Image Line Fruity Loops 3.0

by Cakewalk

Product Features

• FL Studio is a full-featured sequencer perfectly suited for creation of complex songs and realistic drum loops, with 32 bit internal mixing and advanced MIDI support.
• FL Studio is a pattern based sequencer
• Internal 32 bit floating point mixing, up to 96kHz stereo
• Supports DirectSound and ASIO enabled sound cards for audio output
• Open architecture allowing third-party instruments

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009X6XE
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 11, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,112 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

If you've used past versions of FL Studio, you'll be more than happy to move up to Version 5. In addition to being one of the most complete virtual studios available, FL Studio 5 has a number of new features and has improved upon existing ones.FL Studio 5 is a full-featured, pattern-based sequencer perfectly suited for creating complex songs and realistic drum loops. It has 32-bit internal mixing and advanced MIDI support. Your creations can be exported as WAV or MP3 files, and all MIDI events can be exported to standard MIDI file2. Need more features? The Producer Edition or XXL Edition offer all the features and functionality of FL Studio 5 with additional capabilities.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three thumbs up, September 15, 2003

By 

"cleverjoe" (CleverJoe.com Canadian musician's resource) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Image Line Fruity Loops 3.0 (CD-ROM)

Fruity Loops has been a long time fave of CleverJoe's. This superb software has evolved over the last few years from a 'cool and quirky' drum machine and electronica pattern generator into a monolithic musician's tool. Fruity Loops is very easy to use so you won't get bogged down in the software. Allowing creativity to flow freely is something that Fruity Loops has always been good at.

Fruity Loops can be used on its own as a complete package, or in combination with a digital recording program like Cakewalk, Cubase, etc. Complex songs and sweet drum loops can be created with a few clicks, and the resulting song or loop can be exported to a WAV or MP3 file, and MIDI can be exported to a standard MIDI file.

Although FL can be used as a complete, stand-alone package, it's also easy to use with other music software including Cakewalk, Cubase, etc. I use Fruity Loops to create the drum track beds for songs I'm working on, then export the tracks as WAV files. The WAV files are then imported into Cakewalk Pro Audio, which is my main digital recorder. Apparently FP can also be synched to external sequencers but I find it very easy to simply export the file as a WAV or mp3 and then import it into another program.

There are a wide range of pro quality effects at your disposal including reverb, phaser, flanger etc. Complex mixing chains can be created with ease. It's loads of fun to just screw around and try different combinations of effects. You can get pretty freaky, which of course is one of the joys of Fruity Loops.

For years, Fruity Loops has long been known and loved as a 'secret gem' within the electronica musician community. Today FP has become much more widely known, and the improved features of this version are truly a dream. The most complete virtual studio currently available, you will be creating wav, mp3 or midi songs or loops only minutes after launching it.

For the record, although another user mentioned that he had trouble registering his product for the lifetime upgrade, I didn't have any trouble at all. I found customer service to be second to none, and the legions of musicians who swear by Fruity Loops are a testament to FP's success.

This software should definitely be included in your arsenal of music software. CleverJoe gives it three big thumbs up!

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fruity Loops 3 and FL Studio, July 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Image Line Fruity Loops 3.0 (CD-ROM)

Re: Fruity Loops 3 and FL Studio.
The registration process for the boxed version is a nightmare. Customer service is nonexistant. I have written several e-mails regarding confirmation of my paid 'lifetime upgrade' and nothing.
I would not buy a Fruity product again.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fruity Loops, May 19, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Image Line Fruity Loops 3.0 (CD-ROM)

The program is probably OK, but registration, updating, and customer service is a nightmare. Customer service, if they respond at all, can take days upon days by e-mail. Ahead should take a lesson Nero. That update process is a breeze.