Simon Servida turns FL Studio's grid into a finger-swiping instrument

His Novation-sponsored pad demonstration moves from drum programming and soul chops to a custom arpeggiator layout.

Channel: Servida Music Story of November 4, 2026Trari Newsroom

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They Made A Pad For FL STUDIO?!?

The swipe is the attraction. Simon Servida starts his new hardware demonstration making beats, then finds himself sliding his fingers across a grid of pads, sending a synth line up and down over a drum loop.

"They Made A Pad For FL STUDIO?!?" was Servida Music's only upload this week, reaching about 49,000 views. The video is sponsored by Novation. Simon introduces its FL Pad as "the channel rack in physical form," then puts that idea to work: a melody in scale mode, programmed hi-hats, and adjustments to swing and velocity. A second beat swaps in chopped soul vocals played through Fruity Slicer.

The playful detour comes with a custom layout made through Novation Components. Simon arranges an arpeggiator across the pads so a finger swipe becomes a musical gesture. "This feels so stupid, but why is this so fun?" he asks. Viewers make the connection to the Launchpad-cover era, compare the device to a game controller and pick out his tendency to get happily lost in the process.

Across the channel, the month-old "WHAT ARE THEY FEEDING THESE IG PRODUCERS?!?" is drawing the most daily views, followed by "I Cant Stop Making 2000s Beats!" and the new pad demonstration. Subscribers were unchanged over the week, while today's viewing is well below the channel's usual daily level.

Among nearby producer channels, Servida Music sits around the middle for weekly views. Busy Works Beats and ANDREW HUANG had larger weekly audiences, while In The Mix had a smaller one. Simon's contribution to that production-minded company this week is unusually tactile: less clicking a sequence into place, more finding out what happens when you drag a hand across it.

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The videos drawing views on Servida Music right now

WHAT ARE THEY FEEDING THESE IG PRODUCERS?!?288,528 views I Cant Stop Making 2000s Beats!116,386 views

The numbers

Here is Servida Music's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Busy Works Beats

727,090

ANDREW HUANG

661,036

So Wylie

393,857

Edward Smith

362,777

Servida Music

304,202

Alex Rome

140,473

In The Mix

125,111

GLASYS

22,229

subscribers

814,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

103,286,372

views per day

9,285

typical day: 31,451

first-day views of each video posted this week

They Made A Pad For FL STUDIO?!?

29,792

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

ANDREW HUANG

2,370,000

Busy Works Beats

1,820,000

shonci

1,200,000

In The Mix

1,200,000

Servida Music

814,000

Alex Rome

574,000

GLASYS

325,000

Edward Smith

325,000

So Wylie

246,000

As of November 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.