FL Studio

Fl Studio is one of the world most's popular music production systems. Based on Wikipedia, 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 four different editions for Microsoft Windows, including FL Studio Express, Fruity Edition, Producer Edition, and the Signature Bundle.

FL Studio can be used as a VST instrument in other audio workstation programs and also functions as a ReWire client. Image-Line also offers other VST instruments and audio applications. FL Studio is used by electronic musicians and DJs such as Afrojack, Avicii^, Angel Vadel and 9th Wonder.

Fl Studio is very helpful for those of you who can not use music instruments.

  

Software overview

• FL Studio Express (discontinued after version 10)– This version allows for step sequencer-only editing and is chiefly suited for 64-step loop creation. Each pattern can consist of an unlimited number of instruments—either samples, native, or VST instruments. Instruments in the pattern can be routed to the Mixer tool for effects processing, and effects as of version 10.0 include Delay, Delay Bank, Equo, Flangus, Love Philter, Vocoder, Parametric EQ & EQ2, Multiband Compressor, Spectroman, Stereo Enhancer, Wave Candy, Wave Shaper, and Soundgoodizer. There is no piano roll, playlist ability, automation, audio recording, or VST/ReWire client.
• Fruity Edition – The Fruity Edition allows users to access the playlist, piano roll, and event automation features, which allow for complex and lengthy arranging and sequencing. There is also VST/ReWire support so that FL Studio can be used as an instrument in other hosts such as Cubase, Sonic Solutions, Logic, and other software. As of version 10.0 this edition includes the Simsynth Live synthesizer instrument, the DrumSynth live percussion synthesizer, the DX10FM synthesizer, and the Wasp/Wasp XT synthesizers. There is no audio recording feature.
• Producer Edition – The Producer Edition includes all of the features of the Fruity Edition, as well as full recording for internal and external audio and post-production tools. It allows for hand-drawing point and curve based splines. Plugins include Edison, Slicex (loop slicer and re-arranger), Vocodex, and Synthmaker. It also allows for waveform viewing of audio clips and the ability to add cue points.
• Signature Bundle – This edition includes the Producer Edition as well as a series of plugins such as Sytrus, Maximus, the Fruity Video player, DirectWave Sampler, and the Hardcore Guitar Effects Suite.
• Free Demo – The free demo version includes all of the program's features and most plugins and allows users to render project audio to WAV, MIDI, MP3, and OGG. The only drawback to this limitation, is that projects saved in demo mode will only open fully once FL Studio and plugins have been registered.
• Mobile – On June 21, 2011, Image-Line released FL Studio Mobile for iOS and on April 2013 for Android. Both support the ability to create multi-track projects on mobile devices including iPod Touches, iPhones, iPads., Android 2.3.3 and higher Smart Phones and Tablets.
• Groove – On September 2, 2013, A new standalone app for Windows 8 was released. It is a Groovebox style application optimised for touch-based music creation.

System requirements

FL Studio 10.0 works on Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8 (32-bit or 64-bit versions) or on Intel Macs with Boot Camp. It requires a 2GHz AMD or Intel Pentium 3 CPU with full SSE1 support. It requires 1 GB of free disk space and at least 1 GB of RAM is recommended
FL Studio processes audio using an internal 32-bit floating point engine. It supports sampling rates up to 192 kHz using either WDM or ASIO enabled drivers.

Program Features

 Version 11 is the newest version of FL Studio. Introduced in April 2013, it included multi-touch support, improved tempo automation, new plugins such as BassDrum, GMS, Effector, Patcher, and new piano roll features (VFX Key Mapper, VFX Color Mapper )

• FL Studio 64 Bit features
  – Access up to 512 GB memory, depending on your Windows version. 
  – 32 Bit bridged and 64 Bit native VST plugin support.
  – Project compatibility between 32 and 64 Bit versions.
  – FL Studio available as a 64 Bit VST plugin for use in 64 Bit VST hosts.
• Performance mode – Trigger Playlist Clips live using a mouse, touch screen, typing keyboard or MIDI controller. Supports APC20/40, Launchpad, Lemur, Block, Maschine/Mikro, padKONTROL, QuNeo, Traktor Kontrol (and more).
• Multi-touch support – FL Studio and some plugins now respond to Multi-touch with Microsoft gesture functions supported.
• Playlist – 199 Playlist tracks, increased from 99.
• Linking includes MIDI input port – Links now remember the MIDI input port used to avoid conflict between controllers.
• Playlist & Piano roll – Horizontal & vertical movement locking. Shift is horizontal lock & Ctrl is vertical lock when dragging items.
• Piano roll – Glue notes, Mouse wheel velocity, Monophonic step entry mode & Chop chords tool.
• Right-click data entry – Most controls now allow a Right-click option to type in values.
• Plugin Picker – Right-click to open a plugin and its presets in the Browser. Start typing plugin names to highlight entries.
• Mixer – Page Up/Down keyboard keys cycle through the current mixer track's plugin windows.
• Options – Play truncated notes in clips restores notes overlapping slice points in Pattern Clips. Click and hold functions. GUI animation level now selectable from sober to entertaining.