FL Studio Producer Edition

FL Studio (formerly Fruityloops) from Image Line, is the most complete virtual studio currently available. Ideally suited for creation of songs (of any genre), backing tracks, loops and realistic drum tracks/loops, you will be creating wav, mp3 or midi songs or loops only minutes after launching it. FL Studio can play any sample file (wav), generator (Fruityloops soft- synth, VSTi & DXi) or midi instrument you feed it. FL Studio is a pattern based sequencer, which means you create your songs in pieces (patterns) using the Step Sequencer and the Piano Roll view and then weld those pieces together using the Playlist window. Then you can add a wide range of effects, then automate them for dynamic sweeps, rolling bass lines and texture changes that really make your music stand out from the crowd. FL Studio is a fun product but still helps you to create great sounding music. Use it on its own or as a fantastic complementary product for Cakewalk's SONAR, SONAR 2, Home Studio, Music Creator, etc, Syntrillium's Cool Edit Pro 2, Steinberg Cubase, Cubasis, etc, ACID etc. FL Studio comes in two flavours: Fruityloops Edition and Producer Edition. The Producer Edition includes everything found in the Fruityloops edition, plus audio recording and editing capabilities. Boxed version exclusives: Printed getting started manual (82 pages) FL Studio on CD (no worries if you have to re-format your system) approx 4,000 royalty-free samples 300+ loops UK Phone support Click for full image 'One of the greatest PC music programs there is, period' Computer Music   £ £ ex VAT Platform: For in-depth information on FL Studio FL Studio Comparison System Reqs. Academic Prices Sample CDs Upgrade to Producer Edition

