FL Studio Mobile is a

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available for

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and Windows UWP. The program allows for the creation of complete multi-track music production projects, which can then be exported in

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and

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formats, to work with other digital audio workstations, or in FLM project format to be opened in

FL Studio FL Studio (known as FruityLoops before 2003) is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed by the Belgian company Image-Line. It features a graphical user interface with a pattern-based music sequencer. It is available in four different ...

10.0.5 or later. Various features include a

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, track editor,

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, and 133 sampled instruments including

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and

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. Instruments can also be added as .zip or .instr files.

Release

On June 21, 2011,

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released FL Studio Mobile and FL Studio Mobile HD, versions of their

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. FL Studio Mobile was designed by Artua and developed in cooperation with the makers of Music Studio. Image-Line released the program at an introductory price of $15.99 ($19.99 for the HD version), and both versions are available for download at the

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. In November/December 2016 Image-Line released FL Studio Mobile 3 on the Android (Google Play Store) then iOS (Apple App Store) and finally Windows (Windows App Store). FL Studio Mobile 3 was a completely new application developed in-house at Image-Line, replacing the existing FL Studio Mobile 2, Artua developed version. The price was revised downward to US$14.99. FL Studio Mobile 1.0 is compatible with devices that operate

3.1.3 or later, specifically all

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and

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models. iPad 1 and

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can run either FL Studio Mobile or FL Studio Mobile HD, and the HD version requires iOS 4.2 or later. The

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version includes

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support.

Features

;Track editor The program has a track editor mode that supports 99 layered tracks. Features include adding, duplicating, and deleting tracks, changing the track's instruments, setting song

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, an effect

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setting, a pan knob, a volume fader, and mute and solo buttons. ;Piano roll editor The

editor allows for manually drawing notes, selecting multiple notes by dragging a rectangle, changing the length of multiple notes at once, setting note volume, and moving, duplicating, and quantizing notes. ;Step sequencer The

allows for recording one measure of a melody or beat at a time, then turning it into a loop. It allows for the creation of multiple sounds in one instrument track, and adjusting the pitch and velocity of each individual step. ;Keyboard and drum pad The

feature is both resizable and stackable, allowing for 5 simultaneous touches, and 10 touches on the iPad. It has 3 key label modes, fullscreen support, melody and loop recording, two device orientations, and a fully configurable

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. Pitch-bend and velocity can be applied to notes entered with the keyboard,

s or the piano-roll editor. The non-HD version is compatible with the

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SynthStation 25, a plug-in piano keyboard for iPhone and iPod Touch. ;Instruments Version 1.0 comes built in with 133 sampled instruments, which cover musical styles such as classical,

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, and others. There are

and

included, as well as Slicex Loops. Pitchbend can be controlled with device tilt.

, and therefore FL Studio Mobile, does not support VST plugins. As of version 1.1, user instruments can be created using .instr and .zip files. ;Effects Version 1.0 comes with 5 real-time effects, including

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to create echo, equalizer, amp simulator with two overdrive types, and

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with resonance and optional tilt control. There is also a

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for song volume. Effects can be turned on or off on an individual channel or applied to an entire project.

Importing, exporting

Version 1.0 doesn't support importing samples, though Image-Line has announced that future updates will incorporate the feature. The program supports

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file sharing, and audio can be exported in

and

formats so they can be worked on in other digital audio workstations. Projects can be saved in .FLM format and then loaded onto

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to be opened with

version 10.0.5. or later. This can be done either on a

PC running FL studio natively, or an

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computer using either Boot Camp or

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Version history

FL Studio Mobile

FL Studio Mobile 3 was released on the Google Play Store on October 25, 2016. The iOS and Windows UWP versions were released two months later.

References

External links

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