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Image Line Software has released the much
anticipated release of its complete music
production environment, FL Studio 7.
Representing the culmination of more than 9 years
of sustained development, FL Studio 7 is set to
become the most flexible virtual music studio tool
in the industry.
Chief Software Architect, Didier Dambrin has
realized his vision of creating an
open-architecture virtual studio environment where
the only constraint on the users is their own
imagination. This philosophy is reflected in
FL Studio 7's flexible audio and control data
routing, free-form Playlist design and
interoperability with industry standards
(VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, Buzz, ReWire, MIDI,
MP3, WAV , OGG). Didier notes "We don't try to
protect our data & come up with new formats only
for marketing reasons. We use existing standards
as much as possible, and allow FL Studio be used
as a plugin in other hosts". In version 7,
particular emphasis has been given to improved
workflow through enhanced interface design, so
that ideas can be crystallized and creativity captured.
What is FL7 ?
FL Studio is a fully featured, open-architecture
music creation and production environment for PC.
No extra software is required to produce any style
of music, as the complete set of instrument and
studio tools is included in the cost of the
package. With the included plugins, sounds and
tools the user can create complete songs, as well
as backing tracks, loops and sizzling beats.
Completed songs can be saved to WAV, MP3 or MIDI
or .ZIP or native project formats (.FLP).
Instruments
Make virtually any sound. FL7 includes 13 virtual
synthesizers covering acoustic/synthetic bass,
electric guitar and plucked string simulation,
sampler tools including piano, general sample
playback, and beat-slicing, and a range of
synthesis techniques (subtractive, modelling, FM,
granular and additive).
Audio Recording & Editing
Capture audio from a single vocalist right through
to a full symphony orchestra. FL7 can record up to
64 simultaneous tracks of audio#. The Playlist
workspace can contain an unlimited number of audio
tracks and allows you to arrange discrete audio
events in any order, and position the creative
process dictates with complete flexibility. Audio
tools allow the ability to time-stretch,
pitch-shift, beat-slice, chop, edit and
creatively destruct audio. FL7 also introduces
Edison, a fully featured mastering wave editor and
recorder. FL Studio supports WAV, MP3 and OGG formats.
Sequencing
Record musical performances and ideas in the most
logical way. FL7 functions as both a pattern and
track based sequencer depending on user
preferences. Tools include an unlimited track
Step-sequencer, an industry-leading Piano Roll and
Automation Clips. FL Studio supports MIDI and
input from all standard Controllers.
Arranging
Determine your own project design. In FL7, you
decide how your project will be laid out. Unlike
the competition, FL7's Playlist is a totally
flexible and virtually unbounded space where Note
Pattern, Audio and Automation data can be
arranged, and edited to suit your creative ideas
and workflow.
Mixing/Mastering
The most powerful mixer in its class. FL7 includes
an industry-leading 64 stereo track mixer. 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 included effects
plugins span Compression, Delay, Distortion, EQ,
Filtering, Phasing, Flanging, Chorus, Vocoding and
Reverb. These will take you from the creative
broad-brush effects like reverb, through to the
minutia of the mastering process with multiband
compression/limiting and parametric EQ.
Key new features and changes
* FL now supports track-based sequencing. Pattern Clips present sequence data in the method as
Audio and Automation Clips
* Edison replaces the Wave Editor - Edison is a fully integrated audio editing and recording tool complete with spectral analysis, convolution reverb + more
* Love Philter - is a bank of 8 ganged filter units for total flexibility and creative filtering mayhem
* Parametric EQ2 - introduces a mastering parametric EQ with spectral analysis
* Event Automation can now be converted to Automation clips.
* Updated audio stretching engine for FL Studio & FL plugins (where applicable).
* Multi-core safe generators can now be threaded for performance gain on multi-core CPUs.
* Smoother audio 'record to disk' performance with high track-counts.
* Note OFF velocity support for the Piano roll, MIDI files, MIDI out & Sytrus.
* 'Smart Disable' mode for generator plugins, previously was effects only.
* A 'News Panel', to keep users updated with content and patches.
* Plugin windows can now be detached from the FL Studio desktop.
* DirectWave sampler now loads AIFF samples & includes a VST preset loader in auto samplerfunction.
* Sytrus gains multi-level 'Undo' a 'Cherry' phaser filter, 256 unit Harmonics editor (up from 12, automatable unison panning, volume and pitch.
* FPC acquires wave start/end point selection. SFZ export and loads AIFF, MP3 and REX files.
* Mono source recording. Mono ASIO inputs now handled by the mixer IN list.
* New user-definable keyboard velocity curve mapping in MIDI setup.
* Support for Apple Loops AIFF extensions.
Formats
FL7 will fit easily within your current workflow
supporting VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, MP3, WAV, OGG
(import), MIDI, ASIO, ASIO 2.
Additionally supported through DirectWave - AKAI
AKP (S5/6K,Z4,Z, Battery (version 1), MPC,
Reason, Kurzweil, EXS24, Kontakt (version 1 & 2),
Recycle, SFZ+ and SoundFont2.
System Requirements :
Pentium III or Athlon XP (any processor supporting SSE instructions)
Or Intel Mac with Bootcamp (running Windows XP)
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
256MB ram
200MB free harddisk space
Windows compatible soundcard with DirectSound drivers, ASIO drivers required for audio recording (included)
Note: this release include XXL Bundle plugins only
poizone, toxinc, etc. are separate products!
