit. The recorded reverb is an acoustic ‘fingerprint’ of the real space. This technique is equivalent to sampling an acoustic instrument and allows us to 'borrow' impulses from very expensive hardware or real spaces that we would never have the chance to record in. Naturally, the internet is brimming with free impulses for your downloading pleasure. The Edison Blur Tool works in a similar way to the Convolution Reverb, by multiplying an impulse sound (in this case, noise), against the waveform. The result is to smear or 'blur' the sound. The multiplier function is determined by a user-selectable envelope. To preserve more of the original qualities of the sound, use narrower shaped envelopes. Whatever it sounds amazing when added to any sound. 74 The Equalize Tool boosts or cuts frequencies according to a user defined EQ envelope. The example below shows the effect of the selected EQ curve on a white noise sample. Frequency is displayed on the horizontal axis, time on the vertical axis (sample start is at the top, sample end is at the bottom) while intensity/saturation of color represents frequency amplitude. To open the tool you can either left-click on the EQ Tool button , press Ctrl+E inside Edison, or use the Tools > Spectral > EQ option. 75 The Time Stretch / Pitch Shift tool allows you to alter the duration, pitch and formant of a sample independently. Edison and, more generally the Sampler Channels & Slicer tool, use algorithms to deliver advanced time stretching / pitch shifting that meets the standards of professional production and broadcast applications. To open the tool you can either left-click on the Time Tool button , press Alt+T inside Edison, or use the Tools > Time > Time stretch / Pitch shift option. Cool! Hit me with your rhythm stick! I live for beats. Fast beats, slow beats, big beats…
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