Image-Line FL Studio 7 XXL £240
FL Studio is one of the few music applications you can just fire up and be productive with straight away, with an impressive level of flexibility and a whole lot of fun.
The MusicRadar Team, Tue 23 Oct, 12:05 pm BST
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Manufacturer's description
L Studio is the most complete virtual studio currently available. It will play any sample file (wav), generator (softsynth), VSTi & DXi) or midi instrument you feed it.
You will be creating wav, mp3 or midi songs or loops only minutes after launching it.
User comments (5)
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this DAW is what I can afford and it blew my mind.
easy to use and I don't even know how to use it all over. I am just starting to produce music on computers and this has helped me do what I wanted so far. -
I use this DAW to get ideas down and working. It is great to layer to ideas together and the utilities in FL is amazing. It is easy to get a good sound quality to your compositions and would recommend anyone to try the demo version of this to see.
The plugins available to buy are interesting and Edison is great to record, slice, splice loops.
This is a must buy for anyone starting in Computer Music. -
I have FL Studio 6 Fruity Edition but I've demoed this version extensively.
My favourite upgrade is by far Edison. The MIDI clips addition is welcome and seems like it has potential but at the moment it doesn't seem very well-implimented to me.
I have a nice MIDI controller but it spends most of its time off because it's such a hassle assing knobs to things in every single project. The least it could do is remember mappings for controlling the mixer! I'm not sure about other programs, but I know Sonar 7 and Reason (since version 2) are MUCH better in this respect.
It's definitely easy for beginners to use but has a lot of hidden depth that often goes unnoticed, and although getting used to it is easy it takes time to really get the most out of it.
It's well priced and highly recommended. I'd say one should go for the best version you can afford. -
i meant five stars
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This is the software i use for making all my tracks. I find it very easy to use, but like has been said, the exporting process could be better.
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MusicRadar rating
Pros
New pattern clips feature. Supports dual-core CPUs. New integrated Edison sample editor. Great new effects plug-in.
Cons
Control surface support isn’t great. Painful export process. Mac version would be nice.
The bottom line
It might not be revolutionary, but FL Studio 7 is a solid update that will please the software’s existing users and deserves to draw in a few new ones.
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FL Studio 7 XXL
- Price:
- £240
- Audio Recording:
- true
- Description:
- Popular DAW for Windows.
- MIDI Recording:
- true
- OS Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
- Platform:
- Microsoft Windows
- Plug-in Formats Supported:
- VST
- Processor Type Required:
- Athlon, Pentium III
- Supported Audio Drivers:
- ASIO
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