INSTRUMENTS / GENERATORS
FPC (Fruity Pad Controller) is a software plugin similar to the hardware Akai MPC™ unit, coded & optimized for the FL Studio platform. FPC is a self-contained multi-layer/velocity drum machine that
makes it easy to create, edit and swap drum kits on the fly. FPC supports 16 multi-layered patches for banks A and B. (
FPC video tutorials can be viewed here.)
Sounds and patterns: Two easy to use drop-down menus are the Content Library to download new sound banks (sounds), and the Pattern Manager
to select MIDI loops/patterns and dump them to the Piano roll.
The FPC interface consists of three main zones - Main Pad Properties (1), Layer Properties (2) and the Pad Matrix (3), as described below. The interface can be
resized by Right-clicking the right edge of the plugin and dragging to hide/show the layer controls.
- Left-clicking - a pad allows you to hear the samples loaded on that pad AND changes the Layer Properties to match that pad. The vertical position clicked affects triggered velocity. Top = low velocity, bottom = high velocity.
- Right-clicking - a pad will preview the samples without changing the Layer View to that pad.
- Dragging a sample - onto a pad (from the Browser) will load it in the selected layer of the pad.
- Pad numbering - Pads are numbered from bottom-left to top-right so that the bottom row are pads 1,2, 3 and 4, the second from bottom row are 5, 6, 7 and 8 and so on,
to the top right pad 16 (i.e. pad 1 is bottom left, pad 16 is top right).
- Pad presets - These are sample/layer setup files. To select without previewing, click the Load preset button. The Previous and Next buttons allow you to switch between
alternative setups for the pad used (if available). Each drum kit may include several different samples for each pad.
- MIDI key assignment - The settings for both the MIDI key assigned to each pad and the cut groups for the pad are set in the Main Pad Properties (1).
change access to all pads (sounds) from Banks A and B using the Bank A / Bank B switches.
Plugin Credits: Frederic Vanmol (Development programming & VST), Robert Conde (Original design).