Fl studio is a highly sophisticated music production environment.
the modern daw is a remarkable beast. first, it has, to a very large extent, placed itself at the very heart of (almost) everyone’s recording process. second, by emulating the complete studio experience in modestly priced software, it has played a very significant part in democratising the music recording and production process. and, while you could have a very entertaining friday night pub‐style philosophical conversation about the relationship between the rise of the daw/sequencer and the quality of the music we now experience, the impact is undeniable.
however, not all daw/sequencers are created equal and one of the key reasons the market is so diverse is that many of today’s (seemingly generic) daw/sequencers started life as somewhat more specialist tools. that’s undoubtedly true of fl studio, which launched as fruity loops in 1998. by this date, the likes of cubase