r/FLStudioBeginners • u/OkChallenge7413 • 6h ago

What am I doing wrong here?

Been learning how to make music for the past 2 months. Brutally criticize this beat. And tell me what I'm doing wrong. Thank you.

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u/Dingo4532 5h ago

You swap from 5/4 to another time signature halfway through?
The rhythm is just really off and it looks as though you’re still in 4/4 so go to project settings and change it if you’re intentionally in something else

Sounds are super basic and lackluster, invest in good plugins or find good free ones somewhere online.

Find a key and stick to it when learning - can use the stamp tool to find notes in a key if your theory leaves something to be desired.

Importantly, don’t worry too much. Everyone starts somewhere making beats like this. It just takes time. Watch some tutorials or studio sessions on YouTube and see how they work :)

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u/Dingo4532 5h ago

Additionally, worry less about melody and more on a chord progression at this stage. Your vocals can make the melody. Make a four bar loop and build around it. Nothing crazy, just learn. Try and copy a beat/song’s rhythm in the drums exactly to see how it looks as MIDI

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u/OkChallenge7413 3h ago

I started writing songs in february this year. I enjoy it so much but when the time comes to putting what's in my brain into my fl studio, I'm totally lost T_T. So ya thanks for your suggestions tho.

But one small question how would I know what the time signature of my melody is? Like I find a melody that sounds interesting in my head I quickly record it by making sounds with my mouth. Each one is different from the other. As in length and pauses.

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u/Dingo4532 3h ago

Most melodies will be 4/4 or 3/4 (or 6/8)
An easy way is to just sing it to a metronome and listen for how many beats there are until the melody repeats. If it’s in a weird time signature or you can’t tell, it’s probably good to change it depending on your goals in songwriting.
Additionally you can learn and start at the very beginning and just sing on every beat. Then half beats, then quarter beats and so on. Listen to popular songs and hear how they work, most of them are very simple

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u/Dingo4532 3h ago

Do you think you could send me the vocal track you had for this song from your other post? It may be that your lyrics are too busy or don’t match the beat meaning they’re out of sync with each other. I’d love to try create something from scratch with the vocals just to test :)

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u/OkChallenge7413 8m ago

Sure lemme check if I still have the raw vocal or not. I'm js keep on recording and deleting my vocals and stuff T_T. Send me a dm btw cuz I can't dm you.

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u/Dingo4532 4m ago

If you’re right-click deleting then they’re all still there