
You can also Left Click + Hold in between automation points to increase/decrease tension. (Covered a bit more later in the article.) You can Right Click on any automation point, and change it’s curve-type for more creativity, such as single-curve or stairs for example. Two extra pro-tips after the automation clip is created: (This is where you can see your song’s bars.) Within the playlist, hold down CTRL and Left-Click + Hold near the top of the playlist, on the Timeline. (I’m going to show how to create an automation clip in the playlist first later in this article, I’ll break down other areas of FL Studio where we can use automation.) This allows the automation clip to be the length of the area I’m wanting to automate. I personally like to just highlight the area BEFORE I create the automation clip. Yet, that automation clip will extend for the full length of the song I find this pointless, unless you’ll be effecting that parameter all throughout the song. Now, a lot of tutorials will show you to just create an automation clip.

How to Create an Automation Clip in FL Studio

I’d highly recommend using VST3 versions of your plugins with FL Studio.
