KVR Audio

BenfordLaw · Post by **BenfordLaw** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:25 am

In another thread about Bitwig Studio, I said:

"This reminds me of the time when Fruity Loops had free lifetime updates, and then Image Line changed its name to 'FL Studio' and said that it was a 'new' product, and you had to buy it even though you already owned Fruity Loops. "

Several following posts claimed that this wasn't true - it was. I well remember idiots on this very forum defending Image Line's actions, or at least, white knighting, because nobody could defend such a policy. Everybody who bought Fruity Loops was denied free updates to FL Studio. Many of the idiots on this very forum claimed that it was a 'different product' because it offered things that Fruity Loops didn't. Nowadays they are called 'upgrades', and they are included in the 'free lifetime upgrades' for FL Studio - which I have been using for well over five years now.

Maybe somebody has access to older forum posts where this was discussed, to prove me right.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:29 am

unless it was deleted, you too have access to it.
search either the forum or your own list of posts under your profile.
if it was deleted, it's gone for all.

T-CM11 · Post by **T-CM11** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:45 am

BenfordLaw wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:25 am Several following posts claimed that this wasn't true - it was.

Nope! I still have a boxed Fruityloops 3, now FL Studio 21 and I never had to buy twice.

BenfordLaw · Post by **BenfordLaw** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:26 pm

I remember it very clearly, it was a long to and fro with various people defending Image Line's decision. I expect the thread was deleted, as so many threads are, which get 'too near to the truth' on here...
Maybe you were lucky, T-CM11. Do you remember when Fruit Loops was changed into FL Studio? i.e. which year?

Dogbert · Post by **Dogbert** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:35 pm

FruityLoops was renamed to FL Studio in 2003, version 4 I think.

Updates were always free. You are remembering it wrong.

BenfordLaw · Post by **BenfordLaw** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:47 pm

There was a great uproar about it - those who said it was wrong, and those who kept insisting that FL Studio was a new piece of software and therefore it was fine for Image Line to not allow free updates to Fruity Loop owners.
I'll see what I can find on the Wayback Machine. Maybe it was discussed on other music forums. Maybe I was on another forum back then!

osiris · Post by **osiris** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:47 pm

https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/im ... -fl-studio

That's a review from when they switched, Pics of the GUI take me back. (No mention about above controversy)

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:24 pm

The (ex)wife bought fruity loops for my birthday in 2002; seems I did have to pay in 2003 when they changed the name and added audio recording. It seems there was an option at the time, to keep using fruity loops or pay for the audio version renamed fl studio. Of course that was 20 yrs ago and I'm 67 now and don't remember quite as well..

BenfordLaw · Post by **BenfordLaw** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:31 pm

Ah, thank you bluedad, I remember it was about the audio recording - Image Line said that this made FL Studio a 'new program' and Fruity Loops owners were not happy about it.

gentleclockdivider · Post by **gentleclockdivider** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:36 pm

Perhaps you are mistaken with fruity tracks which was a separate program and later merged with fruity loops .
Not my video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zrbV01P5M8

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:00 pm

In the article osiris linked to, it is mentioned several differrent versions:
Boxed versions: Producer Edition £139; Fruity Loops Edition £99. Prices include VAT.

£ Downloadable versions: Producer Edition $149; Fruity Loops Edition $99; Express Edition $49.

monkeymanx · Post by **monkeymanx** » Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:13 pm

I don't use FL anymore but I bought the boxed version of 2 or 3 back in 2000 I believe. Actually may have been 1999. Either way there was an option for an extra $30 to have life time updates. When I log into my account I still have that and can use the latest version of FL studio. So they did honor the lifetime updates if you had the version that included that. Even said it on the box if I remember correctly.