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FL Studio

Score9.8 out of 10

12 Reviews and Ratings

What is FL Studio?

Belgian studio Image-Line Software offers FL Studio, the company's digital audio workstation (DAW) and audio editing application.

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Who Buys & Uses FL Studio

FL Studio Reviews

What users are saying about FL Studio.
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Best DAW for beginners and aspiring music makers.

Incentivized
Musab Nismy
Founder in Sales at Hatware (1-10 employees)

Pros

  • The price of FL Studio isn't too harsh for beginners, which is great.
  • FL Studio has an infinite amount of features, samples, plugins and pre-sets.
  • It's easy to move around the music blocks in FL Studio's timeline.
  • It isn't too hard for beginners to adjust and get used to the interface.

Cons

  • The recording process can somewhat be confusing and inefficient.
  • FL Studio has a confusing routing, for example to use return tracks for reverbs, you will have to click numerous buttons to get that done.
  • FL Studio has a somewhat steep learning curve, which can demotivate beginners.
  • FL Studio's auto-saving feature is a bit late, which can ruin your project if you rely on it.

Most Important Features

  • Great user-interface in the new version, which helped understand the features better.
  • Great built-in plugins, that help me fine tune my work.
  • Great community that helped answer my questions when I was first starting out.
  • FL Studio gives me the freedom to create what I want.

Return on Investment

  • It has definitely reduced costs, because it is slightly cheaper than other software.
  • It has decreased the efficiency in workflow because of its poor routing.
  • Has helped me grow by letting me create high quality music.
  • Helps me record high quality audio.

Alternatives Considered

Audacity

Other Software Used

Audacity, Adobe Audition, Logic Pro X

FL Studio Review.

Verified User
Director in Sales (1-10 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using FL Studio for a number of years now and since I am a novelist, poet and a story teller for kids in a form of videos, I tend to use FL Studio to create background songs, and it has been very beneficial to me, in a nutshell, I do not regret purchasing it. In addition, I would urge anyone in sought of a great software for creating music to go for FL Studio.

Pros

  • Creating Music
  • Enhancing voice audios
  • Creating background sounds

Cons

  • Ease of use; it might be slightly difficult for people who are unfamiliar with it due to a lot of segments that it has.
  • Price reduction (It's slightly expensive)

Return on Investment

  • Like I mentioned beforehand, it is slightly expensive but if you think of it, it is a lifetime investment.
  • FL Studio is also essential to have if one wishes to create music of their own or background songs because that way, you won't have to pay someone to create music for you.

Usability

Cost effective with a wide feature set!

Incentivized
Verified User
Manager (11-50 employees)

Pros

  • Midi sequencing
  • Built in audio processing and VST instruments
  • Audio mixing
  • Music creation

Cons

  • The audio editing is made to be easy to use, and as such is missing some of the features included in more "serious" audio editing software.

Most Important Features

  • Life-time free version updates upon purchase
  • The included audio plug ins
  • Easy learning curve for musicians

Return on Investment

  • Shorter learning curve than other similar software means that less is spent on training.
  • The wide and general nature of FL Studio's feature set means that we don't require multiple other software solutions, which is a cost saving in both software price and training time.

Alternatives Considered

Ableton Live, Logic Pro X, Cubase, Avid Pro Tools and Propellerhead Reason

Other Software Used

Propellerhead Reason, Ableton Live, Logic Pro X