Key Features FL Studio Fruityloops Edition & Producer Edition both feature: Advanced sequencing methods allowing quick entering of realistic drum loops (step sequencing grid) and composing complex instrumentals (advanced piano roll, arpeggiator, keyboard tracking, real-time gate). Ability to function as a VSTi, DXi and a ReWire client. Ability to host ReWire clients. Open architecture allowing third-party software instruments (enhanced proprietary FL instruments standard, VSTi and DXi2) and effects (enhanced proprietary FL effects standard, VST, VST2 and DirectX). Effects: A full set of high-precision mastering and special effects filters: reverb, compressor, procedural equalizer, distortion, phaser, flanger, bass boost, delay line and other. Unique note properties morphing ability (pitch, cutoff, resonance, panning). Integrated instruments: Sampler, TS404 (the popular bassline engine), 3xOSC (subsynth), Plucked! (plucked strings), MIDI Out, DX10 (FM synth), Scratcher (turntable emulator), WaveTraveller (wave bend synth), and more. Advanced playlist Realtime linear interpolation & sophisticated interpolation algorithms at rendering time. Live recording of control movements & integrated automation events editor. Easy MIDI remote controlling of most parameters (VST plugins supported as well). Procedural control over parameters by using special controller plugins. Click removal & volume ramping to avoid pops. Imports *.WAV, *.SYN (SimSynth 1 & 2), *.DS (DrumSynth) files, with effects applied. Imports MIDI sequences and controller events. Exports audio to 16Bit or 32Bit *.WAV file, *.MP3. Can export MIDI notes & controller events to a standard MIDI file. Internal 32 bit floating point mixing, up to 96kHz stereo. Supports DirectSound and ASIO enabled sound cards for audio output. Boxed version exclusives: Printed getting started manual (82 pages) FL Studio on CD (no worries if you have to re-format your system) approx 4,000 royalty-free samples 300+ loops UK Phone support Producer Edition also features: Record & mix up to 999 tracks of audio Use effects on input while recording 64 channel Mixer with per-track EQ Integrated WaveEditor Sequencing tools Step Sequencer The step sequencer is the heart of FL Studio. Here you decide which channels will generate which sounds. Click for full image Simply clicking some dots allows you to trigger sampler channels, control one of the generators that come with Fruityloops or make any existing VST2.0 or DXi instrument plugin scream. In it's most basic incarnation you just light a couple of dots, press 'play' and you have a pumping beat. If you want to change the pitch of the samples you just pull down the piano keyboard and create a melody: Pianoroll The Pianoroll allows you to compose the most incredible melodies using chords, note lengths, colour coded slides etc. A pianoroll can have any length you want. You are not restricted to the length of the other patterns in your compositioin. All Panning, Velocity, Cuttoff, Resonance, ... parameters can be controlled on a note by note basis and using 'slides' you can make your notes slide from the one to the other. Playlist The Playlist is where you arrange your composition. This is where you specify which patterns or audio clips you want to play, when you want them to sound, and for how long. Want to add pre-recorded voices, guitar parts or other recorded audio? Just drag any wav file to the Playlist and position it to the time you want to have it played back. In the Producer Edition, you can also record audio directly into FL Studio. Midi keyboard Midi keyboard users can play directly from their keyboards. Others can either import a midifile or use the PC keyboard to compose the notes. FL Studio includes a wide range of soft synths (generators) Fl Studio includes over 10 fully funtional synths that all benefit from the unique FL plugin architecture that allows slides, per-note pitch & full automation. 3xOsc - a combination of 3 oscillators that feed the FLStudio Sampler. It generates bright sounds that can be filtered by the channel's instrument tools. It can also produce a unique kind of stereo chorus. Click for image. TS404 is unique bass-line synthesizer that can resemble the sound of many classic synthesizers, such as TB-303, but can also create many distinctive, TS404-specific sounds as well. Contains two oscillators, cut/res filter, envelope, LFO and a distortion unit. BeepMap - generates sound based on imported image files. Click for image. BooBass - a realistic acoustic bass synth. Click for image. Wave Traveller - Load Wave files, then create multiple paths back and forth through the audio to create convincing DJ-style scratches. Multiple paths per-sample can be key mapped. Click for image. Fruity Granulizer - a granular synth. Granular synths split wave samples into small pieces ("grains") and then plays them back according to defined settings. Stretch audio without altering its pitch; create complex special effects; even start with normal playback and then "morph" your audio. Click for image. FL Keys is a realistic piano simulator with optimized CPU and memory usage. With the help of several additional modules included in FL Studio, FL Keys can also operate as Rhodes & Roto Organ FL Slayer is a realistic electric guitar simulation originally developed by reFX. It uses a hybrid synthesis similar to physical modeling. The simulator is equipped with a high quality amp section and effects rack enabling you to recreate the complete electric guitar sound without additional plugins. Fruity Kick -a simple kick drum synth. Click for image. Plucked! - a plucked string synth. Click for image. Fruity Scratcher - a vinyl turntable simulator. Load samples and record your performance in real-time. Click for image. Fruity Wrapper - adds support for DXi and VST instruments. MIDI Out - a plug-in that allows you to use FL Studio to control your external MIDI devices. Click for image. FLStudio includes a versatile mixer 64 tracks 4 send tracks Individual VU meters and sliders Full re-routing of effects (Producer Edition only) ASIO in recording (Producer Edition only) Bounce to disk option Each track has: 8 effect channels 3-band parametric equaliser (Producer Edition only) Stereo separator Post Effects VU meter with peaks (Producer Edition only) Volume, pan, and stereo separation Included effects Fruity 7 Band EQ Fruity Balance Fruity Bass Boost Fruity Blood Overdrive Fruity Center Fruity Chorus Fruity Compressor Fruity Delay Fruity Delay 2 (image) Fruity Fast Dist Fruity Fast LP Fruity Filter Fruity Flanger Fruity Free Filter Fruity Mute Fruity PanOMatic Fruity Parametric EQ Fruity Phase Inverter Fruity Phaser Fruity Reeverb Fruity Send Fruity Soft Clipper Fruity Spectroman spectrum analyzer Fruity Stereo Enhancer (image) Fruity Vocoder (image) Fruity Wrapper adds support for DirectX and VST effects. Producer Edition Mixer - click for full image   Audio Recording (Producer Edition only) Add vocals, guitar lines, or any recorded audio you can imagine to your soft synth compositions in FLStudio Producer Edition. Record and mix up to 999 tracks of audio. Use effects on input while recording. Mix audio using the 64 channel Mixer with per-track EQ. More. Audio Editing (Producer Edition only) FLStudio Producer Edition has a built-in Wave Editor that allows you to perform basic audio editing and also to record new audio files. You can fade, normalize, reverse, invert, trim, and add loop points to any audio clip. The Audiotracks in FLStudio allow you to lay out your vocals, guitar parts or external synth leads visually in the Playlist. Producer Edition click for full image Click for full image   Controllers FLStudio provides a number of unique ways for you to control your music, effects and synths. Fruity Peak Controller An internal controller that allows you to modify any wheel, knob or switch by feeding it a sound or beat. It tracks the audio peaks from your source and then uses it to modulate whatever controls you have designated. Fruity Formula Controller An internal controller that accepts user defined formulas for modulating other parameters. Fruity X-Y Controller An internal controller that allows you to control parameters along an X-Y axis. You can also use a joystick with this controller to get hands on control of your mix. Dashboard Create software interfaces for your external MIDI hardware, such as keyboards, mixers, samplers etc. Use the integrated automation system to record changes as your song progresses. Also set up interfaces that act as internal controllers. Dashboard includes several preset panels for popular MIDI devices, ready to use in your projects. You can customize the existing panels or create new ones from scratch. This way you can adapt Dashboard for any MIDI device you own.

