If you click on a slot, your track will start to be manipulated, but you can’t figure out how to make it stop, or change to another slot quickly. Gross Beat can be a confusing plugin in regards to how it works. But for my uses, I just like to use automation clips. The plugin also allows for live performance, if linked to a MIDI Controller.
It consists of two main sections: Time Manipulation and Volume Manipulation. In addition to Gross Beat, there are also other time-manipulation plugins like: In other words, instead of you having to manually click and create effects with automation and various other complex techniques to apply these stutters, glitches, and reverse-type effects, Gross Beat is a plugin that saves you time in your productions. Gross beat is a time and volume manipulation effect designed for repetition, scratching, and gating effects. So here’s how Image-Line’s help manual describes the plugin: (As long as your DAW can use VST2 plugins, which all DAWs can, you’re good to go!) They have made Gross Beat a cross-platform plugin, allowing you to use it in DAWs like Ableton, Cubase, Pro Tools, Bitwig, etc. Image-Line, the makers of FL Studio, are also the developers behind Gross Beat. In this article, we will cover how to use Gross Beat in FL Studio.
