FL Studio 12.9 Beta 2.

[THE INTRANCER]

yes it is, it's not about chess, not about you, not about how much you know about gui's, not about your 10 year old nephew, not about your music productions nor open for trolling. In fact as you state you use something else it's about time you move along now.

If I have anything more to add about FL Studio I'll add to it.. and I'll make the choice of when that is, however it's unlikely given my current views and experience with it thus far. I'll probably await the official FLStudio 13.0 release however, and see if anything I mentioned has been changed for the better. Like others here, I'll give my honest feedback, not that I expect anyone to care...but there's always those that do.. Toe's could be trodden on, so I'd suggest some people wear shoes.

[tooneba]

I will be brutally honest at times, I'll look at things from different angles, I've a thick skin, but crossing me is really not a good idea.

neither is the tough guy game, not a posting style that works well here.

lol

[Hink]

yes it is, it's not about chess, not about you, not about how much you know about gui's, not about your 10 year old nephew, not about your music productions nor open for trolling. In fact as you state you use something else it's about time you move along now.

If I have anything more to add about FL Studio I'll add to it.. and I'll make the choice of when that is, however it's unlikely given my current views and experience with it thus far. I'll probably await the official FLStudio 13.0 release however, and see if anything I mentioned has been changed for the better. Like others here, I'll give my honest feedback, not that I expect anyone to care...but there's always those that do.. Toe's could be trodden on, so I'd suggest some people wear shoes.

more tough guy act, I suggest you stop now and heed the warning...no more mr tough guy

[Coxy]

Clearly you haven't used the utility in question, or simply unable to due to it being a Windows only application, there are two video's in that thread, the larger of which is specific to VFX previewing purposes with video, but clearly you didn't grasp that....I mean there is a video playing and a spectrograph scrolling ( And no you can't change colours of that in Studio One ). There's plenty of subtle profiles where colours are only slightly tweaked for better clarity, brightness, darkness for example and a big range of negative/inverse profiles to make using programs more visible in sunlit environments. It was part of my own project to support the user community of those on the presonus forums..it's been download over 700 times over there.

Yeah I tried it, I used it to change the colour of my bowel movements but it didn't work properly.

It was a challenge trying to interface it with my Stomach 2.0 Operating System with it being a Windows only program but I managed to run it via a decent WINDOWS>GASTRO bridge, it allowed me to change some elements of my gastro intestinal tract, (namely colon and pancreas) but not my bowel movements specifically which was the most important thing for me, so essentially I shat it back out and flushed it...

Also The GUI wasn't great for me I have to be honest. The watercoloring and subtle hues of muted lavender, hessian sage and mistral blue I like to see on applications just seemed a bit tonally missing on your utility. Given I have 30+ years experience of eating and shitting all kinds of software maybe I should of expected less from you.

As for my experience in GUI design, yeah... well besides having a degree in interactive interface development I acquired through University 10 years ago, a 2D & 3D digital artist, designing interfaces regularly since then and been using GUI's for over 30 years, don't wear glasses and have perfect 20/20 vision. I'd say I'm pretty adept when it comes to interfaces in general in what works and what doesn't... It's my opinion, take it or leave it.

I will be brutally honest at times, I'll look at things from different angles, I've a thick skin, but crossing me is really not a good idea. On the flip side, I spent 3 years helping users on a daily bases everyday with technical issue's and supporting them with the knowledge I have on the PC platform and developing lots of cool stuff for the users there at no cost to them...which has been the case on other daw forums in the past. I'm a nice generous guy really..skilled and from what others have said, talented.

I've been on many user forums over the past 18 years, professional CGI one's besides music technology one's. I've have my fans / friends and I've had many that have expressed their hate and envy. Either way, I will just laugh... with them or at them

Congratulations.

[inkwarp]

As for my experience in GUI design, yeah... well besides having a degree in interactive interface development I acquired through University 10 years ago, a 2D & 3D digital artist, designing interfaces regularly since then and been using GUI's for over 30 years, don't wear glasses and have perfect 20/20 vision. I'd say I'm pretty adept when it comes to interfaces in general in what works and what doesn't... It's my opinion, take it or leave it.

I will be brutally honest at times, I'll look at things from different angles, I've a thick skin, but crossing me is really not a good idea.

what does ' i don't wear glasses' mean?
as you have a 'thick skin' you won't mind me referring to your comments as self-aggrandising rubbish.

