FL as stated by devs ive spoken to, is designed for mouse and keyboard. midi controller support is *near non existent*, and setting up links is a tedious and pointless process considering midi recording is quite janky in it anyway. no dedicated modulation lanes, so you must keep extending your automation. them being totally separate for the most part tends to cause way more problems than what you gain in return. playlist/channel rack/mixer being separate severely slows things down compared to a typical linear track based daw and imposes some annoying limitations. very little tools available in the realm of midi manipulation. this doesnt occur often, but it shouldnt happen as much as it does in the first place. why is the ui so heavy and laggy when the screen gets cluttered. seems to hog more resources overall unless you stick to stock plugins.

it has very bad performance compared to other daws. I've highlighted the ones were personally a big factor in leaving FL: If any of these are out of date, let me know. Some time ago I found this compilation of reasons for leaving FL, which sums up the negative side quite well. Maybe it simply wasn't for me (as I'm sure people will point out), but I think there are a number of very good reasons why you shouldn't choose FL Studio. FL was my first DAW and occasionally I still have nightmares from FL's workflow and other janky design decisions. While it is true that it is possible to create the exact same piece of music in FL Studio and more 'normal' linear DAWs, FL is in many cases simply more time-consuming & painful to use.

Secondly, I'll be 'that person' and actually advise against choosing FL Studio as a DAW for most genres besides EDM (and even there it's arguable). Before my big 'however', I would add that Patcher, FLEX, the mix knob for every plugin, and browser are very cool too. step sequencer, piano roll, stock synths, amount of tutorials etc). I just wanted to know whether a similar category/pack etc exists in FL Studio, or whether they are just all bundled in the various synths that come with the software, and it's down to you to create each sound etc.Īs a begninner, this layout in Ableton looks very appealing, but I can't believe that FL Studio hasn't got exactly the same sort of category/pack loaded somewhere in it's menu/packs etc.įirst of all, welcome! I think you have identified some good reasons people like FL Studio (e.g. I have attached a screenshot of this to illustrate this. I have been looking at Ableton, and it looks like it has easy access on the browser to preset Instruments and sounds (like lots of different keyboard sounds etc - sort of what I used to have on my old Yamaha keyboard from the 90s).

However, I do have a quick question, which is probably stupid, but I'm completely new so be gentle. I am about to buy my first DAW, and have mostly been looking at FL Studio (mainly for the step sequencer, good piano roll and, well, because I've seen more vids on Youtube for this DAW than any other so getting very familiar with it).

Fl studio vs ableton vs reason