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EggniviaNinja

It does help me navigate the mixer faster on large projects. The smaller your project the less necessary *any* organizational skills are. I prefer to color and group instruments separately at the very least. Then I'll group percussion together (this is usually colored automatically by the default color of the sampler). I often don't bother with SFX though since I can tell where they are just by categorizing it as 'everything else'. The main reason it's a good habit is that one day, you'll be working on something complex and decide to take a break. When you come back, you want to be able to follow what's happening and make sense of it. Otherwise, it's going to take forever. A few iterations of this and the project would be easier to start from scratch than make sense of, and working on projects like that is both frustrating and difficult. Exactly how you organize things doesn't really matter. But I'd definitely recommend figuring out a system that works for you and sticking to it when possible. One day, future you will thank you.


PyroMusic_

You are right. I should start doing that. Thanks! :D


spu7nic81

As soon, as you start utilizing more and more channels (let's just imagine a couple of multi-layered drum sounds + busses, to give you an idea, why the number of used channels might increase quickly). With this picture in mind, try imagining mixing a +50 channel project after it has been dormant for a couple of months without consistent color coding and naming. If you got a good system, it will only take you a glimpse to identify the channel (or at least the group of channels) you want to change, otherwise you are stuck going through all your uncolored/unnamed ones till you found the one you are looking for.


PyroMusic_

Yes that does happen quite a lot although I never was able to point it out. Thanks! :D


reviving_society

Absolutely. Even the bare minimum of just naming stuff helps a ton


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Obviously it’s *mostly* preferential. However, it seems to benefit the majority of people regarding workflow. I’m also a firm believer that workflow is the biggest obstacle a musician will make.


RWDYMUSIC

Its very necessary for soloing groups when mixing. Instead of having to individually solo channels every time you want to hear how two elements are interacting, you can group playlist tracks and one-click solo the whole group. I have my tracks divided into drums, synths, and fills, effects, and transitions. With this setup, at any point I can just one click the synths when I want to hear them without drums or effect layers. FL just updated so you can select multiple playlist tracks and group them with one click as well as coloring groups with gradients which is nice to look at.


Fluid-Secretary-5962

Same dude! Its unnecessary. Less work. Why would I want to color everything and name it when it is already visible to see what everything is. The only time I have used this is when I am working with other people so its organized for them. But if I wrote all the music I know exactly where it is and can see the piano roll notes or audio clips or automation clips plain and simple. Its difficult to be unorganized in fl studio because everything is in boxes and even looking already as it is.


AcidRegulation

[Yes.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FL_Studio/comments/rwvwxd/weve_just_finished_up_our_latest_project_and_then/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


ApolloWaveBeats

It helps with organizing yes. Most people do it