[highkoo]

^ I think he means that the accuracy of his vision is such that you might as well forget about using that to discredit him as an expert in visual things, rather than just discounting everything he says because it is just dripping with jackass. I could be wrong though.

Yea, more amazing free updates from IL.
Ive been holding fast at v11... But this update got me.
At Looptalk they are saying this is basically what the next major v will be, with some updates.
With the news that Graph Editors are returning soon, I am going to jump in and get accustomed to the v12 ui.

[Hink]

ok guys, I have asked him to back off in this thread. I know you guys have things you want to get off your chest but I heard what you were saying and attempted to do something about it. He seems to be complying which I for one appreciate so no offense to you folk but can we drop it and get on topic again please as opposed to inviting more. Please and thank you, happy new year

[ev1lchris]

I love FL Studio.

I think I bought the lifetime license around FL 9. One of the major selling points was the FPC.

I hate to say this but it seems like that plugin gets less awesome over time. When I first used it way back there were all these kit choices and it was so fun. Now it's pretty basic with even less features. I never understood why that is.

Other than that I really love this DAW. I love the visuals and it's really the best for MIDI.

[EG571212]

Free kits for FPC are there :
https://www.image-line.com/content/Plug ... Free+Kits/

[inkwarp]

where is the actual download link?

[Image-Line]

FL switched to it's new shiny version 12 look, ... still had the same old concept of too many windows and digging through menus (which should be fixed first if you want new "appeal").

FL Studio has no more 'windows' than other DAWs. If you are restricted to a single monitor, you can snap them all into an arrangement not unfamiliar to other DAWs like Ableton, Studio One etc...and when you need maximize/minimize them for focused work.

[Image-Line]

The ability to shift a step in the pattern step-sequencer by mouse sweeping .

What sequence of keys is necessary to do that? There was Shift+Arrow-Keys, that seems to be missing. Can be returned if you ask nicely. But it seems a little churlish to claim all this:

