CHANNEL SETTINGS

Channel Settings

The Channel Settings window contains all options that define how a generator sounds. To open it, click the Channel Settings button in the Step Sequencer. The following settings pages are available in this window:

Main Channel Settings

Sampler Settings (SMP)

Automation Clip Settings

Layer Settings

Plugin Settings (PLUGIN)

Plugin Wrapper

Instrument Settings (INS)

Miscellaneous Settings (MISC)

Function Settings (FUNC)

To change the name of a channel, right-click the title bar of the window. Write a new name and press enter.

To change the button color of a channel, right-click the title bar of the window, and click the color sample on the right side of the name edit field. Select a new color and press Enter.

There is also a menu with additional options you can access by clicking the button at the top left corner of the Channel Settings window (as shown in the picture below).

Channel Settings Menu Commands:

• Save channel state as - Allows you to save the current channel settings as a preset file. Preset is saved as a FST file. It is recommended that you save your presets in the default location FL Studio chooses, so they can be properly detected and shown in the list of available presets for the generator.
• Assign free mixer track ( Ctrl+L) - Links the channel to the first empty (without effects) FX track available. This is reflected in the FX selector in the Main Channel Settings. This command will not appear in channels that hold MIDI generator or other generators that do not output wave data (only wave output can be processed by effects). For more information on FX tracks, see Mixer window.
• Rename... ( F2)- Select this command to rename a channel (the same can be done by right-clicking the title bar of the window).
• Sample - This item is only available when the loaded generator uses samples visible to FL Studio.
• • Reload - Use this command to reload samples when they were altered in external applications (wave editors etc.), after FL Studio was started. This command appears only in channels that hold Sampler generator.
  • Save as... - Allows you to save the currently loaded sample with all precalc effects applied to it (see Sampler Channels Settings). This command appears only in channels that hold Sampler generator.
  • Edit... ( E) - Opens the integrated Wave Editor with the current sample, or the custom wave editor you have selected in the Tools window.
  • Detect tempo - Opens the Tempo Detection Wizard which asks you to select one of several tempo ranges the sample might be in. Select a range and the Time property of the channel will be automatically adjusted (see Sampler ). Note that the accuracy of the auto detection depends on the source material and might not always match the real sample tempo. The best practise in this case is to know in advance the real loop tempo and embed that information in the sample by using a wave editor.
  • Get properties - Opens the windows properties dialog for the sample file.