FL Studio Producer, Edition 11

I've been using Fruity Loops/FL studio for over a year now and its been great. From having zero knowledge to now writing full songs, mixing and producing has been a breeze with FL. The interface is nice and clean, very simple and easy to learn. I've jumped around a little bit testing out demo's of Cubase and I've seen friends using Logic, but they just look way too complicated for me. I've also been sitting on FL studio 10 for a while since I was just trying to get the hang of it, but spending the money was worth it to be eligible for lifetime updates and the new even sleeker FL11 interface. I don't make electronic music myself, but most of the people I know personally that make EDM tell me that FL studio has been the best for it, and I can believe it.

When I was exclusively a Mac user, I used Logic Pro (through Version 8) to write and produce what a friend called "beep-boop robot rock". Now on PCs, I took a flyer on FL Studio (over Ableton) after playing with the demo for a week or so. In general, I'm really happy in the FL environment. There's a ton of smart functionality built in. Be warned: You will probably want to buy a lot of their soft synths. Most of what comes bundled in the Producer Edition (synthesizer/sampler-wise) is functional but boring. You do get a fine drum machine, a great beat slicer, and a handful of basic subtractive synths and miscellaneous others. But they give you the demos of the dozen or so serious synths they sell through their site. I had a hard time being satisfied with what was in the box after tooling around with those and ultimately upgraded to Signature Edition (which includes a full-featured sampler among other things), then added Harmless, Harmor, Groove Machine and a handful of sample packs. All told, I probably ended up spending $650 to feel like I had a complete tool set. With the stuff I added, I am SUPER satisfied. I was looking at the Ableton Suite ($800) originally, so I think I did okay. I will add, finally, that the FL Studio workflow is a pretty different from other DAW's, particularly when it comes to arrangement and routing. Having spent a little time with it, I do like it. Not everybody will, and I don't know that I'll be using it to track a drum kit or mix 80 tracks. Try the demo first, but give it a week before you walk away.

I got this for my son that loves to mix music, and this is a great product for that. You can use a midi with it, hook up a micro phone, do all kinds of editing, mixing etc... You can save all the music/songs you make. I wish I could be more accurate but I got this for my son and he knows all about it, and all I do is get to hear all the songs he makes. I will say he can sit there all day on the computer mixing music, so you have to make him stop and get away from it , very addicting if you have a love for music.

Anyone interested in making music that wants a cheap DAW should get this. They give you free upgrades to newer versions and it's extremely easy to use. The main use of FL Studio is usually EDM, however I mainly use it to make orchestral music and rock/metal. It works quite well and supports almost any type of plug-in you can imagine and recording multiple tracks at once is extremely easy. The workflow is very fast and its built around editing audio clips, you can cut and move audio clips around far easier than in most programs. You can also overlay 2 audio files that are on the same mixer track with the same effects, which I wouldn't normally recommend doing, but it's convenient in some cases. So if you want something cheap that will get you great results then this is worth every penny.

Great DAW! I can do so much with this. I produce, mix, and master all my beats using FL. It's easy to use, and there are many helpful videos out there to help out. Loading in samples and loops is also fairly straight forward so the possiblities are endless here!

Get signature bundle i wish i would have not bad if you can find plug ins for it .....good product im happy.....fast shipping

I have not gotten it yet. I will let everyone know if I ever do get it. Very very disappointed.

Really an excellent DAW, they could make the fine print as far as what comes in this package more clear. Does not include hardly any plugins, which is VERY lame for how expensive it is, but other than that it met all expectations. They could throw in at least a couple plugins for synths and bass (sakura, sytrus) and I would give it a standing ovation... anyhow. Really cool DAW.