
You see it by watching if the red light flashes in the Focusrite Scarlett´s gain nob. Then sing a little and set up the gain level from your Focusrite Scarlett -sound card.

My mic is connected into channel 1, so I choose “Input 1” from the list by hoovering over it and clicking it. “Pre/Post FX recording” – tab in the picture. Choose there your mic input by clicking the “Pre/Post FX recording” – tab. Go after that to that channels “Effect slot” (chain) what you find from the right or the left side. Click the channel so it lids – then it´s active. Go to the mixer by clicking the mixer icon in FL Studio 20 or click shortcut button F9 with your mouse to the channel you want to record. –Route your microphone to your vocals -channel– Clicking the wanted channel. My sound card is Focusrite Scarlett, so I choose it. Hoover your mouse to open the OPTIONS -menu in upper list > Go to AUDIO -settings > Choose your sound card by hoovering the mouse to the dark menu on the right side of “Device” -text and click the little grey play -button. –Link your audio device = Sound card to FL Studio–

The open up your FL Studio 20 and load up your project or new, where you want to record your vocals. Put the mic cable in the Scarlet mic insert 1. If you record instruments, then the button is pushed in. Remember to see that the INSTR button is out in the Scarlett´s front panel when you record vocals. Put the sound cards power on and set mic cable and mic together.

Start your FL Studio 20 vocal recording session by arming your sound card.

You can see it in action in this Armi Eliza´s YouTube -video: Vocal chain in FL Studio 20 - Arm your sound card– In this step-to-step -tutorial -post I´m using Focusrite Scarlett. Do you need to do record vocals in FL Studio 20? Did you make your first song? Is the situation that you don´t have a sound card or you are planning to get one.
