Let’s first explore how to program the drums using the piano roll with FPC added to the step sequencer open its piano roll instead of keys you should see a list of notes and any drums available in the current kit, If you choose to trigger and program the pads within the software you’ll have to use the piano roll.Ĭhoose a pre-loaded kit to begin working with by going to the drop-down menu here and choose presets or right-click these arrows and choose a preset kit, These pads can be loaded with different samples and can support multiple velocities this layout is consistent with most MPC style drum pad controllers making the pads easy to trigger externally, The FPC layout features two banks of 16 pads mapped over a four by four grid for a total of 32 programmable pads, In this lesson, we’re going to focus on how to use the powerful FPC plug-in that comes pre-loaded in FL Studio,įPC is a high-end sampler that although mostly used for drums can be used to control any audio loops or samples in an MPC style fashion, This lesson continues our set of lessons concerning adding and managing content in FL Studio. Welcome to lesson 14 in the FL studio’ tutorial series.