New Features in Fruity Loop Studio 8
This is a list of the important new features in FL Studio 8. For a complete list of new features (and bug fixes) in this and older FL Studio releases, please check WhatsNew.doc in the FL Studio installation folder.
FL Engine/Interface
fruity_loop9
* Cleartype not forced on anymore for mixer labels for Win9X platforms (and there was much rejoicing!).
* Added recording filter (right-click record button). Choose to record Audio, Automation or Note data independently.
* Menu icons replaced by global down arrows for a more consistent GUI.
* New spectral view in monitor panel.
* Event automation now displayed in pattern clips.
* Channels in piano roll channel selector are now sorted by channel group.
* New list of available patterns when right-clicking the pattern selector.
* Patterns named ‘-pattern name’ now act as separators in lists.
* Added mouse wheel support to popup menus & combo selectors.
* Added plugin interface thumbnail pictures to project browser (manual process to add) .
* Generator smart disable is now compatible with threaded rendering.
* Added OGG Vorbis rendering (open source compressed audio format).
* Some FL plugins now support .ogg format audio.
* Never lose a keyboard performance. The new score logger records all MIDI activity from controller keyboards and the ‘typing-piano keyboard’ in a 3 minute buffer.
* Updated MP3 codec (LAME 3.97).
* One-click audio recording now prompts to record in Edison.
* Default audio device changed to ASIO4ALL.
* Sinc interpolator now faster (64point sinc now usable real-time if you have a fast CPU).
* FL Studio can permanently learn and remember links to external controllers. The new ‘multilink’ function + ‘Override generic links’ option.
* Tweaking controls on VST(i)s now show a hint message in FL’s hint bar (when possible).
* Rendering with latency compensation.
* Introducing FL-chan in wallpapers.
* 24 bit int rendering.
New Plugins
* SynthMaker: Instrument & Effect plugin designer (free Producer & XXL editions).
* Fruity Limiter: Limiter/Maximizer (free).
* Wave Candy: Visualization tools (free).
* Maximus: Mastering multiband maximizer (demo).
* Soundgoodizer: It’s shiny, it’s good! (free).
* Morphine: Additive synthesizer (demo).
* Poizone 2: Synthesizer (demo).
* Slicex: Powerhouse slicer (free Producer & XXL editions).
* Toxic Biohazard: FM Synthesizer (demo).
* Fruity Dance: ‘Winningest cute’ anime generator (free).
Revised Plugins
* Edison:
o New phase editing feature in Edison’s EQ.
o Added middle note & audio to MIDI analysis to Edison.
o Edison’s EQ, blur & reverb tools now remember their envelope editor settings.
o Improved recording for larger files.
o New drum(loop) stretching tool (& paste replace (drum)), with improved gaps filling.
o CTRL+DRAG drums from one instance to another, to replace drums in a loop with drums from another loop.
o Slide option now works on markers/regions too.
o Hold right-shift to move markers more accurately (temporary zoom).
o Tools->Send to playlist as audio clip, to send the clip to the playlist at selection, linked to the same mixer track as Edison.
o New slave sync, pause button, transport active when not playing, support for control surfaces and keyboard input (to slice or for sampler preview).
o Can now link notes to markers/regions (for use in Fruity Slicer).
o Added “Undo mix (spectral)” and “Paste mix (spectral)” features.
o Added keyboard (to note or to slice) preview.
o Added ‘quick rename (all)’ option to rename all regions to drum names.
o new ‘dual view’ mode showing both waveform & spectrum.
o New fancy waveform display mode and option to export display to bitmap file.
o New stereo waveform display mode (superimposed channels in different colors).
o Tools > Send selection to playlist as audio clip. Send the clip to the playlist at selection, linked to the same mixer track as Edison.
* Video Player:
o Detached video will now keep playing if the plugin editor window is hidden.
o Added ‘Ignore tempo changes’ option.
o “Render fast” is now the default
* FPC:
o Better behaviour when samples are missing
o Changed direction for changing pads from mouse wheel
o Added wave preview in open dialog.
* Fruity Wrapper:
o Support for sysex messages sent by the plugin (untested)
o FL will re-read key names when update-display message is received from VST plugin
o Renamed menu items for saving/loading fst and fxb files to ‘VST’ instead of ‘Cubase’.
o Added ‘Send note off velocity’ option.
