FL Studio

Founded by Didier Dambrin in 1997

Record, arrange, mix, and produce complete music tracks on Windows and macOS

Pricing model

Free Trial, Paid

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use FL Studio to record, arrange, edit, mix, and master audio tracks from initial idea to finished song. It provides a step sequencer, piano roll, and playlist arrangement canvas alongside over one hundred built-in synthesizers, effects, and virtual instruments. You can record live instruments or vocals, edit audio waveforms, separate stems from mixed songs, generate chord progressions, and route complex effects chains. The workstation supports third-party VST, AU, and CLAP plugins, hardware MIDI controllers, and lifetime updates without recurring fees.

What FL Studio does

Sequence drum beats using the step sequencerEdit MIDI notes in the piano rollRecord multitrack audio inputs from external microphonesSeparate audio tracks into individual stemsRoute instrument channels through mixer insert tracksAutomate volume, pan, and plugin effect parametersExport completed songs to MP3, WAV, or FLAC formatsOffers free lifetime updates for all purchased editionsSplits audio files into separate vocal, drum, bass, and instrument stemsIncludes over one hundred virtual instruments, synthesizers, and audio effectsGenerates custom chord progressions based on chosen musical scalesFeatures a step sequencer and piano roll for pattern-based music compositionRecords live internal and external audio directly into the arrangement playlistHosts third-party VST, VST3, CLAP, and Audio Units plugins