• 10 FX slots per track - Increased from 8 slots, use Patcher if you need more.
• 3x OSC - Vectorial UI.
• 64 Bit/Native Plugins - A number of older 32 Bit VST format plugins have been converted to FL native format 64 bit, including: 7 Band EQ, Bass Boost, Center, Chorus, Compressor, Delay, Fast LP, Filter, Flanger, Free Filter, Mute 2, Phaser, Phase Inverter. Resulting in significant CPU savings when used in FL Studio 64 Bit.
• About Panel - Option to show password while typing (no more mistakes!).
• Additional changes & Bugfixes - Many! See the What's New here.
• Assign selected to free mixer track(s) (Ctrl+L) - When used from the Channel Rack, this assigns selected Channel/s to the first available Mixer Track/s. Similar to 'Channel routing > Route selected channels' options available on the Mixer menu.
• Audio recording - Realtime display of audio data as it is captured.
• Audio stretching - Updated to Elastique version 3 with improved transient processing, especially at high stretch ratios (by zplane).
• Auto name - The names of existing Channels aren't changed when dropping presets on them and the General Settings > Auto name is off.
• Auto resize - Set the height of the Channel Rack (Off, Min, Max).
• Automatic Clip placement - Audio, Automation & Pattern Clips are now placed in the highest empty (visible) Playlist track.
• Automation Clips - New (Right-click) control points 'Type in value...' feature.
• BassDrum - is a Kick/Bass percussion synthesizer with sample layering.
• BeepMap - Vectorial UI.
• Big Clock - Vectorial UI.
• BooBass - Vectorial UI.
• Browser - Samples can be sent from the Browser to the Playlist with (Ctrl+Middle-click) and (Ctrl+Enter). Browser recognizes plugin presets for more Image-Line plugins.
• Brush tool - Monophonic step entry mode (hold shift for old behavior).
• Brush tools updated - Mono paint renamed Paint: Swaps +Shift functions with un-Shifted functions to match the brush tool behavior prior to FL Studio 11. Poly paint renamed Paint in drum sequencer mode: Functions remain the same. The name changes are intended to better explain the purpose of the two brush tools.
• Channel Menu - The Channel Options Menu has moved from the Toolbar Menu to the Channel rack (1).
• Channel Rack - Menu > Channel name alignment. Names can now be left justified or centered.
• Channel Rack - New 'Focus selected channel on playback' in Channel Rack menu vertically scrolls the selected channel/s into view on start/stop.
• Channel Rack - Optional (Alt+M) Mixer track routing controls.
• Channel Sampler - Updated with new Elastique 3 stretching.
• Channel Sampling Robot - (Right-click) any Channel and select 'Create DirectWave instrument' to turn any Channel, Patcher or Layer into a DirectWave bank/patch.
• Channel Sampling Robot - Now defaults to Shared data folder when exporting a DirectWave program file.
• Channel Settings - Have been integrated into the Plugin Wrapper.
• Chop chords - Added to Strum & Articulate tools.
• Click-and-hold functions in piano roll - Glue notes: Place the cursor between 2 neighbor notes, so the resize cursor appears, then click and hold to glue them. Mouse wheel velocity: Roll mouse wheel while holding notes. Mouse wheel tools: Right click and roll the wheel.
• Color and icon options - Right-Click, direct menu items to change color and icon of channels, patterns and plugins
• Command-line export - Batch-process export project and MIDI files.
• Consolidate Clips (Freezing) - Convert selected Audio and Pattern Clips to a single Audio Clip via the Playlist menu > Tools > Consolidate playlist selection option, Picker Panel > Right-Click menu > Render and replace option, Pattern Menus or Playlist track > Right-Click > Consolidate this track option.
• Content Library & Downloaded - Options now allow the Content Library to show as a tab in the Downloader.
• Continuous adjustment - Roll the mouse wheel over the time icon or latency display (Mouse Wheel) = 10 ms steps, (Ctrl+Mouse Wheel) = 1 ms steps, (Ctrl+Alt+Mouse Wheel) = 1 sample steps. Mouse Wheel works in three places: Track Input latency icon (FX panel), Track Output latency selector (FX panel), Track Output latency icon (Mixer Tracks).
• Continuous scrolling - Editor windows scroll continuously rather than jumping. Right-Click the Scroll icon and select 'Continuous scrolling'.
• Control Creator - Updated and now accessible from Patcher > Control Surface and the Tools menu.
• Control Surface - Added multi-touch control and buttons.
• Control Surface - Controls can now be auto-aligned. Select two or more controls and Right-click > Align for options.
• Control Surface - create your own internal controllers.
• Copy and paste - text from warning and error messages (useful for support).
