SeriesImage Line Fruity Loops

With FL Studio it is the most easy and nice looking digital audio workstation to use. Everything was easy to set up with no stress at all basically download it, click install and your ready to go. The vsts included are great, very nice looking and all of them provide something special to your tracks. The manual is great and nicely set out I am still finding out new things that I can do with fl studio. Everything in the program is easy to use and all works in sync with itself which I find is the most important feature in a digital audio workstation. I really enjoy fl studio, just how easy everything was to set up and get going in matter of minutes was unbelievable to say the least. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE Everything works perfectly on my configuration of 4gb ram and 1.8GHz processor. The performance is amazing but with most things will slow down once you get into using a lot of effects plugins to get the best mix possible such as having a lot of reverb vst plugins running at the same times can seriously impact on speed with the project but that is more about the performance of the computer than the actual fl studio set up. I have been using this for about 1 year, maybe more and I will stick with it until there is an even better DAW on the market. OVERALL OPINION Overall opinion is that this is the best you can buy, its cheap which I think puts people off but it should not. Everything runs smoothly and it looks nice as well which I think leads you onto making better productions. You can run any external (non fruity) vst on this program also which is great since I have a lot of vsts. Definitely the best production software out there and so underrated.

Fruityloops is pretty nice. It's very easy to learn. I've been using it for about two years now, and it's served me very well. I heard in FL Studio you can also lay down vocal tracks, which Fruityloops could not do and left users relegated to programs like Cubase. Very easy to use. Made my first beat in ten minutes. WIthin months, with practice, you might sound like a pro. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE It's definitely techno-based. Most of the sounds effects are for techno/rave type beats which make it hard for hip-hop producers. Import your own sounds because Fruityloops leaves you few options. And you can delete a lot of the crap they give you because you will never use it. Fruityloops 3.56 gives you a nice little hip hop drumkit, but nothing comprehensive. For a good "live drum" sound, you8 will have to bring in some outside sounds. Also, you will have to quickly learn the value of the letters E-Q!! As mentioned before, what may pass on the computer may sound quite wack on a CD. Use good monitors, big and small speakers so you get the full range of sound. I've always just exported it to MP3, burned to CD and used it that way. Never needed customer support. OVERALL OPINION I love it...I suppose one could still consider me a newbie...however, I couldn't see myself using anything else until some of this music begins generating revenue. Even then I couldn't kick it to the curb...it'll definitely get your feet wet and you can get respect if you manage to squeeze quality out of it...which isn't hard. Originally posted on FutureProducers.com Posted by: Unknown (January 1-, 2003)

Fruity Loops 3 was extremely easy to use and the step sequencer is so easy its just point and click and you have a drum and or percussion pattern laid down and ready to go. You can also edit midi notes really easy. If you don’t have a midi keyboard you can use your computer keyboard as a mide keyboard. I didn’t enjoy that too much because it was difficult to tell which note you are actually playing but if that’s what you had to do you could make it work and get pretty good at it. Or you could just use the mouse and draw in the notes yourself and never have to play them out. A lot of musicians have said that they hate programs like these, meaning the ones that you can just draw notes in. They hate it because it allows us to create progressions that are pretty much impossible to play on a real keyboard and just draw them in and make them sound great. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE Image Lines Fruity Loops 3 started to change the digital workstation computer software as we know it. Right around the time that Fruity Loops 3 came out is when everyone started creating vst’s to purchase and download so the internet was flooded with vst’s and all types of plug ins. Some good and some bad be none the less they where available for Fruity Loops 3 and it made it that much better. OVERALL OPINION Fruity Loops 3 was a powerful program that you can upgrade whenever you are ready, FL studio is up to version 10 right now and not too much has changed, just a few minor things in the playlist. But besides that you can hope right onto Fruity Loops 10 and feel right at home like you have used it before and you will have no issues.

Well actually the one main thing that is missing is timestreching, but image line has been considering adding this for a while, so maybe they will soon. but don't get me wrong, you can still use the "granulizer" to timestrech, its just not made for that. Price paid 149 Its as easy as you want it to be. my first time using it, and first time sampling / sequencing, i was able to make something that was OK, and 6 years later i'm still learning new stuff. The interface is solid, and looks good, i wish i had another video monitor though. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE Sounds good, has good compressors for pre-mastering, and a wide selection of mixdown options. some of the samples that come with FL Studio IMO are not useable for serious songs, but most of the ones i'm talking about are intended for dance music and i make hip-hop. hmm, i've had very few problems with it being buggy, the only occasions it messes up on me is when i'm using a lot of vst / dxi software instruments that did not come with the program. OVERALL OPINION If it was legal to marry software FL Studio would be my first choice for a Bride. there are just so many awesome things one can do with it, and is just so much fun to use. Plus, its so cheap! you also get access to the FL forums where all the fruityheads are at so you can ask them questions and share ideas. FL Studio is highly recommended Originally posted on FutureProducers.com Posted by: Ethereal (January 0-, 2004)