Image Line Software has released the much
anticipated release of its complete music
production environment, FL Studio 7.
Representing the culmination of more than 9 years
of sustained development, FL Studio 7 is set to
become the most flexible virtual music studio tool
in the industry.
Chief Software Architect, Didier Dambrin has
realized his vision of creating an
open-architecture virtual studio environment where
the only constraint on the users is their own
imagination. This philosophy is reflected in
FL Studio 7's flexible audio and control data
routing, free-form Playlist design and
interoperability with industry standards
(VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, Buzz, ReWire, MIDI,
MP3, WAV , OGG). Didier notes "We don't try to
protect our data & come up with new formats only
for marketing reasons. We use existing standards
as much as possible, and allow FL Studio be used
as a plugin in other hosts". In version 7,
particular emphasis has been given to improved
workflow through enhanced interface design, so
that ideas can be crystallized and creativity captured.
What is FL7 ?
FL Studio is a fully featured, open-architecture
music creation and production environment for PC.
No extra software is required to produce any style
of music, as the complete set of instrument and
studio tools is included in the cost of the
package. With the included plugins, sounds and
tools the user can create complete songs, as well
as backing tracks, loops and sizzling beats.
Completed songs can be saved to WAV, MP3 or MIDI
or .ZIP or native project formats (.FLP).
Instruments
Make virtually any sound. FL7 includes 13 virtual
synthesizers covering acoustic/synthetic bass,
electric guitar and plucked string simulation,
sampler tools including piano, general sample
playback, and beat-slicing, and a range of
synthesis techniques (subtractive, modelling, FM,
granular and additive).
Audio Recording & Editing
Capture audio from a single vocalist right through
to a full symphony orchestra. FL7 can record up to
64 simultaneous tracks of audio#. The Playlist
workspace can contain an unlimited number of audio
tracks and allows you to arrange discrete audio
events in any order, and position the creative
process dictates with complete flexibility. Audio
tools allow the ability to time-stretch,
pitch-shift, beat-slice, chop, edit and
creatively destruct audio. FL7 also introduces
Edison, a fully featured mastering wave editor and
recorder. FL Studio supports WAV, MP3 and OGG formats.
Sequencing
Record musical performances and ideas in the most
logical way. FL7 functions as both a pattern and
track based sequencer depending on user
preferences. Tools include an unlimited track
Step-sequencer, an industry-leading Piano Roll and
Automation Clips. FL Studio supports MIDI and
input from all standard Controllers.
Arranging
Determine your own project design. In FL7, you
decide how your project will be laid out. Unlike
the competition, FL7's Playlist is a totally
flexible and virtually unbounded space where Note
Pattern, Audio and Automation data can be
arranged, and edited to suit your creative ideas
and workflow.
Mixing/Mastering
The most powerful mixer in its class. FL7 includes
an industry-leading 64 stereo track mixer. 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 included effects
plugins span Compression, Delay, Distortion, EQ,
Filtering, Phasing, Flanging, Chorus, Vocoding and
Reverb. These will take you from the creative
broad-brush effects like reverb, through to the
minutia of the mastering process with multiband
compression/limiting and parametric EQ.
Key new features and changes
* FL now supports track-based sequencing. Pattern Clips present sequence data in the method as
Audio and Automation Clips
* Edison replaces the Wave Editor - Edison is a fully integrated audio editing and recording tool complete with spectral analysis, convolution reverb + more
* Love Philter - is a bank of 8 ganged filter units for total flexibility and creative filtering mayhem
* Parametric EQ2 - introduces a mastering parametric EQ with spectral analysis
* Event Automation can now be converted to Automation clips.
* Updated audio stretching engine for FL Studio & FL plugins (where applicable).
* Multi-core safe generators can now be threaded for performance gain on multi-core CPUs.
* Smoother audio 'record to disk' performance with high track-counts.
* Note OFF velocity support for the Piano roll, MIDI files, MIDI out & Sytrus.
* 'Smart Disable' mode for generator plugins, previously was effects only.
* A 'News Panel', to keep users updated with content and patches.
* Plugin windows can now be detached from the FL Studio desktop.
* DirectWave sampler now loads AIFF samples & includes a VST preset loader in auto samplerfunction.
* Sytrus gains multi-level 'Undo' a 'Cherry' phaser filter, 256 unit Harmonics editor (up from 12, automatable unison panning, volume and pitch.
* FPC acquires wave start/end point selection. SFZ export and loads AIFF, MP3 and REX files.
* Mono source recording. Mono ASIO inputs now handled by the mixer IN list.
* New user-definable keyboard velocity curve mapping in MIDI setup.
* Support for Apple Loops AIFF extensions.
Formats
FL7 will fit easily within your current workflow
supporting VST/VSTi/VST2, DXi, DXi2, MP3, WAV, OGG
(import), MIDI, ASIO, ASIO 2.
Additionally supported through DirectWave - AKAI
AKP (S5/6K,Z4,Z, Battery (version 1), MPC,
Reason, Kurzweil, EXS24, Kontakt (version 1 & 2),
Recycle, SFZ+ and SoundFont2.
System Requirements :
Pentium III or Athlon XP (any processor supporting SSE instructions)
Or Intel Mac with Bootcamp (running Windows XP)
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
256MB ram
200MB free harddisk space
Windows compatible soundcard with DirectSound drivers, ASIO drivers required for audio recording (included)
Note: this release include XXL Bundle plugins only
poizone, toxinc, etc. are separate products!
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