FL Studio 9 carries forward everything that is included in FL Studio 8 plus :

• +350 additions, changes & bugfixes
• 5 extra synthesizers are now included by default: SimSynth Live, DrumSynth Live, DX-10, WASP and WASP XT in each FL Studio edition (Fruity edition or higher)
• Revised Playlist with integrated ˜Play" button, new Clip Track features incl. track naming, muting, clip grouping and icons
• Mixer insert tracks 99 (previously 64) with new 'Sidechaining' function
• Piano roll "Riff Machine" automated sequence generator tool and "note grouping" feature
• Step sequencer & Playlist now have an integrated Play button for improved workflow
• Multiple controller support, independent instrument channels can be simultaneously played by separate controllers
• Volatile links allow hardware control of last touched GUI object. Improved linking options and functions.
• Multi-Core CPU improved multithreaded generator & multithreaded effects processing. Unleash the power of the latest generation multi-core processors.
• Revised plugins include Fruity Limiter with sidechaining, Wavecandy new mastering meter modes Fruity Reeverb 2 Mid/Side processing. Edison & Slicex new export regions and noise reduction function.
• Loop recording Audio Clips are now muted instead of the associated Channel for improved workflow.
• Wrapper completely revised for improved compatibility inc., multi-input/output plugins & aligned tick lengths.

New plugins released with FL Studio 9:

• Autogun  (free) is based on Ogun and offers more than four billion presets and produces exceptionally rich metallic and shimmering timbres
• Vocodex (free with FL Studio Producer Edition) - last word in vocoders, featuring automatic speech-enhancement functions, an integrated Carrier synthesizer, output maximization and up to 100 variable-width multi-parameter vocoder bands.
• Stereo Shaper - (free) a multi-purpose stereo shaping tool
• Gross Beat (demo) - real-time, audio-stream playback, pitch, position and volume manipulation effect
• Ogun (demo) - Additive metal simulation synthesizer that can generate more than 32,000 harmonics, modulated by high-level 'harmonic mapping' functions, that hand tonal control directly to the user

Free updates for life!
Image-Line is including a Virtual Cash Card in the box that customers can use to register online and to receive 49 USD virtual cash. The money can be spent on lifetime Free Updates or put toward any other Image Line Software download-products.

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)