Ableton Vs Fl Studio
I'm starting to think this program is damn amazing, I never really looked at this so called toy and used 'pro' stuff like cubase and ableton.At may be that I only see the good things about it since I'm new at this program and often the bad things shine through later when you really know the stuff.- it's no real daw so audio editing sucks I a would't mix in it, but for composing I think I really like it. Can't say if it's true since I'm new to this program.- I like the fluid gui, it's ugly yes but it's very smooth like a video with a high frame rate. After that the live GUI seems to lag in comparison.- the piano roll is really good and the groove quantisation seems to be better then in most other daws at first glance- great automation curves and also very nice looking- it works different than other daws but I like the pattern and clip design after I understood it. So fast to build an arrangement.- good overview in the arrangement- midi cc input smoothing(!)Are here some long time fl studio which do electronic/techno/house stuff in it? What is the bad part about fl studio. There must a a bad part. I even think that the preset synth sounds really good.I don't know.
I really think if I make a switch or at least use it as a vsti inside live. The UI is all over the place, and window management becomes a big pain in the ass-Zooming is similarly a pain in the ass-You can't change individual instances of a pattern without changing the entire pattern (i.e.
Changing a single instance of a drum pattern to create a fill requires an entirely new pattern, which can quickly lead to an obscene number of patterns)-Trying to use a single controller (i.e. PadKontrol) to program multi-voiced parts (i.e. Play on a kit in real time) is cumbersome to set up/route-Having to constantly switch between song and pattern for playback quickly becomes frustrating-Can't drag and drop/reorder effects (you have to manually re-insert each plug separately)-VSTi support can be kind of sketchy-Managing the different pattern groups/types (audio vs. Automation) can be a pain in the assFor me, FL Studio has lots to offer in terms of functionality, but the workflow is not fluid in the least and even a moderately complex tune can quickly become a big hassle to manage, to the point of getting in the way of making progress on it.There's a lot I do enjoy about it (automation clips, curves, parameter-assignable LFO, the step sequencer, slicing notes in piano roll, etc.), but in the end all the frustrating things about it end up keeping me from enjoying production the same way I do with something like Live. Despite what people think FL is and has has always been a very serious daw, it sounds good and it's definitely used in production.And you can do mainy tiny stuff you can't in other daws. The pitch all slider beeing one exemple but there are lot ofother convenient and clever stuff, and i says that while i stay on my years old versions remembering, it must have highy evoluate since.but to simply answer the Q live has something special Fl hasn't: the session view wich is imo more powerfull concept than fl paterns.system (at least when it will have that damned automation, cause in fl if i remember right you can rec the automation to the patern).
Ableton Vs Fl Studio Hip Hop
I really respect the FL crew for making such a powerful and well featured application that doesn't cost much. I just wish they would scrap their entire interface and start again though. The slavish devotion to a legacy interface has stopped them from really progressing to where they could be.The whole app is a lesson in why you can't progressively shoehorn thousands of features into a simple interface and think that it'll remain coherent. 'well the interface was great in 1998, so why shouldn't it still be a great interface now?'
I hope other manufacturers take notice of this.cough. 'other manufacturers'. RajahP wrote:you get lifetime free updates.to be clear, that's upDATES, not upGRADES. So when fruityloops 10-11-12-13 come out you don't get to upgrade to those for free, you just get free updates for the version you already have. Which is pretty much what ableton does, with the exception of the UB update that they made a few years back.Well I have been getting free updates/upgrades since v3.5.From Fl site:Free FL Studio updates for life!This might be hard to believe but buying (the online version of) FL Studio not only gets you the latest version of FL Studio but all new updates released.This means you'll receive FL Studio 10, 11. Absolutely free as we believe you should have the functionality you paid for bugfixed for as long as we develop it.Users of the boxed version.Lifetime free updates are only included in the online versions of FL Studio and are available to the users of the boxed version for $39 by clicking here.
Ableton Vs Fl Studio Edm
RajahP wrote:you get lifetime free updates.to be clear, that's upDATES, not upGRADES. So when fruityloops 10-11-12-13 come out you don't get to upgrade to those for free, you just get free updates for the version you already have. Which is pretty much what ableton does, with the exception of the UB update that they made a few years back.Hmm not sure about that. I bought it way back in 2001 or something and I have the latest version. Havn't payed a penny more.Anyways, I like to use it as a Vst plugin. With Ableton sometimes.