without the need to write basic code.

Audio Recording & Editing
FL8 can record up to 64 simultaneous tracks of audio, making it possible to capture audio from a single vocalist right through to a full symphony orchestra. The Playlist workspace can contain an unlimited number of audio tracks. It also gives you the flexibility to arrange discrete audio events in any order, and position the creative process the way you want to. Audio tools let you time-stretch, pitch-shift, beat-slice, chop, edit, and creatively destruct audio. Format-wise, FL8 Studio supports WAV, MP3, and OGG.

Sequencing
FL8 software functions as both a pattern and track based sequencer depending on your preferences, so you can record musical performances and ideas in a more logical way. Tools include an unlimited track Step-sequencer, an advanced Piano Roll, and Automation Clips. FL8 Studio supports MIDI and input from all standard controllers.

Arranging
FL8's Playlist lets you decide how your musical project will be laid out as it is completely malleable with virtually unbounded space where Note Pattern, Audio, and Automation data can be arranged and edited to suit your creative ideas and workflow.

Mixing/Mastering
FL8 includes a 64 stereo track mixer where each track can include up to 8 effects and can also be routed to any of the other 64 tracks or one of 4 dedicated "send" channels. The 44 effects plug-ins available for FL8 (see features area for those include in this version), include Maximizer, Limiter, Compression, Delay, Distortion, EQ, Filtering, Phasing, Flanging, Chorus, Vocoding, and Reverb. These will take you from the creative broad-brush effects like reverb to more minute parts of the mastering process with multi-band compression/limiting and parametric EQ.

Lifetime free updates
Boxed edition users can purchase lifetime free updates for a nominal fee.

Features:

• FL Synthmaker Player: Fully modular environment where you can create & share your own FL instruments, effects, & dashboards without the need to write basic code
• Included Fruity Limiter/Maximizer for maximizing & compressing final mixes or individual tracks
• Can permanently learn and remember links to external controllers with the new Multilink function + Override generic links option
• Wave Candy: Flexible audio analysis and visualization tool with Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyser, and Peak Meter
• Sinc interpolation now faster (64-point sinc now usable real-time depending on CPU)
• Rendering with latency compensation
• Score logger: Records all MIDI & note activity for instant recall
• Directwave Player: Broaden your musical palette with downloadable sound banks and multi-sample sets
• Recording filter: Select Audio, Automation, or Note data recording independently or in any combination
• New slip editing and resizing tool for Playlist clips
• Multi-core safe plug-ins are threaded for performance gain on multi-core CPUs
• New "Selected mixer track" in Mixer for routing, placing visual effects, or recording
• Supports track-based sequencing
• Pattern Clips present sequence data as Audio and/or Automation Clips
• News Panel keeps users updated with content and patches
• All FL Studio demo versions are fully featured so you can compose new songs and export them to WAV or MP3, but the ability to save the project is disabled
  
  Plug-in support
• Multi-out VSTi, Rewire & DXi softsynths
• VST & DX effects
• FPC: Fruity Pad Controller
• FL Studio Generators & FX
• Usable as multi-out VSTi client in hosts like Cubase
• Usable as multi-out ReWire client in hosts like Sonar
• Usable as multi-out DXi client in hosts like Sonar
  
  MIDI Support
• Use external MIDI keyboards & MIDI controllers
• Import & export MIDI files
• MIDI SysEx input and basic MMC functions
  
  Audio support
• Reads WAV, MP3, SYN, DS, Speech files
  
  Music creation
• Step sequencer with integrated Piano keyboard
• Pianoroll (allowing chords)
• Full realtime recording & automation of all parameters
• Internal controllers
• Arpeggiator
• Automatic slicer (that reads .REX files)
• More than 10 generators (softsynths) included
• Over 25 HQ FX (effects) included
  
  Automation
• Pattern-based event automation
  
  Mixer & FX rack
• 64 Insert & 4 Send tracks with 8 FX channels each
• Post FX Parametric EQ, Volume, Pan, VU meter
• Full FX (re)routing
  
  Updates & Online features
• Collab
• Download more than 2GB of HQ samples on SampleFusion
• Watch dozens of online Video Tutorials
• Exchange songs & tips with users & developers in our forums
  
  Output support
• Directsound
• Multi-out ASIO
• MIDI out
• Render to .WAV (16-bit or 32-bit)
• Render to .MP3 (32-kbit up to 320-kbit)
• Render separate FX tracks
  
  Generators/Softsynths
• Delay, Delay Bank, Equo, Flangus, Love Philter, Vocoder, Parametric EQ & EQ2, Multiband Compressor, Spectroman,
• Stereo Enhancer, Wave Candy, Wave Shaper, Soundgoodizer, 3xOsc, Sampler, BooBass, Beepmap, Plucked, Fruit Kick, Chrome, FPC, WaveTraveller, Dashboard, KB Controller, Fruity Vibrator, Midi Out, FL Slayer, FL Keys, Granuliser, FL SynthMaker Player (limited), DirectWave Player
  
  Also included
• +1900 presets using 600 wav files
• Generic sample CD
  
  Format compatibility
• FL8 fits within your current workflow supporting VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, MP3, WAV, OGG, MIDI, ASIO, and ASIO 2
• Additionally supported through DirectWave Editor AKAI AKP (S5/6K,Z4,Z8), Battery (version 1), MPC, Reason, Kurzweil, EXS24, KONTAKT (version 1 & 2), Recycle, SFZ+, and SoundFont2

Specs:

• Minimum System Requirements
• Pentium III, Athlon XP (any processor supporting SSE instructions),
• or Intel Mac with Bootcamp (running XP or Vista)
• Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)
• 256MB RAM
• 200MB free hard disk space
• Windows-compatible soundcard with DirectSound drivers. ASIO drivers are required for audio recording (FL installer comes with generic Asio4All drivers)