• Custom mapping formulas - You can now add your own custom mapping formulas to the Right-click Formula Menu for controller links.
• Dashboard - Can now be resized from the Window border.
• dB Meter - Vectorial UI.
• Delay 2 - Vectorial UI.
• Delay Bank - Vectorial UI.
• DirectWave - A Zone's loop type can now be set for all selected Zones at once. New 'Copy to selected zones' option for some Zone parameters.
• DirectWave - Added multi-timbral mode to the FL native version (activate on the Options tab). Load and play more than one patch from note colors in the Piano roll.
• DirectWave - Added refresh button to Browser. Now defaults to Shared data folder when saving a Program or Bank.
• DirectWave - Resizable vectorial UI. New filters (MiniSynth & Vox) plus High Quality Rendering (Option) to enable near audio-rate modulation of all DirectWave parameters.
• Drag and drop multiple audio files (stems) - Drag and drop any number of audio files onto the Playlist from an external file browser.
• DrumsynthLive - Vectorial UI.
• DX 10 - Vectorial UI.
• Edison - 24 Bit file export option.
• Edison - Shows the length of selections (top-right in the Editor window).
• Edison - Vectorial UI.
• Editable ghost notes - Piano roll menu > Helpers > Editable ghosts (Ctrl+Alt+V) - Allows direct interaction with Ghost Notes as per normal notes.
• Editing - Delete content on right-click.
• Effector - 12 performance oriented effects. Perfect for use with multi-touch displays.
• EQUO - Vectorial UI.
• Event Editor target menu - Moved to the left of the integrated Event Editor.
• Event Editors - Event Editors no longer close if the Effect Slot changes
• Export - Settings for Project export to Audio file (File menu) and for Pattern render (Picker Panel / Clip Menus) are now saved separately to avoid confusion.
• Export Audio - Default bit rate for MP3 and OGG export set to 192Kbps.
• Fast Dist - Vectorial UI.
• Favorites - Tree view option for favorite plugin menus.
• File management - Multiple drag and drop for audio files onto Playlist (from a Windows file browser).
• Find unintentionally overlapped notes - Use 'Piano roll menu > Select > Select possible conflicts' to highlight all overlapping notes.
• FL engine, 32 vs 64 Bit - 'FL (Extended Memory).exe' has been renamed to 'FL.exe', this is now the default 32 Bit engine and can access more than 2 GB of memory. 'FL (Compatible Memory).exe' has been included for use where FL.exe does not work correctly and is limited to 2 GB max memory. 'FL64.exe' is the 64 Bit version of the program.
• FL Keys - Vectorial UI.
• FL Studio 12.9 BETA 1
• FL Studio Mobile - Loads .dwp files (monolithic DirectWave presets). FL Studio will open .flm projects in FL Studio Mobile. Drag and drop compatible formats on the plugin (.flm, .dwp, .wav etc)
• FL Studio Mobile - The plugin version of the FL Studio mobile App (Android, iOS, Windows App).
• FLAC export - Export FLAC from FL Studio or Edison.
• Flangus - Vectorial UI.
• Formula Controller - New functions: Atan2, Inter and InterNoSwap.
• FPC - Rename/Color/Icon/Settings popup-menu when you (Alt+Right-click) a Pad.
• FPC - Resizable vectorial UI. Pads can now have custom colors and icons. New layout options (single/double pads). Per-pad automatable pitch.
• FPC - Restored load and save Pad Presets options.
• FPC - Vectorial UI.
• Fruit Kick - Vectorial UI.
• Fruity Balance - New vectorial UI & converted native plugin.
• Fruity Convolver - New impulse library by Soundiron. See Browser > Impulses.
• Fruity Convolver - Vectorial UI.
• Fruity Dance - Sprite sheet now has a higher resolution for your 4K viewing pleasure.
• Fruity Delay 3 - 'Analog' style delay plugin with BPM varying tempo-synced delay. It includes filtering and distortion options.
• Fruity Edition - Adds Automation Clips.
• Fruity Envelope Controller - Updated features: 8 Articulators, Mod X/Y env, Smart Knobs & Vectorial UI.
• Fruity Formula Controller - Updated features & Vectorial UI.
• Fruity Keyboard Controller - Vectorial UI.
• Fruity Limiter - Vectorial UI.
• Fruity Peak Controller - Vectorial UI.
• Fruity Reeverb - Is now a 64 Bit FL plugin.
• Fruity Reeverb 2 - Modulated reverb using Modulation (amount) and Speed options to break up 'ringing' or 'metallic' sounds.
• Fruity Send - Vectorial UI and can now send to any mixer track linked to the host track.
• Fruity X-Y-Z Controller - Multitouch capable 3-axis controller plugin vectorial GUI.
• Full mixer track colors - See Mixer Menu > View > Colorful mixer > Off, Low, Medium or High.
• General settings - 'High visibility' option that makes switches and selected icons more obvious. Shows the hover rectangles around (most) switch buttons/icons. Scrollbars show hover color (white). Useful for those with color/vision deficiencies.
• General Settings - 'Optimize for' now always defaults to multi-button mouse on install
