{"id":19425,"date":"2021-12-18T20:05:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T01:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=19425"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:39:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:39:12","slug":"flipping-christmas-songs-fl-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/flipping-christmas-songs-fl-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Flipping Christmas songs into beats in FL Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It&#8217;s that time of year\u2014Christmas season.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What better way to celebrate than with some eggnog and beats? In the video above, we do just that, flipping two Christmas songs (The Emotions&#8217; &#8220;What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas?&#8221; and Issac Hayes&#8217; &#8220;The Mistletoe and Me&#8221;) into smooth beats in FL Studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3sXl6SoKsHjCLKyrXu9HlD?si=9ea44c07f3f1490c\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3YU3c6GJ091CboW7guvyef?si=7b7766ce92d849bc\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While we use <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/38536865-xo-vst-au-by-xln-audio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"XLN Audio's XO, (opens in a new tab)\">XLN Audio&#8217;s XO,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/36938854-sample-vst-au-by-serato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Serato Sample, (opens in a new tab)\">Serato Sample,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/39010245-fx-collection-2-vst-au-by-arturia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Arturia's FX Collection 2, (opens in a new tab)\">Arturia&#8217;s FX Collection 2,<\/a> and sample packs from <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/splice\/the-kount-pack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Kount (opens in a new tab)\">The Kount<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/splice\/oz-pack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"OZ (opens in a new tab)\">OZ<\/a> in our beat making process, you can try this challenge on your own with any plugins and sounds of your choosing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have any questions on any of the topics covered in the video? What production challenges would you like to see on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the Splice YouTube channel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/splice\" target=\"_blank\">the Splice YouTube channel<\/a> next? 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