In 1998, its inaugural release was a drop in the moat surrounding Massachusetts-based tech company Avid's Pro Tools empire, then the industry standard for digital audio workstations (DAWs), which at the time consisted mainly of loop-making software you could record with. The beat-making program once known as FruityLoops has spent the past several years winning a tortoise-and-hare race like no other. It gave access to create… I could make any type of beat that I wanted, pretty fast." I made the beat first, then I wrote it, then we made the dance. "It wasn't even a full, registered purchased program," he says. Playback tool: Using this tool, you can select exactly where you want to play the track from."Crank That" was one of Soulja Boy's first attempts at making a song he hadn't even fully unpacked the software when he made it. Zoom tool: This tool can be used to zoom into a section of the playlist. Select tool: Using this tool, you can left click and drag to select multiple patterns on multiple tracks. Slice tool: This tool can be used to chop or “slice” the patterns. Slip tool: This tool allows you to lengthen a pattern by dragging it from the edges. Mute tool: Using this tool allows you to mute selected patterns. Paintbrush tool: Using this tool, you can left click and drag your selected pattern along the track.ĭelete tool: Using this tool, you can left click and drag to delete patterns, although honestly it’s way easier to just right click and drag within the pencil or paintbrush function to delete patterns. Pencil tool: This let’s you individually draw in your selected pattern. Here’s a brief overview of their functions:
The editing icons at the top of of the playlist window are very similar to the ones in the piano roll. Playback tool: Using this tool, you can select exactly where you want to play the sequence from. Zoom tool: This tool can be used to zoom into a section of the piano roll. Select tool: Using this tool, you can left click and drag to select multiple notes. Slice tool: This tool can be used to chop or “slice” notes. Slip tool: This tool allows you to lengthen notes by dragging them from the edges. Mute tool: Using this tool allows you to mute selected notes.
Paintbrush tool: Using this tool, you can left click and drag notes along the piano roll.ĭelete tool: Using this tool, you can left click and drag to delete notes, although honestly it’s way easier to just right click and drag within the pencil or paintbrush function to delete notes. Pencil tool: This let’s you individually draw notes in the piano roll. Have a play around with creating some basic chords or melodies within the piano roll, and experiment with these tools to manipulate your sequences. I won’t go into too much detail on each icon here, as they are fairly self explanatory, but hovering over each one will tell you about the function of the button. These are your editing tools, and can be used to precisely edit, slice, lengthen and select your notes. Along the top bar of the piano roll window, you’ll notice several icons.
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