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- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (Load saved projects disabled); $99.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: November 17, 2009
- Total Downloads: 4,148,218
- Downloads last week: 22,206
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 197 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.
CNET Editor's Note: This is a very large (186MB) file and may take several hours to download via slow Internet connection.
What's new in this version:
Version 9.0.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 197 votes
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Version: FL Studio 9.0.1
"A Digital Audio Workstation software for music creation"
Pros: -More intuitive to use than other software like Cubase
-Customers get free updates for life
-ImageLine has a excellent tech support with forums to help with problems.
-Software works fast, it's less robust, well written to optimize CPU usage.Cons: No Mac OS versions.
Summary: ImageLine the producer of FL Studio offers a 10% discount to new customers from purchasing anything worth 90$ or more on their Online Shop.
More information on FL Studio:
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Version: FL Studio 9.0.1
"ALL Digital Audio Workstations are great."
Pros: FL was difficult for me to understand, while I understood Ableton 8 immediately.
You cannot beat their support/price
FL is brilliant. Don't get me wrong.
FANTASTIC product that everyone should try in considering digital audio production.Cons: Samplebank is not acceptable to my standards, but you can build a sample bank easily-- which nulls my argument here.
You can sample with the program.
Just have to watch a lot tutorials and read the manual.Summary: You should consider ALL daws.
* Ableton Live
* ACID Pro
* Adobe Audition
* Cakewalk Sonar
* Digital Performer
* FL Studio
* GarageBand
* Logic Pro
* Nuendo
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Version: FL Studio 9.0.1
"Easy to use, Free lifetime upgrades, Perfect."
Pros: Easy to use
Perfect for beginners to pros
Awesome graphics
Tons of generators
You can make anything with this programCons: This is a flawless program. High Suggest it
Summary: This program does it all i mean you could know absolutely nothing about music and this program will almost teach you how along the way. Very pleased. Also right now if you use this link http://affiliate.image-line.com/DFEHBEC481 new customers can ge... read more >>
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Version: FL Studio 9.0.1
"The flstudio is a great program"
Pros: I like the fact that I can make good music
Cons: I dont like the fact that Idont know how to sample
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