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I'm torn between creating custom GUIs (Dashboard/Surface) and being able to link everything with formulas. I like both equally.

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Spending a day in a different DAW made me really appreciate FL's arrangement view.

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SideChainKid wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 8:56 pm ‘That FL sound’ like orange clip is trying to do. It’s pretty signature for urban music imo.
Are you talking about the startup or export sound?

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Hipster Bales wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 5:08 pm
SideChainKid wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 8:56 pm ‘That FL sound’ like orange clip is trying to do. It’s pretty signature for urban music imo.
Are you talking about the startup or export sound?
Iirc it’s their soft clipper sound, both in their channels and on the master. They have a certain sound that’s pretty much industry standard for urban type beats. It’s especially beneficial for 808 heavy drums etc. Orange clip comes close but in a test it doesn’t null fwiw.

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BTW speaking of FL, I'm currently working on a new song. What do you guys think?
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Channel Rack forsure. Really helped me understand drum placement. Easy to get complacent and repetitive so I try to come up with new patterns

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Keekee wrote: Sun Mar 01, 2026 10:19 am Channel Rack forsure. Really helped me understand drum placement. Easy to get complacent and repetitive so I try to come up with new patterns
Nice :)

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11118 wrote: Wed Jan 21, 2026 4:51 pm Soundgoodizer ;)
Not exactly my can of Coke lol
When you put it on the master, it can oversaturate it or cause unnecessary clipping, which is what an experienced producer wouldn't want (I'm not as experienced as you guys but, I'm a fast learner given that I'm a teenager)

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skarvika wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 9:59 pm Spending a day in a different DAW made me really appreciate FL's arrangement view.
Yeah, I tried other DAWs as well, but I stuck with FL because the UI and stock synths are easy to learn in my opinion

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Hipster Bales wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 11:43 am Yeah, I tried other DAWs as well, but I stuck with FL because the UI and stock synths are easy to learn in my opinion
Plus one for stock synths, add on top of that the growing library of stock synths that get added with every major update

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fludix9 wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 6:41 pm
Hipster Bales wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2026 11:43 am Yeah, I tried other DAWs as well, but I stuck with FL because the UI and stock synths are easy to learn in my opinion
Plus one for stock synths, add on top of that the growing library of stock synths that get added with every major update
Welcome to the forum, and yeah, I think they added Kepler and Kepler Exo a few updates ago.

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Hipster Bales wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 6:44 pm Welcome to the forum, and yeah, I think they added Kepler and Kepler Exo a few updates ago.
Thanks! I've been loving Kepler and Kepler Exo, it made me want to get an actual Juno 6/60 until I saw the price for them :cry:

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fludix9 wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 6:56 pm
Hipster Bales wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 6:44 pm Welcome to the forum, and yeah, I think they added Kepler and Kepler Exo a few updates ago.
Thanks! I've been loving Kepler and Kepler Exo, it made me want to get an actual Juno 6/60 until I saw the price for them :cry:
I've never used Kepler (or Exo either), I'm more focused on Sytrus and Harmless.

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eLawnMust wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 4:30 pm While having used FL am currently making a tune in Cakewalk Project5, which is quite old now but The MIDI workflow in the arranger feels much better/easier than FL... Still it would be great to have a P5 or FL with vertical flow like Aodix or BUZE tracker which are both piano rollers as well...

Not to bust chops on FLs highly touted piano roll but BUZE has incredible Rt-Click menu on both piano roll or FX curve lanes & many of those choices have submenus-

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Here's a close-up of the menu easier to read, colors contrasted-

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Point is having a flow from top to bottom with lanes that can be enabled, dealt with then hidden (including piano roll) makes all faster & cleaner...
bla bla. We know,,,,
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gruberman wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2026 6:01 pm
eLawnMust wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 4:30 pm While having used FL am currently making a tune in Cakewalk Project5, which is quite old now but The MIDI workflow in the arranger feels much better/easier than FL... Still it would be great to have a P5 or FL with vertical flow like Aodix or BUZE tracker which are both piano rollers as well...

Not to bust chops on FLs highly touted piano roll but BUZE has incredible Rt-Click menu on both piano roll or FX curve lanes & many of those choices have submenus-

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Here's a close-up of the menu easier to read, colors contrasted-

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Point is having a flow from top to bottom with lanes that can be enabled, dealt with then hidden (including piano roll) makes all faster & cleaner...
bla bla. We know,,,,
I mean, I prefer FL's piano roll because A. It's the first thing I used when downloading FL, B. It just works.

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