Image-Line celebrates 20th anniversary with the release of FL Studio 20 which now includes 64-bit native MAC OS support after years of beta testing.
FL Studio has always been one of the most popular and used tools to be able to write music on a Windows PC. This audio and MIDI sequencer has always been a distant dream for Mac users, but now they can finally make use of a version of this software designed for Apple's operating system.
- A beta version of FL Studio for Mac is now available for download. It works in demo mode as standard, but registered FL Studio users can unlock it. It works in demo mode as standard, but registered FL Studio users can unlock it.
- Today I'll be using the latest FL Studio for Mac beta (20.1). I'll also be discussing my fascination with Zgame, and how that is a game change for all FL Studio users, but especially those of us on Mac OS.
Since the beginning of the year, there has been a rumor that this year we will have FL Studio 20. Scott Fisher, product manager and marketing director of Imagine Line, has announced on the software forums, there will be no FL Studio 13, as much to comfort the superstitious as to celebrate the 20 years of the brand.
FL Studio 20 is a complete audio software for music production. Representing more than 20 years of innovative development it has everything you need in one DAW to compose, arrange, record, edit, mix and master professional quality music.
FL Studio is one of the world’s best DAWs and is used by the most creative artists.
What’s New
FL Studio 20 arrives on PC like on Mac (in 64 bits with AU plug-ins support), accompanied by a string of novelties.
- Rhythmic signatures that can change with time markers
- Consolidate Clips function for bouncing patterns and selected audio into a single audio clip
- Improved delay compensation for plug-ins
- New toolbar design with an editable layout
- Return of functions that had disappeared: Graph Editor to edit the velocity, the pitch, the pan directly in the Channel Rack, and Sampler Channels, marking the return of the precalculated effects.
In addition, FL Studio supports multi-touch monitors. There is also a mobile version called FL Studio mobile, which allows you to create and save music projects directly on your smartphone and tablet.
Knowing that many improvements have been made on the entire software and Image Line plug-ins. Note that the updates are free as usual with the editor and that the software is available in 4 versions containing more or fewer possibilities or plug-ins: Fruity at 89 euros, Producer at 189 euros, Signature at 289 Euro and All Plugins Bundle at … 826 euros.
The installation process is pretty simple. If you have not yet used this music production software, you just need to download the installer and follow the simple installation steps.
To update your FL Studio to FL Studio 20 you must download the installer from here (FL Studio 20 Windows, FL Studio 20 MAC) and from the installer select ‘Settings > Migrate previous’. This will install the new FL Studio 20 to the default location.
Do not forget to copy all the files you have in the FL Studio 12 folder somewhere else before starting the update.
Everything should go smoothly.
Now let’s watch the FL Studio 20 launch video:
Fl Studio Mac Alpha
Image-Line has released FL Studio 12.5.1, along with a beta of the native, 64-Bit, FL Studio for OS X.
Here’s what’s new in FL Studio 12.5.1:
- 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.
- Channel Sampling Robot – Now defaults to Shared data folder when exporting a DirectWave program file.
- DirectWave – Added refresh button to Browser. Now defaults to Shared data folder when saving a Program or Bank.
- 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.
- Formula Controller – New functions: Atan2, Inter and InterNoSwap.
- FPC – Rename/Color/Icon/Settings popup-menu when you (Alt+Right-click) a Pad.
- Fruity Dance – Sprite sheet now has a higher resolution for your 4K viewing pleasure.
- Patcher – Dramatically reduced CPU usage.
- Piano roll > Menu > Helpers – Scale highlighting scales renamed to make the menu easier to use.
- 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.
- 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.
ZGameEditor Visualizer – Option to type in custom FPS for video export. (Right-click) the - Frames per second menu.
- Additional changes & Bugfixes
Crossover 7 For Mac
Details on the update and the Mac OS X beta are available at the Image-Line site.