FL STUDIO 20.0.5 introduces support for the worlds first dedicated FL Studio controller the AKAI Professional FL Studio FIRE. 

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Featuring plug-and-play integration, at the heart of Fire is a 4 x 16 RGB pad matrix. Quickly input patterns on the Step Sequencer or switch over to Performance Mode for live playing and recording of notes and launching patterns. Bringing a tactile, mouse-free mixing solution to the FL Studio environment, Fire includes four banks of four touch-capacitive knobs, enabling the user to instantly see and adjust parameter values. This facilitates a more intuitive workflow, giving the ultimate control over Channel, Mixer and user-assignable parameters.

 

FIRE Key Features:

• Plug-and-play integration with FL Studio
• Quickly input patterns along the timeline in the Stepsequencer
• 4 x 16 Matrix of RGB Pads
• Expandable up to four units, creating the potential for an 8 x 32 Matrix
• Stepsequencer, Note (piano), Drumpad and Performance Modes
• Graphical OLED display
• 4 banks of assignable Touch-Capacitive Knobs
• Instantly navigate the Channel Rack, Browser, Tool Bar and Playlist windows
• Use dedicated controls to quickly browse audio and project files
• Dedicated Transport controls
• USB Bus Powered
• FL Studio Fruity Fire Edition* with Lifetime Free Updates included. Product registration info - FL Studio FIRE FAQ
• FIRE MIDI Reference Page

 

FL Studio 20.0.5 What's new?

• Akai FL Studio FIRE controller support
• Fruity Convolver is now unlocked with Fruity edition
• FL Studio Mobile plugin updated
• macOS Mojave Support

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* Fruity Fire Edition is equivalent to Fruity Edition with the additional requirement a FIRE controller must be connected to unlock from Trial Mode.

FL STUDIO 20.0.4 introduces significantly improved CPU performance plus you can now transpose multiple Instrument Channels or Patterns. See below for details ...

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Click here to see user CPU improvements

What's new?

• Improvements to CPU usage - Especially in complex projects, where mixer tracks are routed to others, and threaded processing is on, you will notice significant improvements to CPU usage.
• Patcher - More improvements to CPU usage!
• Transpose patterns and channels in semitones - There is a 'Transpose' pop-up for selected Channels from the Channel Rack Options Menu, Patterns - in the Picker Panel (Right-Click menu) or from the Pattern Menu.
• Mixer - Added 'Delete' item to the effect slot menu in the mixer.
• Playlist - Chop Audio Clips in 8th and 16th note divisions.
• Playlist - Consolidated audio now shows above the consolidated (and muted) track in the Playlist.
• Browser - Open a sample or plugin from the browser without showing the Channel window by holding the (Alt) key.
• User data folder - Can now be reset to the default value, in the File Settings.
• Diagnostic tool - User data location is shown in reports (found under the Help menu).
• Icons - New FL Studio 20 Application Icon.
• ZGE Visualizer - Maximum layer count increased from 50 to 100. New 'Solo layer' feature to quickly test a single layer

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In addition to Windows, Splice announce support for FL STUDIO 20 on macOS. Click the image below to learn more ...

Splice announces Mac support for FL STUDIO 20

What is splice?

Splice Studio is a Windows and Mac desktop application, that works in conjunction with the Splice cloud-based (online) platform, to allow you to backup your projects and collaborate with other FL Studio and Splice users in public or private collaborations.

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Have you been putting off updating an older version of FL Studio to FL Studio 20 because you are worried about your data? No worries, we have you covered ...

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 See here for a step-by-step tutorial in the manual. Good news! This is the last time you will need to worry about managing your files during an update. From FL Studio 20 onward, the User data folder, will contain all your custom content outside the FL Studio installation folder. 

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FL STUDIO 20.0.3 [build 38] is available for Mac users. If you are updating from any previous release version of FL Studio 20, you will be pleased to know all your custom files, folders and plugin databases will remain intact due to the new User data folder changes. If you are updating from FL Studio 12 or lower, see here for a step-by-step tutorial.