* Direct Wave:
o “Gain” control on zone tab now defaults to 0.0dB again
o “Gain” control on zone tab is now multiplied to the volume instead of added
o Updated downloader implementation
o Double-click on zone (or zone index) now opens sample tab
o Now need to right-click on sample scroll bar to zoom
o Changed volume and velocity implementation
o Re-implemented soundfont support, now supports 24bit SoundFonts
o Effect switches on the zone page now also act according to the “global” switch
o Ogg import now uses 32bit float samples instead of 16bit int
* Parametric EQ 2:
o New slope modes for LP/HP/LS/Peak/HS bands in Parametric EQ 2 plugin.
* Love Philter:
o Love Philter: piano keys assigned to patterns.
o Envelope sequencer tool.
* Sytrus:
o Envelope sequencer tool.
Piano roll
* Right-click upper/lower splitter for 2nd position.
* Changed/New keyboard shortcuts and functions: Added new SHIFT+click to add note in resize mode.
* ‘Select at random’ to select 10% random notes, for variations (menu item).
* Caps lock function changed to allow resizing of notes from left side in Piano roll.
Play List
* Changed/New keyboard shortcuts and functions: Added new SHIFT+click to add clip in resize mode.
* Added slip editing and resizing tool for Playlist clips.
* Newly-recorded patterns now added as pattern clips (when in song mode).
* Right-click upper/lower splitter for 2nd position.
* Optional stereo waveform display (accessed from audio-clip channel settings wave-display, right-click).
* Clip source selection now available from titlebar
* Clip tracks now on top by default.
* Can now resize multiple playlist clips at once.
Mixer
* Mouse wheel can re-order effects. Hover over effect to be moved and roll!
* Introducing ‘Selected mixer track‘, to which the selected mixer track is routed, and in which you place visual effects or a recording Edison.
Browser
* New Plugin database directory, functions with Plugin picker.
* Right-click (right edge) splitter for 2nd width.
* Added ‘Edit whole mapping’ to Remote control section.
* Default peak meters scale bottom changed to -70dB, alternate scale down to -50dB.
MIDI
* FL supports MIDI SysEx input, and handles basic MMC functions.
Changes and Additions
* Ctrl+E opens an audio editor in a mixer track, or Shift+E to open an audio logger.
FL Engine/Interface
fruity_loop9
* Cleartype not forced on anymore for mixer labels for Win9X platforms (and there was much rejoicing!).
* Added recording filter (right-click record button). Choose to record Audio, Automation or Note data independently.
* Menu icons replaced by global down arrows for a more consistent GUI.
* New spectral view in monitor panel.
* Event automation now displayed in pattern clips.
* Channels in piano roll channel selector are now sorted by channel group.
* New list of available patterns when right-clicking the pattern selector.
* Patterns named ‘-pattern name’ now act as separators in lists.
* Added mouse wheel support to popup menus & combo selectors.
* Added plugin interface thumbnail pictures to project browser (manual process to add) .
* Generator smart disable is now compatible with threaded rendering.
* Added OGG Vorbis rendering (open source compressed audio format).
* Some FL plugins now support .ogg format audio.
* Never lose a keyboard performance. The new score logger records all MIDI activity from controller keyboards and the ‘typing-piano keyboard’ in a 3 minute buffer.
* Updated MP3 codec (LAME 3.97).
* One-click audio recording now prompts to record in Edison.
* Default audio device changed to ASIO4ALL.
* Sinc interpolator now faster (64point sinc now usable real-time if you have a fast CPU).
* FL Studio can permanently learn and remember links to external controllers. The new ‘multilink’ function + ‘Override generic links’ option.
* Tweaking controls on VST(i)s now show a hint message in FL’s hint bar (when possible).
* Rendering with latency compensation.
* Introducing FL-chan in wallpapers.
* 24 bit int rendering.
New Plugins
* SynthMaker: Instrument & Effect plugin designer (free Producer & XXL editions).
* Fruity Limiter: Limiter/Maximizer (free).
* Wave Candy: Visualization tools (free).
* Maximus: Mastering multiband maximizer (demo).
* Soundgoodizer: It’s shiny, it’s good! (free).
* Morphine: Additive synthesizer (demo).
* Poizone 2: Synthesizer (demo).
* Slicex: Powerhouse slicer (free Producer & XXL editions).
