FL Studio overview

FL Studio is a complete software music production environment or Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).
Representing more than 20 years of innovative development it has everything you need in one package to compose, arrange, record, edit, mix and master professional quality music.

FL Studio have powerful tools:

Advanced Audio

Multi-track audio recording Time-stretching and pitch shifting pristine audio editing.

Sequencing

Industry leading Piano roll editor MIDI recording and control Pattern or Linear workflow.

Mixing & Effects

Multi-track mixer Automation control VST plugin support.

The Mixer

Mix and master music to the highest professional standards. All the features you need to create today's most complex productions including, effects chains, audio sends, sidechain control, advanced automation, plugin delay compensation and more...

Piano Roll

FL Studio's Piano roll has the well deserved reputation as the best Piano roll in the business. The Piano roll is used to send note and automation data to plugin instruments (sequencing). It includes a wide range of tools to aid complex score editing and manipulation.

Browser and Playlist

No other DAW matches the flexibility of FL Studio’s Playlist. Sequence all elements of the project to make the final song. Tracks can hold notes, audio and automation. Place any data type anywhere and even overlay them. Use the Browser to organize all the data in your project. Free your workflow and your mind!

Over 80 plugins included

FL Studio Producer Edition includes over 80 instrument and effect plugins covering automation, sample playback/manipulation, synthesis, compression, delay, equalization filtering, flanging, phasing, chorus, reverb, distortion, bit-crushing and more. With FL Studio you will be ready to create just about any style.

Instruments & FX

If the huge array of native instruments and effects are not enough for you, FL Studio supports all VST standards 1, 2 and 3. VST gives you access to the wisest range of 3rd party plugins currently available. You can even use FL Studio itself as a VST plugin in another VST host.

What's new in version 26.1.1.5313

Mixer

Mixer - Reset Input and Output selectors to '(none)' on (Alt+Left-Click)
FX Slots - Clicking an unused Mixer Effect Slot now shows only the Plugin selection menu.
Menu - Renamed 'Open audio logger' in the Mixer Menu/s to 'Open audio editor and record' to disambiguate it from the global Audio Logger tool.

Browser

Project Backups - Auto saved projects now include the save date in the file name.
.ZIP files - Now show the same menu as for project files including open.
Browser UI - Increased the default width of the Browser to show 3 packs in a row in the Sounds Tab.
Browser Tab (Menu) (Right-Click) - Option 'Show sample waveform' displays preview waveforms in-line.

Gopher

Gopher - Gopher can now control some features in FL Studio and plugins. NOTE: This is an experimental feature.
Improved Scripting support - Gopher is now able to create improved Piano roll and VFX Scripts on demand. For example, ask Gopher for create a Piano roll script to remove random notes from a score.

MIDI scripting

Added HW_Dirty flags" for undo and redo operations.
Replaced the built-in MCU support with the new MCU script.
Added 'setPatternLength' and 'incrementPatternLength' functions.
Added added 'get_swing' and 'set_swing' functions to set and get swing values.

Full list of changes available here

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