Quote Originally Posted by doomraider View Post
also is gate just another way of saying side chain or since it creates that stuttering in the volume going up and down....( i know I'm under explaining the potential of what it does) just trying to see if gate is basically a side chain or what is the difference...
Hi Doomraider,

I am a fellow FL Studio user and am probably at the same level as yourself. I am equally confused to the following terms when producing:

1) Ducking effect.
2) Gate.
3) Parallel Processing.
4) Compression.

Thanks to the following link some of this is explained really well. Having folowed the ducking effect example on this website i appreciate / understand the reasons behind it and for using it.
I think i am much like yourself, if i do not understand something fully and can't get my head round it then i can never use use it properly.
I just can't get my head round compression yet.......... I find it doesn't make that much difference to the ooomph of my bass or other things for that matter (p.s. i use headphones only as my wife and 2 very young children aren't really bass / techno lovers) so I don't know if this is the problem; i doubt it though.
I have started ****ing around with Fruity Prametric EQ 2 and this is a great tool for making things souns better.

Anyway check out these tutorials:

http://howtomakeelectronicmusic.com/tag/fl-studio


http://www.youtube.com/user/AcePincter