Image Line Fruity Loops Studio 8 Producer Edition

Virtual Instruments
FL8 software includes 13 virtual synthesizers covering acoustic/synth bass, electric guitar, and plucked string simulation; sampler tools include piano, general sample playback, and beat-slicing; and a range of synthesis techniques (subtractive, modeling, FM, granular, and additive). With its newest addition, FL Synthmaker (full)- a fully modular environment - you can create and share your own FL instruments, effects, and dashboards without the need to write basic code. Audio Recording & Editing
FL8 can record up to 64 simultaneous tracks of audio, making it possible to capture audio from a single vocalist right through to a full symphony orchestra. The Playlist workspace can contain an unlimited number of audio tracks. It also gives you the flexibility to arrange discrete audio events in any order, and position the creative process the way you want to. Audio tools let you time-stretch, pitch-shift, beat-slice, chop, edit, and creatively destruct audio. The Image Line team has further enhanced its Edison Wave Editor, a totally integrated audio editing and recording tool with spectral analysis, convolution reverb, loop recording, and more.

Sequencing
Image Line's FL8 functions as both a pattern and track-based sequencer depending on your preferences, so you can record musical performances and ideas in a more logical way. Tools include an unlimited track Step-sequencer, an advanced Piano Roll, and Automation Clips. It supports MIDI and input from all standard controllers.

Arranging
FL8's Playlist lets you decide how your project will be laid out. Note Pattern, Audio, and Automation data can be arranged and edited to suit your creative ideas and workflow. Mixing/Mastering
FL8 Studio sofware includes a 64 stereo track mixer where 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 plug-ins include Maximizer, Limiter, Compression, Delay, Distortion, EQ, Filtering, Phasing, Flanging, Chorus, Vocoding, and Reverb. These will take you from the creative broad-brush effects like reverb to more minute parts of the mastering process with multi-band compression/limiting and parametric EQ. Lifetime free updates
Boxed edition users can purchase lifetime free updates for a nominal fee.

Minimum System Requirements

Pentium III, Athlon XP (any processor supporting SSE instructions),

or Intel Mac with Bootcamp (running XP or Vista)

Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista (32-bit & 64-bit)

256MB RAM

200MB free hard disk space

Windows-compatible soundcard with DirectSound drivers. ASIO drivers are required for audio recording (FL installer comes with generic Asio4All drivers)