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FL Studio 20 has been a huge success, thanks to everyone who supported its development on Looptalk (FL Studio users forum). This is a stability and bugfix update for both Windows and Mac.

What's new?

(macOS bugfixes)

• Fixed audio stuttering when recording into Edison
• Fixed crashes recording to Playlist
• Fixed crash using MachineJam
• Fixed error message when resizing Patcher window
• Fixed graphical issue when dragging windows between monitors
• Fixed issue with saving projects, sometimes takes a long time
• Fixed error with 'pitch detection' in DirectWave
• Further improvements to keyboard shortcuts (not working)
• Magic Lasso now works
• New (simple), macOS main menus added (FL Studio and Edit)

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FL STUDIO 20 introduced the ability to easily use multiple time signatures in a single project. In this tutorial we explain how it all works ...

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Want to update to FL Studio 20?

To update FL Studio, download the latest installer and run it. If you are installing the same major release number (FL Studio 20 to 20.1 for example), this will install over the existing installation and update it.

If you are installing a major update (FL Studio 12 to 20 for example), this will install in parallel. In this case we have an in-depth tutorial on how to manage the transition of all your project related data here.

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After you purchase and install FL STUDIO, the easiest way to unlock it from Trial Mode, is to enter your Image-Line Account login details on the FL STUDIO Help (menu) > About panel and restart FL STUDIO. That's it! Do this after every update, or fresh install, and you will be ready to enjoy your Lifetime Free Updates:

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Unlocking FL Studio on a non-internet connected computer? See here.

About Updating FL Studio

To update FL Studio, download the latest installer and run it. If you are installing the same major release number (FL Studio 20 to 20.1 for example), this will install over the existing installation and update it.

If you are installing a major update (FL Studio 12 to 20 for example), this will install in parallel. In this case we have an in-depth tutorial on how to manage the transition of all your project related data here.

Good news! From FL Studio 20, we changed where your user data is saved. On both Windows and Mac computers it now resides (by default) outside the FL Studio installation in ...\Users\[your computer account]\Documents\Image-Line\FL Studio. This location is set by your User data folder option and means updating FL Studio 20 is much simpler, as you don't need to migrate custom user data, plugin databases and related information. See here for details.

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FL STUDIO 20.0.3 out now. If you are updating from any previous release version of FL Studio 20, you will be pleased to know all your custom files, folders and plugin databases will remain intact due to the new User data folder changes. If you are updating from FL Studio 12 or lower, see here for a step-by-step tutorial.

DOWNLOAD FL Studio 20 HERE

FL Studio 20 has been a huge success, thanks to everyone who supported its development on Looptalk (FL Studio users forum). This is a stability and bugfix update for both Windows and Mac.

What's new?

(common)

• Added 'Record to step sequencer' option to record button
• DirectWave: Full sample filename is shown on sample tab
• ZGE Visualizer: Added "Uncompressed" to the video export options

(macOS)

• Diagnostic application is ported to macOS

Bugfixes (common)

• Access violation when patterns in a group are cloned
• Cancelling "undo recorded stuff" removes audio clip from the playlist
• Can't remove generic links in some cases
• Channel with sample offset knob at 100% still makes sound when note is played
• Clicking on a clip in the playlist doesn't deselect items in the picker panel
• "Duplicates not allowed" error when saving files
• Export score to sheet uses incorrect time signatures
• Graph editor inverts appearance when resizing outside of the screen
• "Hold and stop" performance mode clips don't work on Machine Jam
• Incompatibilities in sample filenames between Windows and macOS versions of FL
• "Make unique" doesn't update the channel name if the channel currently has its default name
• Name of audio clips in the picker panel is not updated when the name is changed in the channel rack
• New automation clip is sometimes added to a hidden track
• PDC can get out of sync when moving mixer tracks around
• Preview of audio clip's sample doesn't have the same volume as playing the audio clip in the playlist
• Problems unlocking from the about window
• Startup log files are not deleted when they're too old
• Convolver: EQ background not painted properly
• DirectWave: Conflict between parameter name and value hints when using mouse wheel
• DirectWave: File creation error when using the drum stretching tool
• DirectWave: Crash loading project with zone names that include non-ascii characters
• Gross Beat and Maximus: About image not scaled
• Newtone: Crash when its about window is shown
• Fruity Reeverb: FL 12.5 projects load in MID mode when they were saved as SIDE
• Transistor Bass: Wrong gate position when scaled
• Video Player: Crash
• Wave Traveller: Spline presets are saved incorrectly in 64 bit
• Wrapper: Doesn't show plugin and manual latency values properly
• Wrapper: Carious VST 3 plugins crash when the editor window is closed or opened
• Wrapper: VST 3 shell plugins are not loaded correctly

