FL Studio [Official] | Overview (2024)

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FLStudio comes in four sizes. Find the right one for you.

Explore our range of FLStudio Editions, crafted to inspire creativity at every level. Your perfect studio awaits, with options starting from just .

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THE BASICS

Fruity Edition

Ideal for beginners, it offers everything you need to create your first tracks. Then upgrade when you’re ready to add audio recording and extra pro tools.

instruments and effects

Stem Separation

audio Recording

Audio Clips

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The Producer’s Choice

Producer Edition

Our most popular Edition. Designed for those who seek advanced music production capabilities, including Stem Separation and audio recording.

instruments and effects

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audio recording

Unlimited

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FOR PROFESSIONALS

Signature Bundle

Signature bundle adds iconic, creative, genre-defining tools like Gross Beat, plus more effects and instruments.

103

instruments, effects, and editors

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audio recording

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JUST EVERYTHING

All Plugins Edition

Our most complete Edition includes every single plugin and features, ideal for advanced, pro mixing and recording. Your gateway to greatness awaits!

115

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FEATURES & WORKFLOWS

A cutting-edge studio for modern producers

Discover just a few of the features that make FLStudio great.

Lifetime Free Updates

We’re famous for it and we’re proud of it. We believe you deserve to get the latest and greatest FLStudio, year after year. As a license owner you will get future versions of FLStudio for free, forever.

100+

exclusive plugins

We make some of the most famous instruments and effects in the music industry – and they’re only available in FLStudio. You can’t find acclaimed plugins like Gross Beat, FLEX, and LuxeVERB anywhere else.

For Windows and macOS

FLStudio offers an identical music production experience, complete with all features and plugins, on both Windows and macOS.

Hardware integration

FLStudio supports many brands and models of keyboards, synths, MIDI controllers and more. Just plug in your hardware and start creating.

User Themes

Everybody likes to feel at home in the studio, so you can take full creative control over FLStudio’s color Themes. You can even share them – we have thousands of community-created Themes available from our Forum.

Don’t wait, modulate

FLStudio has a uniquely versatile modulation system for connecting almost anything in any section or plugin to anything else in the program. From simple sidechain to mind-bending frequency mods, FLStudio has you covered.

Hablo FLStudio?

We have users in over 240 countries and territories and we want everybody to feel welcome. So far, FLStudio’s interface is available in Spanish, English, German, French, and Chinese.

Colored Waveforms

Analyze your audio at a glance – precisely colored waveforms let you easily spot low, mid, and high frequencies in any waveforms.

Scale Snapping

No music theory training? No problem. Snap notes to any chosen scale in FLStudio 21 to play advanced riffs and basslines, no matter your level.

Built differently

Since 1998, FLStudio has been engineered by music makers, for music makers. Your creative freedom, inspiration, and empowerment guide every single decision we make.

Audio editing

FLStudio comes with up to three powerful, industry-acclaimed audio editors. From creative sound design and classic sampling to advanced audio repair, FLStudio puts you in charge of your audio.

Stem Separation

Remix like a pro. Extract bass, synth, drums, and vocal layers from any audio file, directly within FLStudio, using AI-powered Stem Separation. A valuable tool for both DJs and producers.

EXCLUSIVE PLUGINS

Create with all-time classics like Gross Beat and Patcher

FLStudio is known for its iconic and genre-defining plugins, available exclusively in FLStudio. Choose from up to 115 instruments, effects, and editors, all engineered to work perfectly in your favorite DAW.

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Power users

Made with FLStudio

FLStudio has been the birthplace of countless hits, trusted by artists globally to bring their visions to life. It’s a powerhouse for creativity, that has fueled chart-topping singles and groundbreaking albums.

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Martin Garrix

Martijn Garritsen, also known as Martin Garrix, is a famous Dutch DJ and producer who chose FLStudio because it was easy to use and helped him quickly develop his music ideas.

He finds FLStudio’s wide range of plugins crucial for making his unique sounds that have made him internationally famous. Martin has been the #1 DJ listed in DJ Magazine in the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2022.

Murda Beatz

Shane Lindstrom, known as Murda, rapidly rose in the music industry by first producing hits like “Pipe It Up” for Migos and later collaborating with stars like Gucci Mane and French Montana.

Beginning his music production career at 17, he delved into FLStudio and dedicated himself to mastering beat-making mostly independently. Murda Beatz has seen 39 of his productions chart on the Billboard Hot 100, achieving five top 10 hits and securing a No. 1 spot with “Nice for What” for eight weeks in 2018.

WondaGurl

WondaGurl’s journey into music production began with a simple Casio keyboard in her younger years. Today she’s one of the youngest women to add production to a platinum-selling hip hop album.

After trying several programs and finding them lacking, she discovered FLStudio around the age of 12 and instantly connected with it. FLStudio became the cornerstone of her production, being the one program that continuously engaged her creativity without becoming tedious. Today she produces for French Montana, Travis Scott and Jay Z.

