How To Merge/Consolidate Audio In FL Studio 20.6

This tutorial demonstrates how to combine multiple audio clips on the playlist into one track, a process called consolidating, comping, or merging tracks in FL Studio 20.

Select any audio and uncheck the stretch box in the top left corner to prevent audio from being randomly resized when cutting it later.

The consolidation process allows you to work efficiently with multiple audio takes and combine them into a single track.

Working within FL Studio 20 with basic understanding of the playlist interface and audio clips.

• Press C to activate the cut tool • Left click and drag to create cut lines • Press Shift to move the cut line side to side • Create multiple cuts to slice the audio into sections

If keyboard shortcuts aren't working, turn off the typing keyboard to piano keyboard symbol in the top toolbar.

With the pencil tool selected, right click to delete any takes you don't want to keep.

Go through the different takes and pick the best sections to combine into your final consolidated track.

Double click on each audio clip and select the AD clicking mode, then change from starts on transient to smooth or crossfade.

When zoomed in, you'll see a nice smooth fade added at the end of each clip.

• Avoids clicks and pops between audio sections • Eliminates random noises • Creates smooth transitions between parts • Clips fade naturally into each other

The transition sounds like it was part of the same continuous take.

Hold Ctrl and left click then drag the selected clips upward to move them to a single track, which prevents them from moving side to side.

Select multiple clips in the middle by using Ctrl and left click, then hold Ctrl and drag them together onto one track.

Send all clips to the same mixer track by pressing F9 to open the mixer, then double click on each clip to send them to the same destination track.

All selected clips are now consolidated on a single track and sent to the same mixer channel.

Select the track, right click, and go down to consolidate this track from track start or song start.

• Leave remainder of the tail on • Keep wave bit-depth at 24 bits • Set resample quality to at least 64 or 128 • Turn off master effects but may enable insert effects

Press Start to render the consolidated audio, which takes just a moment to complete.

All clips are combined into one single audio clip, visible when muting the original clips underneath.

Select the clips on the playlist to make a whole selection.

Press Ctrl+Alt+C to pull open the consolidation dialog box for just the selected section.

• Consolidates only the exact section selected, not from track start • Automatically mutes all other clips underneath • No need to manually mute or disable other clips

Press T and left click to unmute and get back any clips if needed.

Use effects like reverb and EQ on your mixer track to add processing to the audio before consolidation.

Select the clips with effects applied and consolidate to print the effects into the audio.

When consolidating with reverb, pull out the tail of the sound to maintain a nice long decay on the reverb effect.

The consolidated audio includes all applied effects baked into the final clip.

This is the old-school method used before newer consolidation options were available.

• Open the mixer by pressing F9 • Ensure all audio is sent to a specific mixer track • Select the disc recording icon on the track and make sure it's red

Go to the top menu and select disc recording render to WAV file, or press Alt+R, then set to 24 bits and press Start.

The audio is exported as a WAV file, and you may want to press T to mute the original clips and keep only the new rendered clip.

The same consolidation technique works for MIDI tracks as well as audio, allowing you to bounce out MIDI patterns.

• Select your MIDI track • Go to consolidate this track • The MIDI pattern is bounced out and muted

Consolidating saves CPU usage but may increase RAM or memory requirements of your project.

These consolidation techniques are essential basics for working efficiently in FL Studio, and a remix competition with prizes is coming soon.