• GMS (Groove Machine Synth) - is multi-timbral hybrid synthesizer & FX channel from Groove Machine.
• Granulizer - Vectorial UI.
• Gross Beat - Vectorial UI.
• Grouping - Enhanced track grouping and sub-mix functionality.
• GUI - Vectorial UI dynamically resizable X 6 layout styles. 3 user-configurable docking panels.
• Hardcore - New effect, Tube-drive distortion and additional convolution impulse-based cabinet models.
• Harmless - Vectorial UI.
• Harmor - 'Song synced' resynthesis template presets (1, 2 and 4 bars).
• Harmor - Now supports Komplexer WT wavetables & 'Map audio regions to keys' with auto-dump to score for Slicex like drum handling.
• Harmor - Vectorial UI.
• Help - FL now uses the online version of the help file.
• Hide the plugin wrapper menu by default - See 'General Settings > Miscellaneous > Hide plugin window toolbar by default'.
• Horizontal/Vertical movement locking - Piano roll & Playlist, Shift (horizontal lock) & Ctrl (vertical lock) when dragging items.
• Icon colors - Automatic (Orange), Manual (Blue) or not set (gray).
• Image-Line Remote feedback - (Right-click) Enable Image-Line Remote to activate control feedback from FL Studio to IL Remote.
• Image-Line Remote support - Image-Line remote is an Android and iOS MIDI controller App that connects over your Wi-Fi network.
• Improved Tap Tempo - Updated tap algorithm + nudge control for Performance Mode.
• Improved Tempo automation - Fine tempo field now fully integrated. Will also allow smoother tempo automation.
• Incremental Scrolling - There are separate options under Playlist menu > View, Piano roll menu > View, & Event Editor menu > View > Incremental scrolling. Clicking on the scroll-bar rail will start scrolling toward, rather than jumping directly to, the location clicked. Designed to minimize jump-relocation mistakes when editing close to the Scroll Bar at high-zoom levels.
• Instrument Channels - Ctrl+mouse wheel on Channel button to change the routed mixer track.
• Interface - Vectorial user interface can be scaled between 100% to 400% and supports high resolution monitors up to 8K. See Options > General Settings > GUI display.
• Keyboard input handling - A new icon on the Wrapper Title Bar sets typing keyboard handling priority between FL Studio vs the plugin. Used for Slicex, Convolver and all VST plugins. On by default.
• Keyboard views - See 'Menu > View > Keyboard style' for new 'Classic', 'Modern' and 'List' views.
• Labels - Keep labels on screen option.
• Layer Channel - 'Reset children' option, resets the range and root notes for all Child Channels of a layer.
• Lines between Mixer tracks - See Mixer Menu > View > Lines between tracks.
• Linking includes MIDI input port - Links now remember the MIDI input port used to avoid conflict between controllers.
• Lock MIDI notes to Channels - (Right-click) a Channel Button and select Receive notes from. The Channel will now respond to that Controller regardless of what Channel is selected in FL Studio.
• Love Philter - Vectorial UI.
• LSD - Vectorial UI.
• Manage plugins menu - Manage Plugins menu item moved from Tools to Options menu
• Maximus - Vectorial UI.
• Menus - Can now right click to check several menu items without closing them (where appropriate).
• Metronome - Now latency compensated.
• MIDI channel through - Allows all MIDI Channels from a controller or external sequencer to pass to the plugin for separate control AND to record up to 16 separate MIDI Channel colors. When this option is off, MIDI Channel is ignored (previous FL Studio behavior).
• MIDI Controller - Native Instruments Machine JAM controller support.
• MIDI Out - New 'Note' Knob output mode. Automate sending note on and off. A note value of 0 = Note OFF.
• MiniSynth - Designed for touch-interfaces, MiniSynth provides project inter-compatibility with FL Studio Mobile.
• Mixer - 'Mixer Menu > View > Alternative mixer highlighting' option to work with the new very bright or dark colors (that we also snuck into the 12.3.0 update).
• Mixer - Increased to 125 Mixer tracks. You will get a lot more later, if you are good, so stop complaining!
• Mixer - Page Up/Down keyboard keys cycle through the current mixer track's plugin windows.
• Mixer (Layout Menu) - Two new layout optons (Compact Alt, Wide Alt), showing track names at bottom.
• Mixer FX Slots - Latency compensated Wet/Dry mix knob. Processing delay is now compensated when mixing the Wet/Dry signals from an effect for each FX slot.
• Mixer menu - Plugin Delay Compensation > Reset manual latency on all tracks - Option to reset all manualy set latency values to zero.
• Multi-select - Select and adjust multiple track levels.
• Multi-touch - Multi-touch support.
• Multi-touch support - FL Studio (and some plugins) now respond to Multi-touch.
