Music Is My Weapon

Welcome to Fruity Loops! This is where it's at. You can really do anything with this program. Though the interface may come off as confusing at first, the navigation is actually quite friendly. Simply drag a sound (be it a snare, hi hat, or a woman screaming) into your main window and start fruity looping. The little grey boxes on the screen are simply patterns and combinations of these sounds that are played at that particular point in the song. The thing I'm using on the left with the piano is called Sytrus, a special plugin.

The sounds made on Fruity Loops are often made from various plugins. A couple plugins like Slayer (electic guitar) and Sytrus (strings and synth) are included with the application. These are both very useful and are capable of creating some interesting effects. Simply use your keyboard as a piano and edit what you hear by adjusting knobs here and even there if need be. It's all about experimentation. It's not important to know what every buttons does, but if you mess up, the undo function is always a useful tool.

Of course, if you want the overall sound of your creation to sound more authentic. You can always mess around with the master and add some effects. Compressors for example make the quiet parts louder and the loud parts quieter. Delay or Delay 2 can add an ambient echo to any of your tracks.

Anyways, you can obtain a fully functional demo here at their website. Good luck, and may the fruityness be with you.