Absolutely Amazing

Amazing DAW. Can't think of a better one honestly. It's very beginner friendly and very powerfull and you can make some sick slappers with this one

Ideal to my workflow and great VST's inside

I recently switched from Ableton Live 9 to FL Studio 12 and after fooling around and getting a good handle on all the basics, I've decided FL fits my workflow and excites my organizational standards more than any prior DAW I've spent the time getting to know (Logic Pro X & Ableton Live 9 Intro). Understanding the unique integration between channels and patterns took a little getting used to, but now I feel comfortable enough to have created a basic formulaic workflow within it.

For people with 'mixer' MIDI controllers (such as Launch Control XL, MIDI keyboards with other knobs and parameters)... I love how all of my hardware MIDI controllers are for the most part unassigned and ready to be variously manipulated from track to track. This is compared to how Ableton Live will auto assign all knobs, buttons, and faders to specific 'general' parameters, i.e. panning, volume, mute, sends... It tries to replicate session view onto the controller, and this actually lessens the sense of creativity and personification for me. On the flip side of this, Ableton is the best performance DAW, and for that reason I would recommend Ableton over FL in a live setting; I'm talking strictly for production purposes. When opening FL and hooking up my gear, I was truly excited to learn that most of my controller parameters were unassigned and waiting to be accessed according to my priorities and wants. I was able to have my entire studio at my ready; I didn't have to go back to unassign/reassign and organize my controller throughout the entire production process.

The VST's are all powerful, thorough, and interesting. I really like effect VST's such as Parametric EQ 2, Maximus, Grossbeat, and Fruity Reeverb 2. Effects like these I prefer for being so thorough yet understandable. The synth VST's are great. A master at Harmour could use only 1/4 of its features to make some of the toughest, most interesting sounds achievable, but the scale of thoroughness and difficulty touches on all ends of the spectrum from synths like Plucked! to synths like Harmour or Toxic Biohazard.

Going off of this, FL makes it easy for you to work your way up. Once you know the basics to operating this DAW, it provides you with basic VST's that you can learn and master with ease (but also consistency) to start making very basic yet respectable tracks. By the time you reach a level of proficiency in some 3-10 years, I can already tell how guiding yet insanely complex it will seem looking back.

Great Workflow

FL was the first DAW I ever worked with, but I transitioned to Logic awhile ago and just started using FL again. The workflow can't be beat, and it's incredibly intuitive once you get past the initial learning curve that comes with any new software.

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I LOVE YOU FL U ARE MY EVERYTHING i will never leave u ever ok please save all my projects never crash nono

High value, quality DAW especially excelling in piano roll and automation controls

I use both FL Studio and Logic (primarily logic) and find both to be very useful for different purposes when producing and composing. For MIDI data manipulation, both are amazing, but FL studio stands out for its simplicity and smooth efficiency of piano roll input. The included ZGameEditor plugin is also extremely useful for effortlessly creating interesting high quality videos for many purposes.

Very useful to mix and produce yor music

This is a powerful DAW, also VST plug-in instruments can be used and some standalone applications like amplitube also can be fully integrated for your audio samples or instruments. Very handy to compose songs. I began replacing the sounds of a Casio LK -220 electronic lighted keyboard, that I bought to learn the Piano Basics, because this instrument has a USB input and midi sounds, so you can use the sound quality from Fruity Loops (compilated audio samples).

Probably I'm not using Fruity Loops the way I should do, because I used it only to compose songs for videogames, maybe some youtube tutorials can help a lot.

A USB capable Mixer, a usb keyboard or synth, microphones and a PC with good perfomance* is the best suggestion to get the best results from Fruity Loops.

*The specifications for recommended performance are told in the Image-Line web site, but I can say to have a PC with Intel i7, 8-16 Gb RAM, 1-4 Tb HDD, 256 Gb SDD (optional), at least a 19-21" monitor to freely manage all the windows and menus without problem.

Amazing overall, but mediocer audio workflow

I used to use FL, because when I was starting out I needed something that is super easy for me to understand, even without any tutorials (because high-quality and good tutorials didn't really exist when I was starting out). But when I started working more with audio, especially vocals and melodic samples, I knew I had to switch, because I just didn't like FL's approach to audio editing. Overall I really like it, and it is a great DAW for beginners, but I just feel FL could do better with their audio workflow.

the original sampling beatbox software

I was an early adopter of Fruity Loops. I tried version 1 as a highschool senior and fell in love with its ability to load up and edit an unlimited number of my homemade samples and then sequence them with an easy to understand TR808/909 type grid layout. I've been with Image Line ever since. This gets five stars because of how innovative it was at the time. Compared to rebirth it was harder to get useable stuff out of, but it was way more versatile and it sounded as good as what you put in. THis was such a chameleon and combined with hardware synths and something like acid for loop manipulation you really were at the cutting edge of computer music. The toughest thing was syncing it all up back then. Everything had to be done in little bite sized pieces and the workflow was tedious at best!

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main is fl studio 2024!

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My Primary Studio

For 6 years, FL Studio has been my main setup in music production because of the its flexibility workflow as well as the interface which is very straight to the point compare to other DAWS which required more time to understand before jumping into the actual production.

Another thing I do like to point out is the free updates which make its stand out against other DAW which requires an additional fees in order to updates to the latest version