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MIXING & EFFECTS
Fruity LSD
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 Fruity LSD wraps the
functionality of the DirectMusic software
synthesizer to FL Studio and provides 16 MIDI instruments with an
option to import DLS level 1 banks.
Since this is a software synthesizer, you can process its output
with effects as with any generator. The difference from an usual
generator, however, is that the Fruity LSD itself is a combo of 16
instruments (15 instrument channels and 1 drum channel /10/, as in
a standard MIDI interface).
You should think for Fruity LSD not as a generator, but as a
virtual software MIDI device. You attach the Fruity LSD as an
effect in a mixer track. You can control its 16 channels with MIDI
Out generators you add in the Step Sequencer just as with a normal
MIDI device. Just set the same MIDI port in the LSD plugin and the
MIDI Out channels you will use. You can set the patch name and bank
number from the MIDI Out channels as well, but since this may be
confusing when using custom DLS banks (the MIDI Out channels will
display only standard MIDI instruments names), it is recommended
that you set the patch from the Fruity LSD's editor directly.
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Parameters
Main Parameters
- Bank - Lets you set the DLS bank to be used
for synthesis. Click the browse button to select a DLS file. By
default, Fruity LSD uses the Roland GM/GS Sound Set (which is
default for the DirectMusic synthesizer as well and is usually
located in "<windows directory>/System32/GM.DLS"). The DLS
file used is not included in the FLP file, but stored as a path
instead.
- Port - Sets the MIDI port number from where
Fruity LSD will receive MIDI events (notes, volume changes etc.).
You should set the same port in the MIDI Out channels that will be
used to control the Fruity LSD. It's recommended that you avoid
using port 0 with Fruity LSD, since this port is reserved for the
main MIDI playing output in FL Studio (that one you set as "Playing
output" in the MIDI Settings page).
- Channels List - This is a list of the 16
channels of the LSD with the patch names. Click on a name to select
a different instrument for the channel. Channel 10 holds the drum
section.
- Main Volume - This wheel sets the main volume
of the LSD output. This parameter is automatable.
Additional Parameters
- Device - Sets the DirectMusic compatible MIDI
device to be used for synthesis. Hardware MIDI devices are filtered
in Fruity LSD, since their output can't be routed to FL
Studio.
- Reverb - Turns on/off the global reverb
effect.
- Chorus - Turns on/off the global chorus
effect. Note that this effect is not supported in the built in
Microsoft Synthesizer. However, it is included for compatibility
with third party DirectMusic engines that may be used with Fruity
LSD.
Notes & Tips
- You need DirectX 8 or later installed on your system for the
Fruity LSD to function properly.
- Pan, filter cutoff & resonance per note (in the graph edit
or the piano roll) is not supported - the MIDI standard only
supports velocity per note.
- At low volume levels you can notice some noise in the Fruity
LSD sound (you can hear it clearly on decaying note if you put a
compressor after it in the FX track). This is not an issue in the
Fruity LSD plugin itself, but in the DirectMusic synthesizer. You
can partially fix this problem with a Fruity Filter or equalizer
(to cut the very high frequencies of the output).
- There are many tools that allow you to create custom DLS banks.
DLS supports samples per region, envelopes, LFO-s etc. With tools
as Awave, you can also take advantage of hundreds of freeware SF2
(SoundFont) banks you can find on the Internet by converting them
to DLS format.
- See DirectX for copyright notices about the Roland GM/GS Sound
Set.
Plugin Credits: Didier Dambrin
Thanks To: Chris Moulios for the source
code
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