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Line Software has released the much anticipated release of its complete music
production environment, FL Studio 7.
Representing the culmination of more than 9 years of sustained
development, FL Studio 7 is set to become the most flexible virtual music
studio tool in the industry.
Chief
Software Architect, Didier Dambrin has realized his
vision of creating an open-architecture virtual studio environment where the
only constraint on the users is their own imagination. This philosophy is
reflected in FL Studio 7s flexible
audio and control data routing, free-form Playlist
design and interoperability with industry standards (VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, Buzz, ReWire, MIDI,
MP3, WAV, OGG). Didier notes ”We don't try to
protect our data & come up with new formats only for marketing reasons.
We use existing standards as much as possible, and allow FL Studio be used as
a plugin in other hosts“. In version 7, particular emphasis
has been given to improved workflow through enhanced interface design,
so that ideas can be crystallized and creativity captured.
WHAT
IS FL7?
FL
Studio is a fully featured, open-architecture music creation and
production environment for PC. No extra software is required* to produce
any style of music, as the complete set of instrument and studio tools is
included in the cost of the package. With the included plugins, sounds and tools the user can create complete
songs, as well as backing tracks, loops and sizzling beats. Completed songs
can be saved to WAV, MP3 or MIDI or .ZIP or native project formats (.FLP).
Instruments
Make
virtually any sound. FL7 includes 13 virtual synthesizers covering
acoustic/synthetic bass, electric guitar and plucked string simulation,
sampler tools including piano, general sample playback, and beat-slicing, and
a range of synthesis techniques (subtractive, modelling,
FM, granular and additive).
Audio
Recording & Editing
Capture
audio from a single vocalist right through to a full symphony orchestra. FL7
can record up to 64 simultaneous tracks of audio#.
The Playlist workspace can contain an unlimited
number of audio tracks and allows you to arrange discrete audio events in any
order, and position the creative process dictates with complete flexibility.
Audio tools allow the ability to time-stretch, pitch-shift, beat-slice,
chop, edit and creatively destruct audio. FL7 also
introduces Edison, a fully featured mastering wave editor and recorder. FL
Studio supports WAV, MP3 and OGG formats.
Sequencing
Record
musical performances and ideas in the most logical way. FL7 functions as both
a pattern and track based sequencer depending on user preferences. Tools
include an unlimited track Step-sequencer, an industry-leading Piano Roll and
Automation Clips. FL Studio supports MIDI and input from all standard
Controllers.
Arranging
Determine
your own project design. In FL7, you decide how your project will
be laid out. Unlike the competition, FL7's Playlist
is a totally flexible and virtually unbounded space where Note Pattern, Audio
and Automation data can be arranged, and edited to suit your creative ideas
and workflow.
Mixing/Mastering
The
most powerful mixer in its class. FL7 includes an industry-leading 64 stereo
track mixer. Each track can include up to 8 effects and can also be routed to
any of the other 64 tracks or one of 4 dedicated 'send' channels. The 44
included effects plugins span Compression, Delay,
Distortion, EQ, Filtering, Phasing, Flanging, Chorus, Vocoding
and Reverb. These will take you from the creative broad-brush effects like
reverb, through to the minutia of the mastering process with multiband compression/limiting and parametric EQ.
Lifetime
free updates
Registered
FL Studio users who purchase the download edition of the program receive
lifetime free updates to the level of the program they buy (Express, Fruity
Loops or Producer edition). For example, all FL Studio 6 customers will be
able to download FL Studio 7 free, FL Studio 8 free and so on. Boxed edition
users can purchase lifetime free updates for a nominal fee.
Key
new features and changes
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FL
now supports track-based sequencing. Pattern Clips present
sequence data in the method as Audio and Automation Clips.
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Edison replaces the
Wave Editor - Edison is a fully integrated audio editing and recording tool
complete with spectral analysis, convolution reverb + more :

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Love
Philter - is a bank of 8 ganged filter units for total flexibility and
creative filtering mayhem.

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Parametric
EQ2 - introduces a mastering parametric EQ with spectral analysis :

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Event
Automation can now be converted to Automation clips.
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Updated
audio stretching engine for FL Studio & FL plugins
(where applicable).
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Multi-core
safe generators can now be threaded for performance gain on multi-core
CPUs.
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Smoother
audio 'record to disk' performance with high track-counts.
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Note
OFF velocity support for the Piano roll, MIDI files, MIDI out & Sytrus.
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'Smart
Disable' mode for generator plugins,
previously was effects only.
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A
'News Panel', to keep users updated with content and patches.
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Plugin windows can now be detached from the FL
Studio desktop.
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DirectWave sampler now loads AIFF samples & includes
a VST preset loader in auto sampler function.
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Sytrus gains multi-level Undo a 'Cherry' phaser filter, 256 unit Harmonics editor (up from 128),
automatable unison panning, volume and pitch.
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FPC
acquires wave start/end point selection. SFZ export and loads AIFF, MP3 and
REX files.
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Mono
source recording. Mono ASIO inputs now handled by the mixer IN list.
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New
user-definable keyboard velocity curve mapping in MIDI setup.
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Support
for Apple Loops AIFF extensions.
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Demo
Limitations
All FL
Studio demo versions are fully featured. You can compose new songs and
export them to WAV or MP3. The only limitation is that the ability to save
the project is disabled.
Formats
FL7
will fit easily within your current workflow supporting VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, MP3, WAV, OGG (import), MIDI, ASIO, ASIO 2.
Additionally
supported through DirectWave ? AKAI AKP
(S5/6K,Z4,Z8), Battery (version 1), MPC, Reason, Kurzweil,
EXS24, Kontakt (version 1 & 2), Recycle,
SFZ+ and SoundFont2.
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SG
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