• Multiband Compressor - Vectorial UI.
• Mute/Solo locking - Shift-Click Mute LEDs to lock them to their current state.
• Mute/Solo locking - Shift-Click Mute LEDs to lock them to their current state.
• Mute/Solo locking - Shift-Click Mute LEDs to lock them to their current state.
• New content - 1650 one shot drum samples in Packs > Drums > Mode Audio (inc. 121 Claps, 50 Cymbals, 353 Hi Hats, 349 Kicks, 219 Percussion/SFX, 57 Rims, 48 Shakers, 286 Snares, 57 Toms, 110 Foley)
• New controllers supported - Including APC20/40, Launchpad, Lemur, Block, Maschine/Mikro, padKONTROL, Traktor Kontrol (more details here).
• Newtone - Added buttons for pitch and warp modes. Option to include region markers when saving a sample from Pitch Correction mode.
• Newtone 2 - Now includes Warp editor mode for audio quantizing and aligning acoustic performances. Vibrato editor and revised and updated workflow to better match the Piano roll.
• No more dedicated 'Send' tracks - The four dedicated Send tracks have been replaced with general purpose tracks and now can be used as part of the general track pool.
• Ogun - Vectorial UI.
• Options > Project general settings > Play truncated notes in clips - Restores notes overlapping slice points in Pattern Clips.
• PanOMatic - Vectorial UI.
• Parametric EQ - Vectorial UI.
• Parametric EQ 2 - Vectorial UI.
• Parametric EQ2 - (Right-click) band tokens to select Key (note frequencies).
• Patcher - 37 new presets by Youlean.
• Patcher - Added animated connections, curved lines and auto-zooming (drag items to the edge of the Patcher window). You can also now drop Patcher presets from Browser/Plugin picker onto instrument channels or effects slots to wrap them in a Patcher ('patcherize' the plugin).
• Patcher - Added plugin favorites menu back.
• Patcher - Double-click plugins to open them outside the Patcher. (Alt+Click) to leave other plugins open. Hold (SHIFT) when drag-n-dropping patcher to encapsulate existing plugins. Added multi-touch control and buttons to control surfaces.
• Patcher - Dramatically reduced CPU usage! Seriously. We did some things back there...
• Patcher - New FX patches by WiseLabs, right-click the plugin window's top-right preset selector.
• Patcher - Reduced memory usage.
• Patcher - Threaded processing of hosted plugins/modules. 'More...' option in plugin insertion menus. (Right-click) node and select 'Insert plugin...' to connect a plugin to a node. Load DirectWave when .dwp file is dropped. (Middle-click) plugin title bar to rename.(Middle-click) connection filter checkboxes to disable the two others. 'Tree display' option in Control Surface tab Preset Menu. (Left-Click) to switch filter groups On/Off. (Middle-Mouse Click) to Solo/Unsolo a filter group.
• Pattern Menu - The Pattern Menu has moved from the Channel rack to the Toolbar Menu and Pattern Selector (14).
• Performance mode - For use with non pre-configured controllers, MIDI notes 120 to 127 have additional functions.
• Performance Mode - Trigger Playlist Clips, on the fly, using your mouse, touch screen, typing keyboard or MIDI controller. NOTE: When in Performance mode, MIDI data can't be recorded to the Piano roll.
• Piano roll - 'Menu > View > Mini piano roll preview' shows an overview of notes in the scroll-bar. Highlight root key according to scale. New 'Menu > View > Keyboard style > Dark' keyboard mode. Use (Ctrl+Mouse-wheel) on Channel Selector to select empty Channels.
• Piano roll > Menu > Helpers - Scale highlighting scales renamed to make the menu easier to use.
• Piano roll Auto-zoom can be deselected from Settings > General > Auto zoom in piano roll.
• Picker Panel (Alt+P) - A Pattern, Audio and Automation Clip manager / browser that lists all Pattern, Audio and Automation Clips in the project. Useful features include: Select unused Clips. Select Clips in Playlist. Rename/Color multiple clips. Render Pattern Clips to Audio Clips (Right-Click Clips > Render as audio clip.
• Playlist - 'Menu > View > Mini playlist preview' shows an overview of Clips in the scroll-bar.
• Playlist - 199 Playlist tracks, increased from 99.
• Playlist - Improved visibility of Clip borders in Solid view mode.
• Playlist - New 'Playlist menu > Edit > Dropping to track header locks to content' option. New solid color option - View > Behind clips > Solid (so pretty). Drag and drop now shows a 'shadow' indication of drop location and length when dragging Clips onto it.
• Playlist - Punch in/out Time Markers so you can start/stop recording using Time Markers.
• Playlist Arrangements - An 'Arrangement' is the layout of Audio, Automation and Pattern Clips in the Playlist as you added them. Use the drop-down Arrangements menu to manage multiple Playlist versions of the project (working ideas, sound design, versions etc).
