Editing FL Studio (section)

{{short description|Digital audio workstation}}
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| name = Image-Line
| title = FL Studio
| logo = FL_Studio_11_just_logo.png
| logo caption = The original logo depicted a [[strawberry]], while the current logo (above) does not represent a particular fruit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FLStudio/photos/a.121453364040/10159955067394041/?_rdr|date=2021-05-13|title=Evolution of the FL Studio logo|via=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>
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| caption = FL Studio 20
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| author = Didier Dambrin
| developer = [[Image-Line Software]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1998|04|26}} (as FruityLoops)
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| latest release version = 2024.2.2
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|02|05}}<ref>{{cite web|title=History {{!}} FL Studio|url=https://www.image-line.com/history/|website=image-line.com|publisher=[[Image-Line Software]]|access-date=2025-03-04}}</ref>
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| programming language = [[Delphi (software)|Delphi]], [[Assembly language]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/23/17384580/music-production-software-fruity-loops-20-mac-compatible|title=Music production software FL Studio is now available for Mac|last=Deahl|first=Dani|date=2018-05-23|website=[[The Verge]]|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.embarcadero.com/case-study/image-line-software-case-study|title=Image-Line Software Case Study|website=[[Embarcadero Technologies]]|language=en-gb|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>
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| genre = [[Digital audio workstation]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
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'''FL Studio''' (known as '''FruityLoops''' before 2003)<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://flstudio.image-line.com/documents/history.php?entry_id=1286984399&title=10|title=History|work=FL Studio|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026044232/http://flstudio.image-line.com/documents/history.php?entry_id=1286984399&title=10|archive-date=2011-10-26|access-date=2015-12-13}}</ref> is a [[digital audio workstation]] (DAW) developed by the Belgian company [[Image-Line]]. It features a [[graphical user interface]] with a pattern-based<ref>{{Cite web|title=Working with Patterns in FL Studio 20|url=https://www.musictech.net/tutorials/working-with-patterns-in-fl-studio-20/|date=2018-09-05|website=MusicTech|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> [[music sequencer]]. It is available in four different editions for [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[macOS]].<ref name="what" />

After their initial purchase, lifetime updates of the software are free to registered users.<ref name="flstudio" /><ref name="ovguide" /> Image-Line also develops [[FL Studio Mobile]] for [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], [[macOS]], and [[Universal Windows Platform]] devices.<ref name="mobile" />

FL Studio can be used as either a [[Virtual Studio Technology]] (VST) or [[Audio Units|Audio Unit]] (AU) instrument in other audio workstation programs, and as a [[ReWire (software protocol)|ReWire]] client. Image-Line offers its own VST and AU instruments and audio applications. FL Studio has been used by many notable [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[electronic dance music|EDM]] producers, including [[9th Wonder]], [[Cardo (record producer)|Cardo]], [[Basshunter]], [[Metro Boomin]], [[Hit-Boy]], [[Porter Robinson]], [[Alan Walker]], [[Madeon]], [[Soulja Boy]], [[Southside (record producer)|Southside]], [[Martin Garrix]], [[Avicii]], [[Imanbek]], [[Lex Luger (record producer)|Lex Luger]], [[Deadmau5]], and [[Pi'erre Bourne]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Unlikely Rise of FL Studio, The Internet's Favorite Production Software|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/fl-studio-soulja-boy-porter-robinson-madeon-feature/|last=Weiss|first=Dan|date=2016-10-12|website=Vice|language=en|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Power Users|url=https://www.image-line.com/flstudio/powerusers.php|website=www.image-line.com|access-date=2020-05-12|archive-date=2019-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402204415/https://www.image-line.com/flstudio/powerusers.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Read |first=Chris |title=Pi'erre Bourne Takes on the Rhythm Roulette Challenge |url=https://www.whosampled.com/news/2022/09/14/pierre-bourne-takes-on-the-rhythm-roulette-challenge/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.whosampled.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rt3uAWwyyI |title=Rhythm Roulette: Pi'erre Bourne {{!}} Mass Appeal |date=2022-09-14 |last=Mass Appeal |access-date=2025-03-12 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The previous default tempo of FL Studio (140 BPM) has been credited as being the reason [[Grime music|grime]] music is generally produced around 140 BPM.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGlynn |first=Declan |date=2020-04-20 |title=How FL Studio changed electronic music forever |url=https://djmag.com/longreads/how-fl-studio-changed-electronic-music-forever |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425105001/https://djmag.com/longreads/how-fl-studio-changed-electronic-music-forever |archive-date=2020-04-25 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=[[DJ Mag]] |quote=While Ableton Live and Logic Pro’s default bpm is 120, FL Studio originally opted for a rapid 140bpm, something that immediately resulted in a different approach to four-four nature of other genres.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Finamore |first=Emma |date=2018-09-12 |title=Behind the beats: How UK producers created grime |url=https://www.psneurope.com/business/uk-music-producer-grime |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105090851/https://www.psneurope.com/business/uk-music-producer-grime |archive-date=2019-11-05 |website=PSN Europe |quote=Grime’s instantly recognisable ‘magic number’ of 140 bpm finds its origins here too, as the preset tempo in FruityLoops. ‘Godfather of Grime’ Wiley has said this standard tempo in the programme meant he created most of his earliest tracks at 140 bpm, and as one of the genre’s first success stories – other producers followed his lead.}}</ref>