Comments on: FL Studio Rants and Raves: All in One, One for Not Quite All

By: Gnostic

Gnostic — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:42:30 +0000

I have been using fl since fl3, skipped 4, still use 5, recently began trying out 7 (skipped 6).
I have to say I have also tried: Reason 3+4, Ableton Live, Garageband, and Orion (synapse)…and FL is by far the best thing I have used…from start to finish except work in cooledit/Audition 1.5 for sampling.

By: Adam Dworak

Adam Dworak — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:34:26 +0000

I <3 FL Studio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-Ope_OJpQ
Can you see the happy?

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:59:58 +0000

@foosnark — auto-save is a great idea. But FL’s been really stable for me. Have you tried disabling your VST plug-in library and just using internal plugs, maybe weeding out one that’s causing problems?

By: foosnark

foosnark — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:45:18 +0000

After another crash last night, I’ve decided what I want most out of FLStudio is an auto-save feature. Once per minute, plus every time I tell it to load another plugin.

By: proem

proem — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:22:02 +0000

you know what else takes care of the crammed GUI?
two widescreen monitors.

proemland is Native Instruments and FLStudio powered since ‘03

my singular complaint
which has been mentioned
but it bears repeating.
it’s terrible mouse based

and mouse based software SUCKS
i love my 10-key and i know how to use it

i’ve been holding my breath for FL8 for the last few months since they started with the public betas

i started using nothing but modedit and an 8bit sound card,… it certainly wasn’t the best

By: kris

kris — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:39:30 +0000

btw this is a different kris……

By: kris

kris — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:38:27 +0000

The only complaint I’ve ever had about it was the crammed GUI, but a widescreen monitor takes care of that problem real quick. I’d love to see some new skins, and not user-created skins either (because some elements of the GUI can’t be customized). But any way, the debate over which DAW is the best oughtta just be dubbed, “This is the DAW I started with and I know it best, so it’s the BEST!” Bet that’s the case 95% of the time…

By: foosnark

foosnark — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:01:23 +0000

i dont know, i’ve never been able to make music using FL. the interface is really weird, makes no sense at all to me.

That’s exactly what I think about almost everything that isn’t FL. Different strokes and whatnot.

(Granted, I haven’t tried Live — but I don’t really feel the need to, to be honest.)

By: Stephen Haunts

Stephen Haunts — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:42:02 +0000

I think if people put as much effort in composing music as they did complaining about software features the world would be a much better place :-)

All software has limitations, I use Live and there are features missing that drive me mad, but you just roll up your sleeves and work around them :-)

Just use what ever make you feel most comfortable.

Steve

By: algarcia

algarcia — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:42:49 +0000

i dont know, i’ve never been able to make music using FL. the interface is really weird, makes no sense at all to me. i began making music (digitally) with cakewalk (long before sonar), only midi and 4 channel audio and got used to that sequencing thing. then after sonar and protools i began using Ableton and i think it’s the best thing ever, specially for playing live (honoring the software’s name).