FL Studio 9 is a complete software music production environment, representing the
culmination of more than 10 years of sustained & focused development. FL9 is the
fastest way from your brain to your speakers.
What is FL9?
FL Studio is a full-featured, open architecture, music production environment capable
of audio recording, composing, sequencing and mixing, for the creation of
professional quality music. The FL Studio philosophy is creative freedom:
o Free your audio - Instruments can be routed to any mixer track. Each mixer
track can receive audio from any number of instruments, any number of
other mixer tracks and a soundcard input. Further, mixer track outputs allow
sending audio to any other mixer track and a soundcard output.
o Free your mind – Choose your preferred workflow, compose using the stepsequencer
or piano roll. Create in pattern or track mode, then arrange your
ideas in the free ‘palette’ Playlist. The Playlist presents timeline as a virtual
‘canvas’ where each Playlist track can simultaneously hold any number of
score, audio and automation events. Now that’s freedom.
Instruments
o Make virtually any sound - FL9 includes over 30 software synthesizers
covering acoustic/synthetic bass, electric guitar, multi-sampler tools
including piano & strings, general sample playback and beat-slicing (With
Rex 1 & 2 support).
o Synthesis techniques - span subtractive, modelling, FM, RM, granular and
additive. With the addition of FL SynthMaker you can further create & share
your own FL instruments, effects & MIDI control dashboards without the
need to write basic code.
Audio Recording & Editing
o Multi-channel audio inputs - With the ability to simultaneously capture all
the inputs on your audio-interface, FL Studio has the flexibility to record a
single vocalist, guitar or a full symphony orchestra.
o Arranging audio - Audio can then be arranged, with complete freedom in
the Playlist. Features include the ability to host an unlimited number of audio
recordings, time-stretching, pitch-shifting, beat-slicing, cropping, editing and
the re-arranging of audio with complete creative freedom.
o Edison - FL9’s audio capabilities are further enhanced with Edison, the
recording wave editor. Edison is an integrated audio editing and recording
tool with spectral analysis, convolution reverb, noise reduction, looprecording,
loop-construction tools and more.
FL Studio supports WAV, MP3, OGG, WavPack, AIFF, and REX audio formats.
Sequencing
Compose and record your musical performances and ideas in the most logical way.
o Pattern or track sequencing – You choose, record your musical
performances and ideas in the most logical way. FL Studio 9 can
simultaneously function as a pattern and track based sequencer.
o Step sequencer or Piano roll - Tools include a Step-sequencer, an industryleading
Piano roll, event and multipoint automation. FL Studio supports
MIDI input from all standard controllers.
Arranging
FL Studio allows you to do what you want where and when you want.
o Determine your own project design - In FL9, you decide how your project
will be laid out. Unlike the competition, FL9's Playlist is a totally flexible
and virtually unbounded workspace where Note Pattern, Audio and
Automation data can be arranged and edited to suit your creative ideas and
preferred workflow.
Mixing & Mastering
FL Studio provides all the tools you need to produce your tracks to high professional
standards.
o The mixer - FL9 includes a superb 104 track stereo track mixer that is about
precision, control and flexibility. The mixer’s tracks each hold up to 8 effects
(VST, DX or FL's proprietary format). To create sub-mixes or mixing chains
of almost unlimited complexity, each mixer track can be routed to any other
mixer track, one of 4 dedicated 'send' channels and or the Master track.
Sends provide the ability to sidechain inputs to multi-input effects plugins.
Finally, each of the mixer tracks can be routed to any output on your audio
interface, now that’s flexibility.
o Effects - What about effects? FL Studio includes more than 40 effects
spanning maximization, limiting, compression, delay, distortion, equalization
(graphic & parametric), filtering, phasing, flanging, chorus, vocoding and
reverb. These have you covered for the creative broad-brush effects, through
to the minutia of the mastering process.
Lifetime free updates
There may be no such thing as a ‘free lunch’ but there certainly is ‘lifetime free
updates’ with Image Line’s update policy.
o Never pay for bug-fixes again! - Customers who purchase a download
edition of FL Studio through our online shop receive lifetime free
downloadable updates. Free updates entitles the customer to all future
updates of FL Studio according to level purchased (Express, Fruity, Producer
or Signature Bundle). For example, all FL Studio 9 customers will be able to
download their version of FL Studio 10, 11 etc, for free.
o Boxed Edition - Customers who have the Boxed version don’t miss out and
can convert to lifetime free downloadable updates for a small additional fee.
Key new features and changes
Over 370 additions, changes & bugfixes featuring:
o FL Studio
• Sidechaining - The FL Studio Mixer 'Track Send' now has an
additional 'Sidechain' mode to support multiple-input mixer plugins.
• Multi-core CPU (Hyperthreading) - Improved multithreaded
generator & added multithreaded effects processing.
• Multiple controllers - Can now control multiple independent
instrument channels, assigned by MIDI number.
• New volatile linking feature.
• Wrapper - Aligned tick lengths checkbox for greater plugin
compatibility.
o New Plugins
• Autogun - Sonic adventure (free). Based on Ogun.
• Ogun - Additive metal simulation synthesizer (demo).
• Gross Beat - Real-time, audio-stream playback, pitch, position and
volume manipulation effect (demo).
• Stereo Shaper - Mid / Side stereo processing (free).
• Vocodex - The last word in vocoders (free with Producer Edition).
o Revised Plugins
• Additional included plugins - SimSynth Live, DrumSynth Live, DX-
10, WASP and WASP XT are now included in FL Studio (Fruity
edition upwards).
• Fruity Reeverb 2 - Added Mid vs Side input signal processing.
• Fruity Wrapper - Now supports multiple inputs/outputs (free).
• Wavecandy - Visualization & analysis tools (free).
• Fruity Limiter - Compressor section now has sidechaining (free).
o Piano roll
• Riff machine - Automatic sequence generator tool.
• Note Grouping – New feature (works on selecting, moving, resizing,
deletion, muting, shifting using mouse-wheel).
o Playlist
• Playlist track naming & icon - Tools for better song organization.
• Playlist track mute controls.
o Mixer
• More tracks - Now has 99 Insert tracks (up from 64).
• Multi-core CPU support - Added 'multithreaded mixer' tracks
processing for improved multi-core performance.
o Browser
• Presets - Drop effect presets onto mixer tracks & channels, mixer track
presets onto effect slots and channels, channel & generator presets onto
mixer tracks & effect slots.
• Windows file shell menu – Available from Browser (right-click) item
menu.
See our ‘History’ page for the full list.
Demo Limitations
All FL Studio demo versions are fully featured, giving you access to features
associated with the highest level of the program (Producer Edition). Compose new
songs and export them to WAV, MP3 or OGG. The only limitation is that projects
saved in demo mode will only open fully once FL Studio and plugins have been
registered. This gives you the ability to save recover your original projects postpurchase.
Supported Formats
FL9 will fit easily within your current software supporting VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi,
DXi2, MP3, WAV, OGG, MIDI, ASIO, ASIO 2, REWIRE, REX 1 & 2.
Additionally supported through DirectWave Editor: AKAI AKP
(S5/6K,Z4,Z8), Battery (version 1), MPC, Reason, Kurzweil, EXS24, Kontakt
(version 1 & 2), Recycle, SFZ+ and SoundFont2.
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