Playlist

The playlist turns patterns and audio clips into an arrangement. Think FL Studio style: tracks go down the left, bars go across the top, and clips sit on the timeline.

Tracks And Bars

Rows are channel tracks.

Columns are bars in the song timeline.

Click a track name to select that channel.

Use the plus button at the end of the header to add more bars. Use a bar header's trash button to remove that bar.

Pattern Clips

The pattern picker above the playlist only lists global patterns that contain notes. Drag the pattern chip beside it onto a lane to place that pattern.

Drag a pattern onto a lane cell to place it. Drag an existing pattern clip to move it somewhere else.

Click an empty lane cell to place the selected pattern quickly.

Right-click a pattern clip to delete it.

Audio Clips

Drop an audio file from your file manager onto a playlist lane to add it as an audio clip.

Audio clips play from the bar where they are dropped and are embedded when you export a .frdgbeats project.

Drag an audio clip to move it. Right-click an audio clip to delete it.

Starting Playback From A Bar

Use the bar number button to start playback from that bar.

If playback is already running, clicking a bar jumps playback to that bar.

Looping Bars

The repeat button on each bar toggles the playlist loop range.

You can build a loop range by clicking adjacent bars. When a loop range is active, playback stays inside that bar range.

Click the same single-bar loop again to turn looping off.

Common Arrangement Workflow

1. Make pattern 1 with drums and bass.
2. Make pattern 2 as a variation.
3. Open playlist.
4. Drag pattern 1 across the bars you want.
5. Drag pattern 2 onto bar 4.
6. Drop a vocal chop or loop onto an audio lane if the song needs sauce.

That is basically arrangement without the mystical nonsense.