Bugfixes (macOS)

• Reduced fan activity [caused by GUI load]
• Alt + click in the playlist doesn't work correctly
• Arrow keys skip entries when navigating context menus
• Arturia plugins crash if their editor is open while FL is closed
• Crash creating thumbnails for Maxx' plugins
• Deferred generic messages don't work
• Detached windows don't get proper focus
• Detached windows are not hidden when FL is minimized
• Drawing issues with Maxx' plugins
• Freeze opening projects that have AU plugins and time signature changes
• Incorrect settings saved when Platform-M usb device is used
• MIDI controller types detected incorrectly
• No response to Akai MPK 261 MIDI commands
• Plugin database adds [64bit] suffix for all plugins
• Problem replacing a sampler channel with a Granulizer
• Problems with keyboards that have a non-US layout
• Random crashes sending sysex messages to MIDI devices
• User interface isn't updated while processing
• Virtual MIDI ports are not detected
• Harmor: crash using image resynthesis
• Patcher: crash when adding plugins
• Slicex: Shift + drag doesn't add new slices

Bugfixes (Windows)

• Closing FL opens folders in File Explorer
• When loading a zip file saved in macOS, FL tries to open a hidden file with the name of the project

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Thanks to everyone who has supported FL Studio over the last 20 years. We are proud to have taken out BEST DAW at the 2018 International Dance Music Awards. Learn more about FL Studio 20 here.

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We are excited to announce that FL Studio 20 introducing native Mac support and Time Signatures out now. Learn more about FL Studio 20 here. We are also proud to remind customers that FL Studio 20 carries on our Lifetime Free Updates policy into the 20th year!

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Key new features

• Mac version – FL Studio is now available for macOS 10.11 and higher. It's a native 64 Bit application Including support for Mac VST and AU plugins. Projects made on Mac and Windows are interchangeable. Project interoperability extends to 3^rd party plugins installed on both platforms. Existing, Lifetime Free Update, and new customers can unlock FL Studio for Mac and Windows at no extra cost. One license to rule them all!

• Time Signatures – FL Studio now supports Time Signatures, including unlimited Time Signature changes, independently in both the Playlist and Patterns (Piano rolls). FL Studio’s unique pattern system enables, simultaneous and multiple Time Signatures at any point in the Playlist.

• In-situ rendering (‘freezing’) – Bounce selected Audio and Pattern Clips to audio. Options include; Consolidate Playlist Clip selections or complete tracks. Render Clips to Audio, Render Clips to audio and replace Playlist Pattern Clips. Use these features to compile audio-takes into a single Audio Clip, reduce CPU load by converting real-time synthesis and effects processing to audio or convert MIDI to audio for further processing and resynthesis.

• Playlist Arrangements – The Playlist now supports multiple 'Arrangements' (Playlists). Each Arrangement is the complete layout of Audio, Automation and Pattern Clips. Users can now work with multiple versions of their project saving ideas, sound design and ‘arrangements’.

• Plugin Delay Compensation (PDC) – PDC and Automatic PDC have been rebuilt, from the ground up, to support today’s complex workflows. Manual and Auto-PDC can now co-exist. Updates include: Mixer send compensation, Wet/Dry mixer FX compensation, Audio input compensation, Metronome compensation, Plugin Wrapper custom values remembered per-plugin and improved PDC controls in the Mixer.

• ...and much more! - Watch the introductory video tutorial, read  'What's New' section of the manual or, for full details including all bugfixes, download the 'WhatsNew.rtf' development log.

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