u/FeelDa-Bass

Stop overthinking and just do it. The more you obsess over little subtle details that most people won’t hear, The longer you’ll be sitting on a banger that the world might never get to hear.

(Disclaimer: Yes there’s controversy with AI in music production but the only time I use it is when I can’t word shit right and need certain things to look clean and formatted!)

FLM PRESET SYSTEM (MASTER LIBRARY)
│
├── 01 MOST USED (FAST ACCESS)
│ ├── Favorite Kicks
│ ├── Favorite Snares / Claps
│ ├── Favorite Hi-Hats
│ ├── Go-To Bass Presets
│ ├── Go-To Leads
│ ├── Go-To Pads / Atmos
│ ├── Go-To FX (Risers, Impacts, Downlifters)
│ └── Emergency “Instant Ideas” Racks
│
├── 02 INSTRUMENTS (PLAYABLE SOUNDS)
│ ├── Keys
│ │ ├── Piano (Clean / Emotional / Pluck-style)
│ │ ├── Electric Keys
│ │ └── Lo-fi Keys
│ │
│ ├── Bass Instruments
│ │ ├── Sub Bass (Clean Sine / Mono Sub)
│ │ ├── UKG Bass (Wobble / Swing / Reese-lite)
│ │ ├── Bass House (Distorted / Mid Bass)
│ │ └── Experimental Bass
│ │
│ ├── Leads
│ │ ├── Festival Leads
│ │ ├── Pluck Leads
│ │ └── Vocal-style Leads
│ │
│ ├── Pads & Atmos
│ │ ├── Wide Pads
│ │ ├── Dark Pads
│ │ └── Ambient Textures
│ │
│ └── Percussion Instruments
│ ├── Tuned Percs
│ └── Organic Perc Loops
│
├── 03 SYNTHESIS (SOUND DESIGN / BUILDING BLOCKS)
│ ├── Bass Design
│ │ ├── Clean Sine Layers
│ │ ├── Distorted Reeses
│ │ ├── FM-style Bass Racks
│ │ └── Movement / Modulated Bass
│ │
│ ├── Lead Synthesis
│ │ ├── Supersaw Racks
│ │ ├── Mono Leads
│ │ └── Detuned Plucks
│ │
│ ├── Texture Design
│ │ ├── Noise Beds
│ │ ├── Vinyl / Tape FX Layers
│ │ └── Cinematic Drones
│ │
│ └── Experimental Racks
│ ├── Glitch Synths
│ ├── Granular-style Layers
│ └── Randomized FX Chains
│
├── 04 EFFECTS (PROCESSING CHAINS)
│ ├── Mixing Chains
│ │ ├── Vocal Clean Chain
│ │ ├── Drum Glue Chain
│ │ ├── Bass Tightener Chain
│ │ └── Instrument Polisher Chain
│ │
│ ├── Creative FX Chains
│ │ ├── Delay Throws
│ │ ├── Reverb Washes
│ │ ├── Distortion Chains
│ │ └── Bitcrush / Lo-fi FX
│ │
│ ├── Transition FX
│ │ ├── Risers
│ │ ├── Impacts
│ │ ├── Downlifters
│ │ └── Sweeps
│ │
│ └── Spatial FX
│ ├── Wide Stereo Chains
│ ├── Mono-to-Stereo Movers
│ └── Haas / Phase Tools
│
├── 05 MASTERING (FINAL BUS CHAINS)
│ ├── Clean Master Chain
│ ├── Loud Club Master Chain
│ ├── Streaming Safe Master Chain
│ ├── Headphone Translation Chain
│ └── Reference Match Chain
│
└── 06 ARCHIVE (OLD / EXPERIMENTS)
├── Old Bass Ideas
├── Old Drum Racks
├── Rejected Mix Chains
└── Learning Experiments

I feel this could be better, Visually it’s hella appealing but going through all the individual folders gets annoying when I’m in a rush:/ every folder has a folder basically

I’ve made quite a few mashups over the past year and have made mock sets with abt an hour of mixed tracks including originals, bootlegs and unreleased mashups however in the 2 times I’ve tried uploading them to SoundCloud or YouTube, they just get taken down due to “Copyright protection”.

I’ve made quite a few mashups over the past year and have made mock sets with abt an hour of mixed tracks including originals, bootlegs and unreleased mashups however in the 2 times I’ve tried uploading them to SoundCloud or YouTube, they just get taken down due to “Copyright protection”.

I’ve got a track that’s already sitting around -8 to -9 LUFS on the master output, and doesn’t distort when exported on WAV/FLAC. I’m using a soft clipper on the master for loudness/peak control, plus basic filtering with a HP at 30 Hz/48db per octave/56 Resonance. Now the mix itself was done properly using buses and individual track processing with EQ, slight compression, saturation and a final surgical eq!

My question is, do I actually need all the extra mastering plugins like a limiter, stereo widener, multiband compression, or FX chains on the master, or is a simple setup like this (clipper + basic cleanup) enough if the mix already sounds good?

At what point is adding more master processing just unnecessary vs actually improving the track?

I’ve been thinking about what a more modern synth inside FL Studio Mobile could look like, and sketched out a concept called WaveLab.

The goal wasn’t to copy desktop synths like Serum, Sylenth or Massive, but to design something that actually fits FL Mobile’s workflow— which is fast, touch-based, and focused on getting usable sounds quickly.

Core idea:
3-layer sound engine (Core / Texture / Sub) instead of complex oscillator stacks.

Simple wavetable + analog-style shaping (Shape, Harmonics, Edge, Width).

Focus on movement and evolution rather than deep synthesis menus.

Main feature is a Motion system:
3–4 modulation lanes (LFO, step sequencer, curve, groove patterns).

Designed to make basses, leads, pads, and FX feel alive without heavy programming.

Performance-focused controls:
6 macro knobs (Energy, Movement, Dirt, Space, Width, Tension).
XY pad for live modulation.

“Build → Drop” style morph control for transitions and automation.

FX section is intentionally simple:
[Filter, distortion, chorus, delay, reverb]
Focused on fast, mix-ready shaping instead of deep routing.

UI direction:
Designed to match FL Studio Mobile’s native plugin style (dark UI, orange accents, compact knobs, tab-based layout).
No desktop-style spacing or oversized modern synth UI
Dense but readable, like existing FL Mobile instruments

Overall goal:
A synth that feels like it actually belongs inside FL Mobile, but makes it much faster to design modern EDM sounds (house, bass, techno, melodic, etc.) without needing deep sound design knowledge.
I’m Curious what people think, would something like this actually fit FL Mobile’s ecosystem, or is it too advanced for the platform?

Some artists have done questionable or worse things, but that doesn’t change the fact that certain tracks still hit hard in a live setting and artists like Bassnectar and Datsik for example.

I’m not defending anyone’s actions- but I do think there’s a real conversation around whether DJs should separate the music from the artist, especially when the crowd clearly still reacts.

Where do you draw the line?