PROJECT SETTINGS

Project General Settings

The Project General Settings page contains general options for each project, stored locally in each file.

Time Signature

• Bar Length - Sets the number of beats (as defined in the next option) that make up one bar. Note that although this is a general setting you can use the Step Sequencer to set a custom number of beats for each pattern.
• Beat Length - Sets the number of steps that make up one beat. In later versions of FL Studio (FL5 onwards), tempo is synchronized with beats rather than steps.
• Timebase (PPQ) - Sets the timebase for the current project (Pulses Per Quarter-note). The default setting is 96. Higher PPQ allows for more more refined events and finer processing of slides, envelopes and LFOs. However, it also uses more CPU.

Audio

• Circular Panning Law - If checked circular panning (green graph) is used, otherwise linear (pyramidal) panning (red graph). If a sound is panned hard left or right, only one speaker will be active. This will sound quieter than the center position where both speakers are active, unless steps are taken to counteract this effect. Circular panning maintains a constant apparent volume by progressively lowering the combined volume of the L+R channels by 3dB as the pan passes dead centre. Pyramidal panning does not apply this compensation, so the apparent loudness will increase as the sound passes the centre position.