* Toxic Biohazard: FM Synthesizer (demo).
* Fruity Dance: ‘Winningest cute’ anime generator (free).
Revised Plugins
* Edison:
o New phase editing feature in Edison’s EQ.
o Added middle note & audio to MIDI analysis to Edison.
o Edison’s EQ, blur & reverb tools now remember their envelope editor settings.
o Improved recording for larger files.
o New drum(loop) stretching tool (& paste replace (drum)), with improved gaps filling.
o CTRL+DRAG drums from one instance to another, to replace drums in a loop with drums from another loop.
o Slide option now works on markers/regions too.
o Hold right-shift to move markers more accurately (temporary zoom).
o Tools->Send to playlist as audio clip, to send the clip to the playlist at selection, linked to the same mixer track as Edison.
o New slave sync, pause button, transport active when not playing, support for control surfaces and keyboard input (to slice or for sampler preview).
o Can now link notes to markers/regions (for use in Fruity Slicer).
o Added “Undo mix (spectral)” and “Paste mix (spectral)” features.
o Added keyboard (to note or to slice) preview.
o Added ‘quick rename (all)’ option to rename all regions to drum names.
o new ‘dual view’ mode showing both waveform & spectrum.
o New fancy waveform display mode and option to export display to bitmap file.
o New stereo waveform display mode (superimposed channels in different colors).
o Tools > Send selection to playlist as audio clip. Send the clip to the playlist at selection, linked to the same mixer track as Edison.
* Video Player:
o Detached video will now keep playing if the plugin editor window is hidden.
o Added ‘Ignore tempo changes’ option.
o “Render fast” is now the default
* FPC:
o Better behaviour when samples are missing
o Changed direction for changing pads from mouse wheel
o Added wave preview in open dialog.
* Fruity Wrapper:
o Support for sysex messages sent by the plugin (untested)
o FL will re-read key names when update-display message is received from VST plugin
o Renamed menu items for saving/loading fst and fxb files to ‘VST’ instead of ‘Cubase’.
o Added ‘Send note off velocity’ option.
* Direct Wave:
o “Gain” control on zone tab now defaults to 0.0dB again
o “Gain” control on zone tab is now multiplied to the volume instead of added
o Updated downloader implementation
o Double-click on zone (or zone index) now opens sample tab
o Now need to right-click on sample scroll bar to zoom
o Changed volume and velocity implementation
o Re-implemented soundfont support, now supports 24bit SoundFonts
o Effect switches on the zone page now also act according to the “global” switch
o Ogg import now uses 32bit float samples instead of 16bit int
* Parametric EQ 2:
o New slope modes for LP/HP/LS/Peak/HS bands in Parametric EQ 2 plugin.
* Love Philter:
o Love Philter: piano keys assigned to patterns.
o Envelope sequencer tool.
* Sytrus:
o Envelope sequencer tool.
Piano roll
* Right-click upper/lower splitter for 2nd position.
* Changed/New keyboard shortcuts and functions: Added new SHIFT+click to add note in resize mode.
* ‘Select at random’ to select 10% random notes, for variations (menu item).
* Caps lock function changed to allow resizing of notes from left side in Piano roll.
Play List
* Changed/New keyboard shortcuts and functions: Added new SHIFT+click to add clip in resize mode.
* Added slip editing and resizing tool for Playlist clips.
* Newly-recorded patterns now added as pattern clips (when in song mode).
* Right-click upper/lower splitter for 2nd position.
* Optional stereo waveform display (accessed from audio-clip channel settings wave-display, right-click).
* Clip source selection now available from titlebar
* Clip tracks now on top by default.
* Can now resize multiple playlist clips at once.
Mixer
* Mouse wheel can re-order effects. Hover over effect to be moved and roll!
* Introducing ‘Selected mixer track‘, to which the selected mixer track is routed, and in which you place visual effects or a recording Edison.
Browser
* New Plugin database directory, functions with Plugin picker.
* Right-click (right edge) splitter for 2nd width.
* Added ‘Edit whole mapping’ to Remote control section.
* Default peak meters scale bottom changed to -70dB, alternate scale down to -50dB.
MIDI
* FL supports MIDI SysEx input, and handles basic MMC functions.
Changes and Additions
* Ctrl+E opens an audio editor in a mixer track, or Shift+E to open an audio logger.
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