• Playlist loop recording - Deglitched and improved for Audio and MIDI loop recording.
• Playlist menu - View > Resize all tracks. Choose from 33% to 200%.
• Playlist Tracks - Increased to 500, up from 199.
• Plucked! - Vectorial UI.
• Plugin Delay Compensation - Automatic PDC should now work for all normal use-cases. Manual and Auto-PDC can now co-exist. Manual PDC is applied as an offset to Auto PDC. New audio input delay control on the INPUT menu, to fix latency issues with individual audio inputs. We still need to fix these cases: Multi-out plugins, Multiple generators feeding a single Mixer track, each with different latencies and the wet/dry mix knob on FX slots. These should be resolved in coming betas.
• Plugin Delay Compensation - Updates include:
• Plugin manager - Can now be set to remain on-top.
• Plugin manager - Locating plugins is faster, in some cases.
• Plugin Picker - Right-click to open a plugin and its presets in the Browser. Start typing plugin names to highlight entries.
• Plugin preset panel - Native plugins now show preset name and selection on the top-right of the window.
• Producer Edition - Adds Sytrus and Maximus.
• Razer Chroma - Control Razer Chroma enabled hardware such as laptops, keyboards, mice and headsets from FL Studio. Added Support for Ornata Chroma.
• Real-time stretching - Sampler and Audio Clip 'Realtime > Stretch' mode allows you to change tempo and maintain pitch and rhythm in sync with the project AND OR change pitch and maintain sample duration in the Piano roll. See also: 'Tools menu > Macros > Switch realtime stretching for all audio clips'.
• Reeverb 2 - Vectorial UI.
• Reset plugins on transport - The option is now OFF by default. This can significantly improve performance on transport events in heavy CPU projects.
• Restore previous state after solo option - This option under General Settings > Miscellaneous allows you to restore the Channel Rack, Playlist and Mixer to their state prior to a solo command, or to unsolo everything when it's off.
• Right-click data entry - Most controls now allow a Right-click option to type in values.
• Sampler Channels - 'Legacy' precomputed effects are back. New: Playback - 'Start offset' (automatable), will get a position visualization in the next update. Precomputed - 'Sample start', and 'Length' controls.
• Saving and loading projects - Now faster. Shows progress while saving project.
• Scale highlighting - See 'Menu > Helpers > Scale highlighting' to choose a scale root (C through to B) and scale type (Major, Minor etc) to show on the Piano roll background.
• Score logger - Tools menu > Dump score log to selected pattern. Additional time options - 2, 5, 10, 20 or 30 min.
• Select - Clicking a clip once, but not moving it, selects it (even when not playing).
• Shortcut Panel - (Right-click) the 'Render as audio file...' button to render to MP3.
• Signature Bundle - Adds Harmless, Newtone, Gross Beat and Pitcher.
• SimSynth - Vectorial UI.
• Slicer - Vectorial UI.
• Slicex - Vectorial UI.
• Soft Clipper - Vectorial UI.
• Solo tracks/lanes - Ctrl+Left-Click the Mute icon now Solo/Unsolos the lane. Added for consistency with the Mixer and Channel Rack solo button behavior.
• Sort by - Sort the Channel Rack order (Mixer Track, Name, Color).
• Soundfont Player - Vectorial UI.
• Stamp tool (on toolbar) - Replaces chord tool. Paste preset chords.
• Stepsequencer - Stepsequences are now interchangeable with Piano rolls.
• Stereo Enhancer - Vectorial UI.
• Stereo Shaper - Vectorial UI.
• Stretch mode switch - Added shortcut (Shift+M) to switch Stretch mode on/off.
• Synthmaker (Flowstone) - Is now upgraded to Flowstone the successor to the original program. Now including the Ruby high level programming language you can still create Synths, Effects but also control external hardware with support for USB devices, I/O cards, webcams and audio hardware.
• Sytrus - Vectorial UI + 90+ Seamless and nucleon presets.
• Tap tempo - Sync option for tempo tap is now off by default.
• Time markers - Add time markers to the Piano roll for labelling purposes. Setting a time marker of type 'Pattern length' will change the active Pattern length.
• Time signature support - See the sections for the Playlist & Piano roll. The default Time Signature is set in the Project General Settings and Time Signature changes with Time Markers. Right-click Time Markers and select 'Time signature'. Use (Shift+Alt+T) to set time-signatures from the playhead position or over the selected time-range. Use the on Pattern Clip Menu 'Use current time signature' to set a Time Signature based on Playlist position.
• Toolbar - The 'Song/Pat' switch is a placeholder. We are working on converting all tool panels to 1-unit high to allow for a more streamlined tool-bar for those who want it. More later...
