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- Price: Free to try (Save to FLP format disabled); $99.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7
- Date added: September 16, 2009
- Total Downloads: 4,092,258
- Downloads last week: 20,854
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 193 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Competition in the world of all-in-one music-creation suites has grown considerably since Fruity Loops first started breaking beats. With a new name and a new interface, FL Studio is reestablishing its place as a full-featured and affordable audio-production program.
The photo-realistic mixing-board interface, littered with small, unlabeled icons and burdened with a confusing file browser, makes the learning curve steeper than it should be. Once you clear that hurdle, though, this enjoyable product will have you making music in no time. The Fruityslicer makes short work of chopping up breaks, and the simple step-based drum machine lets you create your own. You can bind FL Studio to other programs via VSTi and DXi plug-ins. A full selection of software instruments is included so you can start playing immediately. All the usual suspects are there, from vintage, buzzy, analog imitators to wacky sound effects and generic voice samples.
FL Studio offers a tremendous value for what you get. Comparable products cost nearly twice as much. FL Studio's quirky sound generators and interoperability make it a great addition to any studio. Be warned, though: several versions of FL Studio are available, so more features are included as the price goes up.
Publisher's description
From Image Line Software :FL Studio, formerly known as FruityLoops, is a fully featured, open-architecture music creation and production environment for PC. No extra software is required to produce any style of music, as the complete set of instrument and studio tools is included in the cost of the package. With the included plugins, sounds and tools the user can create complete songs, as well as backing tracks, loops and sizzling beats. Completed songs can be saved to WAV, MP3 or MIDI or .ZIP or native project formats (.FLP).FL Studio utilizes MIDI and DirectSound (internal mixing), 16-bit 44KHz stereo output, and 32-bit floating-point internal mixing. You'll also get support for VST plug-ins, as well as individual panning, volume, pitch, mix, resonance, and cutoff on each note.
What's new in this version:
Version 9.0 adds better multi-core processing, Vocodex, GrossBeat, Ogun, AutoGun, Sakura (Optional).
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 193 votes
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0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: FL Studio 9.0
Pros: muchmuch much much much
Cons: much much much much
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FL Studio 9.0
"Light, CPU efficient software for music creation."
Pros: Free online updates forever.
Reasonable price
Good tech support
Can get 10% discount here:
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or directly at the ImageLine's online shop:
http://affiliate.image-line.com/EFAGBJD483Cons: Does not work natively on MacOS
Buying individual softsynths can be expensive, better to buy a bundle such as Fl Studio Signature bundle.Summary: This is a very high quality professional studio for music production. It does not take a lot of space compared to other programs like Cubase. It works faster and has a easy and intuitive feel to it which accelerates learning. Other programs seem ... read more >>
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Version: FL Studio 9.0
"great interface & sounds & effects, best price"
Pros: expandability, free lifetime upgrades!!!
Cons: windows everywhere, small areas to click on
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Version: FL Studio 9.0
Pros: yoU can make your own beat
Cons: nothing.......................................
Summary: The product, was excalty i like it.........................................................................
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Version: FL Studio 9.0
"CPU HUNGRY! wont run smooth like version 8 !"
Pros: Lots of new cool features, Improved sequencer etc, and a really great vocoder.
Cons: Very CPU heavy, Version 8 ran very smooth, and this version (9) runs so choppy, that even after trying to tweak the settings etc, I gave up and uninstalled. My computer is fairly powerfull so was surprised.
Summary: will need to wait till I get a more powerfull computer!. as too CPU hungry.
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