FL Studio tutorial explaining the FPC. One of the most ignored on board plugins is the FPC (which stands for Fruity Pad Controller). Ignored by me that is. Here is a guide to setting up the Launchpad and Launchpad S with FL Studio (Original guide here) Supported since: FL Studio 10.5 beta Controller works as a clip launcher and note or parameter controller with user scriptable pages. M-Audio Trigger Finger Tutorial & Enigma Preset for FL Studio FPC. None of the default Trigger Finger mappings work with FL Studio's FPC. I've created a preset that works with FPC using the Enigma Editor. In this article I'll show you how to download my Enigma bank then copy the preset for FPC into one of your Enigma banks.
Steps 3, 4, and 5 can realistically be done in any order – it depends on what you want to do with your sample! In this case, I chose to add a basic drum beat first, and then fit my sample around the drum loop.
FPC uses MIDI, which stands for Musical Instrument Data Interface. MIDI lets you type out a sequence of notes, and then plays them back for you exactly as written. Cool, huh?
To input the MIDI drum sequence:
1) Choose the pattern in which you will place your drums – pattern 1 is fine. When you add more instruments, it is good practice to have them all in different patterns, because this way you have more control.
2) Right click on the FPC channel and select Piano Roll. This will open a blank window that looks like the one in the picture below.
3) Select the pencil tool in the top left corner (highlighted in yellow on the picture) and draw in the drums where you want them to be played!
4) You can see the names of the drum sounds on the left-hand side of the window. Place a note by clicking on a spot in the row corresponding to the drum you want. The vertical lines correspond to when the note will be played.
Pressing play will play your sequence of drums in the order you drew!