

The most common and one of the most damaging forms of DAW Bias is FL Studio Bias. Notable signs of someone with DAW Bias are: blaming the DAW for the music made in that DAW, making sweeping statements about the capabilities of a DAW (without spending time to actually learn it), and randomly cursing people out on the internet for not using their DAW of choice. Let us know in the comments about your experience with adding groove to your projects.Digital Audio Workstation Bias (DAW Bias for short) is real, and it’s a problem.

Let your ears be your guide and go with the groove that affects you best. You can adjust the swing levels for multiple channels at one in FL Studio 20.1 if you go to the dropdown menu at the top right of the channel rack and choose “Set Swing Mix For Selected.” That way you can change the overall groove of just your drums and leave you instruments in place or just add swing to certain percussive elements. The swing will adjust the groove of the pattern by shifting notes closer or further from each quarter, eighth or sixteenth note in the pattern. The knob to the right labeled “Swing” will only work if you have the swing knob level increased at the top of the channel rack. Use your ears and go with what makes you move both physically and emotionally to these changes.

This delay will completely change the feel of the pattern with the overall groove. If you increase the middle knob labeled “Shift” will move the sound later in time, creating a delay before you hear it play. To keep it simple, just use your ears as you adjust and you’ll notice less sound coming through as you turn the knob to the left. The first knob, “Gate,” is a noise gate that will cut off any sound that is within a sound that is lower in volume than the threshold you set. Under the “Time” settings you’ll see 3 knobs. Click the “Tempo” option to have the envelope settings react to the BPM of the project.īy clicking the “wrench” icon in the main toolbar, you’ll arrive at the “miscellaneous” functions of the channel settings. Overall, this offers more fine-tuned control over the volume of a sound, which can change the groove of a drum pattern. Under those options, you’ll see 3 “tension” knobs which will adjust the volume curve of the beginning, middle, and end of the sound. “Sus” adjust how long it takes before the sound starts to fade out. “Dec” is how fast the sound decreases in volume. “Hold” is how long the sound will stay at full volume. The “Att” increases the volume fade into the sample. Increasing the “Delay” knob will play the sample later in the waveform. You now have even more control of the volume shape in addition to the settings in the sample settings. If you switch over to the “Envelope Settings” tab in the channel settings, you’ll see a blue volume envelope shown by default.Ĭlick the button next to where it says “Envelope” to turn this option on.
