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FL Studio is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for Windows PCs and macOS.

FL Studio Platforms

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FL Studio Overview

FL Studio (formerly known as FruityLoops) is a digital audio workstation developed by the Belgian company Image-Line. FL Studio features a graphical user interface based on a pattern-based music sequencer. The program is available in three different editions for Microsoft Windows, including Fruity Edition, Producer Edition, and the Signature Bundle. Image-Line offers lifetime free updates to the program, which means customers receive all future updates of the software for free.Image-Line also develops FL Studio Mobile for iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

Fully reworked scalable interface
- Any screen size or resolution you use, FL Studio will always fit

Multi-touch
– Multi-touch capability extends to the Mixer

Browser
– New category tabs and the ability to delete content on right-click

Channel Menu
- The Channel Options Menu have moved from the Toolbar Menus to the Channel rack.

Channel settings
- Have been integrated into the Plugin Wrapper (no more Channel settings pop-up).

Pattern Menu
- The Pattern Menu has moved from the Channel rack to the Toolbar Menu and Pattern Selector.

Piano roll
- Piano roll Auto-zoom can now be deselected from Settings > General > Auto zoom in piano roll

Playlist
- Multiple drag and drop for audio files onto Playlist (from a Windows file browser).

Stepsequencer
- Step sequences are now interchangeable with Piano rolls.

VST Plugins
- VST plugin installation & discovery improved and simplified.

Fruity Formula Controller
- Updated, new UI.

Fruity Envelope Controller
- Updated, 8 Articulators, Mod X/Y env, Smart Knobs, New UI.

Fruity Keyboard Controller
- Attack smoothing, new UI.

FL Studio Features

tick-square FFMPEG support
tick-square Noise Reduction
tick-square Support for VST plugins
tick-square Track everything
tick-square Piano Roll
tick-square Works Offline
tick-square Non linear editor
tick-square Music Composer
tick-square Mix Music
tick-square Live recording
tick-square Drum matrix editing
tick-square Audio Recording

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