Ovy On The Drums

“When I went to my cousin’s house one of the guys who was there showed me FLStudio. My life changed, it was like entering another galaxy and since then FLStudio has been like my temple, my place where I disconnect and create my sound, my music, my art.”

The Colombian producer, and singer Ovy On The Drums has been the mastermind behind hits from artists like Nicki Minaj, KAROL G, Becky G, Paulo Londra, Bad Bunny, and 6ix9ine, and has even collaborated with Ed Sheeran. FLStudio remains his indispensable companion, enabling him to produce chart-topping music wherever he goes.

Hit-Boy

Hit-Boy always lives up to his name, starting with a 2011 global smash for Jay-Z and Kanye West. With hits for Eminem, Justin Bieber, Drake, Selena Gomez, and more, he has been a Grammy winner or nominee for 10 of the last 11 years.

His encounter with FLStudio marked a turning point in his career: It provides him with the complexity needed for professional production, but also an intuitive interface that supported his creativity.

Afrojack

Since making his breakthrough with the multi-platinum-selling single ‘Take Over Control’, the Dutch-born musician has lent his skills with FLStudio to tracks that bend genres and lay the foundation for major hits for artists such as Beyoncé, Pitbull, Will.i.am, and more.

FAQs

Can I sell my FL Studio license? ›

The End User License Agreement (Section 6) clearly states we don't allow license transfers. Here's why: We make this deal with our customers (a service agreement): We will give you Lifetime Free Updates and in return you are not allowed to sell or share your license or access to your account.

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How many days does it take to learn FL Studio? ›

If you are dedicated and put in several hours a day, in about a month or so you should be decent at getting around in the software. Not sure anyone ever actually masters the software as there is no need to do so.

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Can FL Studio be used professionally? ›

Using FL Studio for commercial purposes

You must have a valid license for FL Studio (Academic versions do not qualify) and all the plugins used in your project, before you can use anything from FL Studio in any commercial production. You can purchase FL Studio from our shop.

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What is FL Studio overview? ›

FL Studio offers over 100 instruments and effects, a huge sound library, world famous features, and beginner-friendly tools for music composition.

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How do you legally get FL Studio for free? ›

The easiest way to get started with Fl Studio for free is by downloading the trial version. This allows you to use the software for a limited time, usually 30 days, during which you can explore its features and decide if it's right for you.

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How many times can I use my FL Studio license? ›

FL Studio is a single-user license for you, and only you, to use FL Studio on any computer you own. The same applies for any type of FL Cloud access or subscription.

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Which DAW does Kanye West use? ›

So after Kanye West creates his beats with his analog gear he is using the Digital Audio Workstation called Pro Tools for the processing. He is mostly using Pro Tools just to record a track but not really to fully produce his tracks.

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Do any big artists use FL Studio? ›

FL Studio has been used by many notable hip hop and EDM producers, including 9th Wonder, Cardo, Basshunter, Metro Boomin, Hit-Boy, Porter Robinson, Alan Walker, Madeon, Soulja Boy, Southside, Martin Garrix, Avicii, Imanbek, Lex Luger, and Deadmau5.

Is FL Studio a lifetime license? ›

You will get your edition of FL Studio, and the plugins included at the time of purchase, updated free for the life of the product/s. We may add new core features free to your FL Studio version and plugins for free too (example). So there's always plenty of new stuff to enjoy.

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Is FL Studio respected? ›

There is no person in the field of audio editing who does not use FL Studio, it is one of the best audio recording and editing software ever because it has great features that made it very powerful, and through it I can add great effects to the audio, and output audio files with very high quality.

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Did Avicii use FL Studio? ›

Basically a couple of pre-amps and double sets of studio monitors, a Swedish made compressor, mics, extra long midi keyboard and external sound card and main i/o switch between monitors, computers and screens. Then it's my computer with FL Studio and (what feels like) a jungle of software plugs.

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Can I trust FL Studio? ›

An excellent software, no complaints. A breeze to use. It just works, and does perfectly what it's supposed to do. The note editor for example is one of the best in town, the concept is the same as all but FL studio is somehow smoother and easier to use once you learn how to do it.

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Can I refund my FL Studio license? ›

Once you purchase a subscription or service credits, no refund is possible. With regard to the FL Cloud subscription, it is however possible to cancel the subscription in case of a monthly subscription before the end of each month and in case of a yearly subscription before the end of each year.

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Can you gift an FL Studio license? ›

You can buy FL Studio as a gift, using our GIFT CERTIFICATES

All gift products are delivered by software download.

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Can two people use the same FL Studio? ›

Where we detect more than one person using the same license, your Software license can be revoked and account deactivated (see our End User License Agreement). Not only do we prohibit you sharing your FL Studio activation with friends, it is a particularly bad idea, since you can't control who they pass it onto.

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