Beat Mode News - Fruity Loops FLStudio 4.1 - new version now shipping!
FL Studio is a full-featured sequencer perfectly suited for creation of complex songs and realistic drum loops, with 32 bit internal mixing and advanced MIDI support. The resulting song or loop can be exported to a WAV/MP3 file and all MIDI events can be exported to a standard MIDI file.
FL Studio is a pattern based sequencer, which means you create your songs in pieces (patterns) using the Step Sequencer and the Piano Roll view and then weld those pieces together using the Playlist window. Then you can add a wide range of effects to your instruments (reverb, phaser, flanger etc.) and route the resulting mixer tracks in any way you like to create complex mixing chains with ease.
More info at the FLSTUDIO web site
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Fruity Loops 3.56
Fruity Loops users will be happy to know the much anticipated upgrade to version 3.56 is now available to registered users as a free upgrade or to new purchasers online.
Fruity Loops
now works as as VSTi in your favorite host program such as Cubase or
Logic
The latest Fruity Loops update has a slew of neat new features, most notably the abilty to use Fruity Loops as a VST Instrument. Wow! That's cool!
The all
new speech engine is a mindblower and fun to play with!
Another nifty new feature is the integrated SPEECH ENGINE, which allows you to input text and select from a range of voices within some of Fruity Loops GENERATORS such as Fruity Granulizer, Sampler and Fruity Beat Slicer. We had a blast using the generated speech with the Granulizer! It may sound like a silly gimmick but really does offer a lot of musical possibilities! We like it alot!
More coming soon in our Beat Mode review of Fruity Loops 3.55
Preview the all new features in Fruity Loops 3.56 here
Fruity Loops 3.56 Upgrade Info
What's new:
Fruity
Loops 3.5.5 (4/07/02) Bugfixed DrumSynth Live.
(bugfixes!) Time hint in step sequencer.
Added support for Peavey StudioMix controller (knobs, sliders, switches
& jog).
Added support for StudioMix switches.
Added support for 'endless' hardware controllers (Doepfer Pocket Dial).
Setup now warns about logging as administrator.
Various other bugfixes.
Formula presets in MIDI remote control box.
Fruity
Loops 3.5.4 (19/06/02) Can now copy, paste, save & restore automation.
FruityLoops now available as a VSTi plugin.
Multi ASIO output added.
New advanced quantization in piano roll.
New advanced pattern-based chopper in piano roll.
Improved channel envelopes (tension).
Added batch export of FX tracks into separate wave files.
New Fruity fast dist plugin (same dist as for the TS404).
New Fruity soft clipper plugin.
Improved Fruity slicer plugin (added 'fill gaps' option & slice
reversing).
Improved global beat slicing (layering).
Improved Fruity wrapper plugins.
Added recording precount.
Support for speech synthesis (.speech files).
Added sample start to Fruity granulizer plugin.
New step edit mode.
Much improved (but not compatible) TS404.
Fruity wrappers now support DXi2 plugins.
New kick synthesizer plugin.
Improved (but slower) sinc interpolation (thx to arguru).
Improved hermite interpolation (now 6 points) (thx to Yehar).
Right click metronome for another tick sound.
Right click wait for input to allow it only when recording.
MIDI activity LED now blinks yellow if the MIDI message wasn't handled
(assigned to nothing).
Master sync now sends MIDI continue message instead of MIDI start.
Time in seconds now displayed by the playlist in the hint bar.
Project bones now includes automation as well.
Fine time offset knob now automatable (can now do shuffle using internal
controllers).
Peak meters optionally in dB format (see general settings).
Tiny bugfix in envelope processing.
MIDI out plugin now supports channel aftertouch (& also redesigned
visually).
Removed unuseful auto maximize & stop at bottom options.
MIDI remote control window redesigned a little.
Added quick preset randomizing & hybridize mode for plugins.
Slightly improved pattern humanizer.
Fruity soundfont player now searches for the first valid patch after
a soundfont is loaded.
Added 'explore' menu item to browser.
Added 'Select linked channels' option & FX track renaming (effects
window).
Bugfix in soundfont player & improved HQ rendering.
Bugfix in echo delay combined with the time shift.
Bugfixes in Fruity reeverb (now works fine at any mixing rate).
Small bugfix in channel muting.
Small bugfix in layer channels.
Small bugfix in Fruity slicer (sample rate conversion).
Small bugfix in step seq vol knob's gauge.
Color=$BBGGRR now recognized in browser info files.
Fixed two bad memory leaks.
Bugfix in DrumSynth patch loader.
Improved step sequencer.
Mouse wheel now scrolls step seq keyboard edit.
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