 

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FL Studio in Depth For in-depth information we have given access to the FL Studio online helpfile Please note: The information in this help file refers to all versions of FL Studio and may contain information on features not in the version you are looking at on this website. FL Studio Feature Comparison Plugin support  Fruityloops Edition Producer Edition XXL Edition Multi-out VSTi, ReWire & DXi softsynths VST & DX effects Fruty Pad Controller (FPC) FL Studio Generators & FX Usable as multi-out VSTi client in hosts like Cubase etc Usable as multi-out ReWire client in hosts like SONAR etc Usable as multi-out DXi client in hosts like SONAR etc MIDI support       Use external MIDI keyboards & MIDI controllers Import & Export MIDI files Audio support       Full audiotracks with WAV form display Reads .WAV, .MP3, .SYN, .DS, .Speech files - Integrated WAV editor - ASIO-in recording - Music creation       Step sequencer with integrated Piano keyboard Pianoroll (allowing chord) Full realtime recording & automation of all parameters Internal controllers Arpeggiator Automatic slicer (reads .REX files) Over 10 generators (softsynths) included Over 25 HQ FX (effects) included Automation       Pattern based event automatio Envelope automation of all parameters in playlist - Mixer & FX rack       64 Tracks with 8 FX channels each Post FX Parametric EQ, Volume, Pan, VU meter - Full FX (re)routing - Updates       Free update to most recent version (1 time only)1 Life time updates2 $29 $29 $29 Output support       Directsound Multi-out ASIO MIDI out Render to .WAV (16bit or 32bit) Render to .MP3 (32kbit up to 320kbit) Render separted FX tracks Generators       3xOsc, Sampler, BooBass, Beepmap, Plucked, Fruit Kick Chrome, FPC, WaveTraveller, Dashboard, Keyboard Controller Fruity Vibrator, MIDI Out, FL Slayer, FL Keys, Granuliser DirectWave Sampler     SimSynth Live     DX-10     VideoPlayer     Sytrus     SoundFont Player     DrumSynth Live     Sample DVD (~2.4GB)     Notes 1 When you buy the boxed Version of FL Studio you are entitled to download a free update to the latest version once only i.e. If you buy FL Studio Producer Edition version 4 and the online version is 4.2 you can down load this version free of charge but once you have done one update you will need to buy the Life time Update option for $29 to receive anymore updates. 2 Life time updates can be purchased at www.flstudio.com

System Requirements Windows 95/98/Millenium/2000/XP Soundcard (ASIO drivers rquired for Producer Edition) 30 MB free disk space Minimum Pentium II processor required; Pentium III processor or higher recommended 64 MB memory CD-ROM drive