I am a very happy FL Studio 50.02 user. I have lots of VSTs etc. I have been using FL Studio for about 18 months now.
I have really come a long way.
What could the PROs recommend as a upgrade path.
Cubase
Logic
Cakewalk or any others ??
I have cut a few CDs for myself and friends
This stuff is all quite expensive so I want to make the right choice.
Tks
Need to move on from FL Studio 5.02
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- KVRAF
- 1651 posts since 14 May, 2002 from Earth
So why do you want to move?Gingo wrote:I am a very happy FL Studio 50.02 user.
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- KVRAF
- 3476 posts since 9 Apr, 2003 from NE Ohio, USA
First, try the demos.
Second, if FLS is meeting your needs, why do you feel you need to upgrade? The only thing I've found lacking in FLS is audio recording handling, but I already had Sonar for that.
If you really feel a need to move away from FLS, I'd suggest you take a look at the demos for Project 5 and Sonar (whether the Home Studio version or the Studio or Producer version), see what they give you that FLS doesn't.
Steinberg, last I knew, didn't have a demo. Logic is Mac-only. Tracktion is very different from FLS. Those are the hosts I'm most familiar with.
Doug
Second, if FLS is meeting your needs, why do you feel you need to upgrade? The only thing I've found lacking in FLS is audio recording handling, but I already had Sonar for that.
If you really feel a need to move away from FLS, I'd suggest you take a look at the demos for Project 5 and Sonar (whether the Home Studio version or the Studio or Producer version), see what they give you that FLS doesn't.
Steinberg, last I knew, didn't have a demo. Logic is Mac-only. Tracktion is very different from FLS. Those are the hosts I'm most familiar with.
Doug
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- KVRian
- 874 posts since 4 Dec, 2004 from Alabama
Let's hear something you've done 
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- KVRian
- 1411 posts since 25 Sep, 2003 from The Dirty South, USA
1. Keep FLS as your drum machine program!!!Gingo wrote:I am a very happy FL Studio 50.02 user. I have lots of VSTs etc. I have been using FL Studio for about 18 months now.
I have really come a long way.
What could the PROs recommend as a upgrade path.
Cubase
Logic
Cakewalk or any others ??
I have cut a few CDs for myself and friends
This stuff is all quite expensive so I want to make the right choice.
Tks
2. Check out the demos for Live 5 & Orion 6.
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- KVRAF
- 3266 posts since 22 Sep, 2003 from under the sun
as far as i'm concerned, Sonar makes a very good companion to FLS. For Audio and Midi recordings/editing
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- Skunk Mod
- 21249 posts since 10 Jun, 2004 from Pony Pasture
I'm a Sonar fan too, and very much a Reason nut. :-)
Whatever you get, make sure it will play nicely with FLS. AFAIK you can't legally sell Fruity. It would be a shame to throw away all the skills and knowledge you've built in FLS. Better to "leverage" (feh, biztalk) what you've already learned.
Whatever you get, make sure it will play nicely with FLS. AFAIK you can't legally sell Fruity. It would be a shame to throw away all the skills and knowledge you've built in FLS. Better to "leverage" (feh, biztalk) what you've already learned.
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- KVRist
- 298 posts since 23 Nov, 2003 from nj
If you are not planning to expand your setup with any hardware synth - stay with FLS!!!! You will not get into a "PRO" category by switching to a different host/sequencer/softstudio. Keep improving your skills and let your work do the talking, not the list of tools you use.
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- KVRAF
- 2744 posts since 5 Dec, 2003 from Harlan's World
What twister said...plus get a good mic and a small hardware mixer if you want to do recording. FLS is *excellent* for audio recording so if you're struggling with that aspect you should experiment more with it. Or buy Sound Forge or Adobe Audition to complement FLS.
My Soundcloud Too many pieces of music finish far too long after the end. - Stravinsky
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- KVRian
- 1398 posts since 9 Dec, 2002
Anything that caters for the needs you have that FLS doesn't provide you... Cubase, Sonar, Samplitude, that's about it. All the rest mentioned (Tracktion, Project 5, Orion, Reason) don't offer you more, just a different workflow. Especially since you said you have a bunch of VSTs already so the included synths in some packages aren't a necessity for you.
PDC, freeze, proper audio handling... again, Cubase, Sonar, Samplitude. SAW if you're willing to pay a lot and don't care for MIDI side of things that much. Logic if you're loaded to the point investing in a new platform isn't an issue
Sidestepping to Live might be a good possibility though, it's a refreshing way of doing music.
Anyways, FL is kickass, even with all the little niggles (audio tracks, limited functionality with outboard gear, no PDC nor freeze, no "proper" mixer - which is getting improved in the next version we're been told here on KVR). Keep at it, switching to a bigger app won't make you more pro. You already possess a tool that gives you every possibility to create amazing stuff.
Regards,
JMH
PDC, freeze, proper audio handling... again, Cubase, Sonar, Samplitude. SAW if you're willing to pay a lot and don't care for MIDI side of things that much. Logic if you're loaded to the point investing in a new platform isn't an issue
Sidestepping to Live might be a good possibility though, it's a refreshing way of doing music.
Anyways, FL is kickass, even with all the little niggles (audio tracks, limited functionality with outboard gear, no PDC nor freeze, no "proper" mixer - which is getting improved in the next version we're been told here on KVR). Keep at it, switching to a bigger app won't make you more pro. You already possess a tool that gives you every possibility to create amazing stuff.
Regards,
JMH
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- KVRAF
- 4822 posts since 14 Mar, 2002 from Somewhere else, on principle
Ableton Live or Tracktion.
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- KVRAF
- 2744 posts since 5 Dec, 2003 from Harlan's World
I really don't see the problems with audio recording in FLS. But then again I'm not pro...have only used it for about 3 years so I haven't found every single bug yet. 
My Soundcloud Too many pieces of music finish far too long after the end. - Stravinsky
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- KVRist
- 125 posts since 25 May, 2005
I don't even bother answering inqueries like that unless the poster's sig contains a website with well produced music.