• Tools > Macros > Lock all playlist tracks to content and Unlock all playlist tracks from content. This is a helper for those wanting to replicate 'block-track' behavior present in older versions of FL Studio.
• Transient Processor (demo). Hey, no complaints! We haven't released a new plugin, for sale, since Harmor in 2011 yet we gave away Maximus and Sytrus with FL Studio 12. We're not greedy
• Transistor Bass - New '303 pulse' (square waveform) switch and 'Gate Length' control.
• Transistor Bass - TB303 style emulator.
• Transistor Bass - updated to click-and-drag works to draw notes accents & slides. You can also rotate notes in Stepsequencer with Shift + Ctrl + Arrows
• Transport Panel - Has now been divided into 2 1-unit high panels. Transport and Recording Options panels.
• Type in values - Tempo and Mixer track selectors now accept actual values.
• Typing keyboard to Piano - Added 24 new typing scales (right-click 'Typing to piano' button).
• Unique controller MIDI input port - Controllers can be assigned unique output ports for feedback. Plugins can also receive direct MIDI input from controllers before FL processes it.
• Updated Plugins
• User configurable category tabs - Category tabs (snapshot slots) allow users to select, content, plugins and current project files. Slots can be renamed and icons set to show along the top of the Browser.
• VFX Color Mapper - Redirect Piano roll note colors to unique voice ports in Patcher.
• VFX Key Mapper - Transform MIDI note input in Patcher.
• VFX Keyboard Splitter - For Patcher. Split keyboards into 16 zones with independent velocity and transposition.
• Video player 2 - GUI interface, complete rewrite and supports all open video formats.
• VIEW > Close all plugin windows (Alt+F12) - Closes only plugin windows.
• Virtual MIDI Controllers - Resizable, customizable vectorial Keyboard and Drumpads. Play the selected Channel, just like an external MIDI controller.
• Vocoder - Vectorial UI.
• Vocodex - Vectorial UI.
• VST Plugins - Implemented Presonus "high-dpi" notification support for VST 2 and 3 plugins
• VST Plugins - VST plugin installation has been improved and includes the ability to set multiple search folders with the 'File Settings > Manage plugins > Add path option on the Plugin manager'.
• WaveShaper - Vectorial UI.
• Wrapper Offset - The latency shown in the Wrapper Info can be set and saved per plugin. Use to compensate plugins that consistently report an incorrect latency.
• X-Y Controller - Vectorial UI.
• ZGameEditor Visualizer - Completely revised with up to 25 layers and new visual FX.
• ZGameEditor Visualizer - Layers can be collapsed. Buffered layers are more obvious now. New 'SplinePeaks' effect.
• ZGameEditor Visualizer - New effect (scenes\RhodiumLiquidCarbon), shown in the image above.
• ZGameEditor Visualizer - Now loads all popular video formats. DMX lighting support. 4K+ video rendering.
• ZGameEditor Visualizer - Now publishes RGBL controllers based on video analysis. Can use FL windows as textures (experimental!) plus 4 new presets. Exports to H.264 (.mp4) format. Drag-and-drop to re-arrange layers.
• ZGameEditor Visualizer - Option to type in custom FPS for video export. (Right-click) the Frames per second menu.
• ZGameEditor Visualizer - Simplified video export options to focus on quality and added an audio rate selector.
  New Plugins

...is 'downhill' because of one workflow shortcut ? That you can replicate in the Piano roll BTW...

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i wish there was a simple drag'n'drop option for reordering effects or copying them into other chains. same drag'n'drop option for reordering channels in the mixer would be great.

There is...

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Songs produced in FL 10 = + 100, in FL 11 = 3, FL 12 = zero. Same thing is with many my producer friends. !

This has more to do with how you react to change than FL Studio, the same thing happens to a proportion of all software users. OR, more likely something else entirely (see below)

I am still using Adobe Photoshop CS2 because it works for me and does everything I need and I am super-comfortable with it. 12 year old software. If you can't deal with change, then FL Studio 10 is working no?

I don't really understand however, how you can complain about changes to FL Studio that thwarted your migration through 10 > 11 > 12 (which have almost identical workflows, options, settings etc). Yet are prepared to jump to another DAW with a whole new learning curve and completely different workflow?

This is about something other than changes to FL Studio, because you are no longer using FL Studio 10.

Regards Scott

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And a hotkey to bring forward and focus the mixer window

There is. F9

Regards Scott