In FL Studio's Piano Roll Should My Drums Always Be On Note C5?

[Borrowdale Barron]

When programming or sequencing drums using FL Studio's piano roll is it necessary that drum samples should always be playing from note C5?

 

[Black Panther]

It depends with the nature of drum sounds you are triggering with FL Studio's Piano Roll and the intended goal.

 

[Borrowdale Barron]

It depends with the nature of drum sounds you are triggering with FL Studio's Piano Roll and the intended goal.

Meaning what?

 

[Black Panther]

Meaning what?

You can keep things like kick drums, snare drums, hi-hats, cymbals, toms, shakers, percussion e.t.c. playing on C5 which is middle C in FL Studio by default.

But when you are using drum samples for melodic purposes e.g. as a bassline then you would want to tune 808 kicks so that they don't sound out of pitch with the rest of the music.

 

[Borrowdale Barron]

You can keep things like kick drums, snare drums, hi-hats, cymbals, toms, shakers, percussion e.t.c. playing on C5 which is middle C in FL Studio by default.

But don't other trap music producers sort of like pitch down hi-hat patterns in FL Studio?

 

[Black Panther]

But don't other trap music producers sort of like pitch down hi-hat patterns in FL Studio?

Yes, but that's more like a creative approach which is fine for hi-hats and other stuff although tuning all drum samples will definitely make everything sound cohesive with the music altogether.

It's all a matter of choice and if it sounds good, it sounds good. There no need to follow rules all the time.