J-rilla
We are held back by our own limitations and patterns of thinking. Those of you who can only use the manual to understand the complete function of the program, offcourse your gonna feel limited, because the manual is limited. FLstudio is so vesatile that you can do things in it that the program wasn't designed to do. I would go as far as to say it is the photoshop of music programs. The downside to this is that thier are not many innovative users using the program. I've used it for seven years and developed several forms of sequencing amonst others tips and tricks to emulate other things. My suggestion is do what you feel because I won't put you up on no game about it, it's a dog eat dog world in this industry and n*ggas be fakin. Don't place your experience of limitations on the program because your failer rate is greater than your success rate, or you couldn't get just what you wanted. That's like me taking a stab at proffessional boxing, getting knocked out all the time, then come talking about boxing sucks as a sport. Not true, I just suck at boxing. The best thing to say is I couldn't do this or that in this program, but don't blame it on the software, because if your not doing stuff that's not in the manual, you haven't mastered it yet. And aside from the technical aspect, you need some talent to make it matter in the first place. And as for you kids that like to sample, I researched it and it is against the law to use any sample no matter the length without permission. That's right, not even 3 seconds. You don't even have to sell it, once you give it to someone you've commited a crime. So a thief is a thief is a thief. Don't tell me you got a musical bone in your body and your sampling, you just got a ear for music. I know it's a hard pill to swallow, but it's not your sht, so basicly this post is not for those type of cats.
