FL Studio
The all-in-one DAW used by millions to produce, mix, and master music.
FL Studio is a digital audio workstation for Windows and macOS that covers beat-making, songwriting, recording, editing and mixing in one application. It is built around the Channel Rack for patterns, the Piano Roll for melodies and chords, a Playlist for arrangement, and a mixer with up to 500 tracks and routing.
It ships with more than 100 instruments and effects, including synths such as Harmless, Sytrus and PoiZone, effects such as Gross Beat, Fruity Parametric EQ 2 and Fruity Reeverb 2, plus tools like Edison for audio editing, Patcher for chaining plugins, a Chord Progression Tool, Loop Starter and AI-powered stem separation. It loads third-party VST, AU and CLAP plugins, records audio into the Playlist, and runs on Windows and macOS with Apple Silicon support. An optional FL Cloud subscription adds a royalty-free sounds library searchable inside the app, and Gopher provides in-app assistance.
FL Studio is aimed at producers, beatmakers and musicians at beginner through professional levels. It is sold in several editions — Fruity, Producer, Signature Bundle and All Plugins Edition — each including Lifetime Free Updates, with upgrades available by paying the difference. A free trial is offered, and Rent-to-Own Plus spreads payment across monthly installments until ownership transfers; FL Cloud is a separate optional subscription.
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