FL Studio 6

Features

• Changes to FL audio engine - New audio thread 'Priority' (F10
  > Audio settings) and 'Safe overloads' features have been added to FL6 to make the program more stable in the face of high CPU loads. Use a Priority of 'Highest' if you have problems with under-runs, if the 'Highest' Priority setting change does not seem to help try turning off 'Safe overloads'. Finally, please make sure you have the latest and correct drivers selected for your system as installing FL6 will reset the F10 > Audio settings to default values
• New minimalist look
• New menu system
• One-click recording' option for new users in the Tools Menu
• Edited events are now stored in a most recently used list in the Browser>Current project>Automation>Pattern 1,2...N
• Drag/drop now works on detached playlist
• Left-click and drag from most wave-displays to the channel window or other plug-ins is now possible
• Speed improvements
• Knob animation is now smoother (better anti-aliasing for those who can notice)
• Miscellaneous enhancements: middle mouse button opens items in browser, mouse wheel works in some new places, etc.
• Added support for more hardware controllers including sustain pedals. Device List
• Ultra-smooth visual feedback now off by default and sets a higher smoothness, and also now applies to fruity plug-ins (F10 > General Settings)
• Support for multimedia keyboards (play/pause/stop/prev/next/browser keys, etc.) - These will start/stop/pause FL Studio etc.
• Default sample loading change: long audio files are not kept on disk by default anymore
• LAME DLL (MP3 coded) now loaded dynamically (to avoid problems when FL is used as a plug-in)
• Added auto-map all ASIO inputs (just like outputs), to monitor all inputs.
• New 'Link all parameters' dialog that allows you to step through all automatable parameters and link them to hardware controllers (See the Wrapper and Mixer menus)

• Instrument: Direct Wave - Advanced Sampler plug-in.
• Generator: Fruity Envelope Controller - Automation plug-in.
• Generator: Wasp XT - Updated Wasp, new interface and additional modulation.
• FX: EQUO - Automatable equalizer plug-in.
• FX: Fruity Delay Bank - Advanced Delay/Filter plug-in.
• FX: Fruity Multi-band Compressor - Variable 3 Band Compressor.
• FX: Fruity Reverb 2 - Enhanced reverb plug-in.
• FX: Fruity Squeeze - Distortion/Bit-reduction plug-in.
• Visualization: Chrome - Video synthesizer, controlled from the Piano Roll.

• Sytrus: arpeggiator function now built into envelopes, audio file to envelope analyzer, envelope vertical flipping.
• Sytrus: can now drag/drop single-cycle shapes onto harmonics editor, or channel button.
• Sytrus: waveforms can now be saved to (32bit) WAV files.
• Sytrus: enhanced waveform editing tools.
• Sytrus: added 4 new filter types.
• Sytrus: can now lock harmonics individually.
• Sytrus: can now drag waveforms (click big waveform or ctrl+click small one) onto other synthesizers.

• All control/automation events can now be edited in the Piano Roll, see item 4 - Target Control.
• Piano roll now offers 16 note colors (that can act as separate MIDI channels).
• New scale-detecting helper in piano roll (check hint bar when on).
• Piano roll helpers also mark notes that have names (useful with Fruity Slicer).
• New glue tool in piano roll, to glue contiguous notes.
• Alt+click in piano roll/playlist/event editor bypasses the current snap (very handy).
• Shift+left/right or Alt+left/right shifts (nudges) selected notes in piano roll/playlist.
• Ctrl+mouse wheel to center-zoom at the mouse position in event editors, piano roll & playlist.
• Can now edit note properties to change a note into a slide.
• Double-right-click piano roll & playlist brings the options menu.
• New note helper mode (Piano Roll menu) - display note length in the 'Note Properties' view.
• Note properties (velocity, panning, filter-cutoff etc.) can be adjusted by mouse wheel. ( Alt+Mouse Wheel) Hold the cursor over a note (upper Piano Roll), press Alt and move the mouse wheel.
• Horizontal note position can be adjusted by mouse wheel. ( Shift+Mouse Wheel) Hold the cursor over a note (upper Piano Roll), press Shift and move the mouse wheel.
• Note start time can be adjusted independent of note end. Select the Caps Lock key, left-click the note on the left edge and move your mouse.

• Patterns may now be sliced.
• Live mode: song relocation is bar-synchronized.
• Keypad - Alt+/* and Ctrl+Alt+/* to jump to/select next/previous song markers.
• MIDI controller keyboard notes can now be used to jump between time-markers during playback (F10, MIDI settings).
• Playlist pattern lane gets a pop up menu, and selected patterns can be renamed all at once.
• Added option to split (explode) a pattern by channel.
• Shift+piano roll/playlist cut tool now selects a column.
• Alt+click in piano roll/playlist/event editor bypasses the current snap (very handy).
• Shift+left/right or Alt+left/right shifts (nudges) selected notes in piano roll/playlist.
• Ctrl+mouse wheel to center-zoom at the mouse position in event editors, piano roll & playlist.
• Shift+mouse wheel to scroll playlist, shift+right click for playback tool in piano roll, and various similar little enhancements.
• Double-right-click piano roll & playlist brings the options menu.
• Revamped Mixer with enhanced free track routing (all tracks can now be sends). Plug-in Delay Compensation (PDC). The new mixer has sample-accurate, per-track, PDC.