
Look for the parameter you wish to link to a controller then right click on it.This will pull up a list of all the plugin’s parameter in the browser on the right Click the plugin menu icon in the top right of the plugin’s wrapper.

Method 3 – use this if last tweaked doesn’t recognise the parameter you’ve tweaked The menu that appears should show the plugin and name of the last tweaked parameter at the top. Use the mouse to tweak the parameter you want to link to my adjusting it up or down a bit.Method 2 – use this if you have no option to link to controller when right clicking on the parameter knob or slider Move the controller and the window should disappear, meaning the controller is now linked.Ensure the light next to auto detect is lit by clicking on it.Right click on the parameter knob or slider you wish to link to the controller.

Method 1 – works for most native FL Studio plugins as well as any parameters in the mixer and channel settings windows In some plugins you will need to enable DAW control or assign variables to parameters that FL Studio can see before you can link a controller. If none of these options work then refer to your plugin’s documentation. There are three ways of doing this and not every method will work for every parameter, so try them all in the order I explain them. By now, if the controller is connected and working properly, you should be able to move it and see the Sync indicator beneath the menu bar lighting up (green if it’s unassigned) as you do.Īssigning a MIDI controller to any Parameter in FL Studio If your controller is not one of the choices then choose.

Setting up a MIDI controller in FL Studio You may also find my guide to recording automation via a MIDI controller in FL Studio useful. In this tutorial I use Synth1 by Ichiro Toda, currently my favourite free VST synthesiser. This tutorial applies to any external MIDI controller. The MIDI controller I’m using on this occasion is a Line 6 Pod FBV Express MKII Usb which is a great little expression pedal which works like a ‘wah’ guitar pedal and as such it is perfect for controlling expression pedals in amp sims such as IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube 3.
