If you do this you will see the note patterns of other channels greyed out when working in the piano roll of some channel (only applies to patterns that are in the same pattern track in the Playlist). Next, make sure you switch on Ghost channels in the Piano Roll options. If you want to know more about how to make chord progressions, I suggest you read: Making a chord progression and lead synthįirst I place the chord progression in two channels. Deciding on the scale(s) and the chord progression(s) is an excellent foundation on which you can build your composition and add the various layers - in our case an arpeggiated melody.įor this tutorial I use a chord progression – based on a D minor scale - which I also used in another tutorial (see also screenshot above). One thing that I usually (not always) start with when composing a song is a chord progression.

While you can always create an arpeggio manually – by simply placing, copying and pasting all necessary note events, FL Studio also offers a neat little tool – the arpeggiator - that you can use to create great arpeggio’s. Here you can see the original chord progression (greyed out note events) and the arpeggiated version (green note events). It gives me so much control and flexibility. While the standard generators as well as many VST plugins have real time arpeggio features, I always like to play around with FL Studio’s arpeggiator. Knowing how to create a great arp (short for arpeggio) will allow you to add wonderful layers to your compositions. It is quite a common technique in the electronic (trance) music world.

FL Studio tutorial explaining the arpeggiator tool.Īn arpeggio is a type of broken chord where notes are played in a sequence rather than simultaneously – with notes going up or down along the notes of the chord.

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