Instead, FL Studio specialises in analog-style synths and drum machines, piano, bass and guitar simulators, plus a range of abstract sound generators. The one notable absence is a bread-and-butter General MIDI synth, although the SoundFont Player included in XXL would suffice, with the help of a suitable library. However, the sampler is only one of 26 instruments in the XXL version – together these provide a massive palette of sounds with which to work. Each sampler module comes with a reasonable set of synthesis controls, although cryptic abbreviations will make them difficult for inexperienced users to get to grips with. This suits drum programming well, and the ability to drag and drop individual sounds from the Browser to automatically create a new sampler instrument makes FL Studio extremely user-friendly. Instruments are picked from a list and then appear as a row on a step sequencer reminiscent of Roland’s classic TR808. Parts of FL Studio’s interface still feel more like a drum machine than a fully fledged production environment. You can add the same to boxed versions for just $29. Downloads are also available at $99, $149 and $299 respectively, which is particularly good value, as they come with the promise of free updates for life. Finally, the XXL Edition (£220 inc VAT) adds video playback for writing music to picture, five extra synth modules and 2.4GB of samples, in addition to the 225MB included in all three versions. Producer Edition (£136 inc VAT) adds live recording, stereo wave editing, a more flexible mix architecture and dedicated EQ for each mixer channel. Fruityloops Edition (£75 inc VAT) includes the bulk of the features described here.
Three versions of FL Studio are available.
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