
Within the playlist, hold down CTRL and Left-Click + Hold near the top of the playlist, on the Timeline. (I’m going to show how to create an automation clip in the playlist first later in this article, I’ll break down other areas of FL Studio where we can use automation.) This allows the automation clip to be the length of the area I’m wanting to automate. I personally like to just highlight the area BEFORE I create the automation clip. Yet, that automation clip will extend for the full length of the song I find this pointless, unless you’ll be effecting that parameter all throughout the song. Now, a lot of tutorials will show you to just create an automation clip.

How to Create an Automation Clip in FL Studio

These allow you to right-click inside the VST itself so you can copy values, create automation clips, and treat the third-party plugin as if it were a native FL Studio plugin! (VST2 versions do not allow you to create automation clips through right-clicking. I’d highly recommend using VST3 versions of your plugins with FL Studio.
