FL Studio 20 Getting Started Manual

WELCOME TO FL STUDIO

This guide is a general introduction to using FL Studio. Press F1 while running FL Studio to open

the on-line manual for detailed help on specific features or functions. The manual will open showing

the last thing you clicked in FL Studio (it’s context sensitive).

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1999) have received every version up to 20 absolutely free! That’s about $2200 of free updates. If

you have the Boxed version, register online to activate your Lifetime Free Updates. If you bought

FL Studio via Internet download, then you’re already registered for Lifetime Free Updates.

Our philosophy is that you should pay only for what you use, and we never charge for bug-fixes,

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Here are just a few of the cool features in FL Studio:

- Recording: Audio (microphones, guitars, synths), automation (knob / mouse movements)

and notes (polyphonic melodies) live, then edit the performance.

- Easy hardware controller linking: Right-click on the FL interface control, select link and

tweak the hardware controller knob, done.

- Piano Roll: The most advanced piano-roll in the industry. Per-note slides for native FL

Studio plugins. Complete suite of editing and creative composition tools.

- Channel Rack: Fast and intuitive pattern-based sequencing, perfect for percussion.

- Edison wave editor/recorder: Record, analyze, edit and transform audio. With beat slicing.

- Performance mode: Trigger Audio, Automation and Pattern Clips on the fly to mix, re-remix

and perform your projects live.

- Share: import/export .wav (wave), .mp3 (mpeg layer 3), .ogg (Ogg Vorbis), .mid (MIDI) files

and more.

- Fast: Of course there is the legendary FL Studio workflow, the fastest path from your brain

to your speakers!

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and start spamming the FL Studio Tech Support, look for me. I'll pop up here

and there with answers to common problems that might save you some trouble.

Of course, don’t neglect to press F1 inside FL Studio to open the in-line help or

visit the on-line forums http://forum.image-line.com/