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FL Studio 2025.2 (25/Nov/2025)

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WHAT'S NEW?

  • FL Studio:
    • Welcome Window - Updated design to make options clearer for both Licensed and Trial users. Creative tools are on the left side, recent projects on the right. Gopher down the bottom.
    • Gopher - Significantly improved ability to create Piano roll Scripts. Just ask questions like - "Create a Piano roll script to transpose every second note under the control of a knob" and paste the result in a new .pyscript file under...Documents\Image-Line\FL Studio\Settings\Piano roll scripts.
    • Communications Panel - All Tabs (News, Downloads, Notifications, Help and Gopher) are now resizable.
    • Keyboard Shortcuts - Mute only Channels visible in the Channel Rack when using the top-row number keys (above the letters).
    • Loading Projects - Samples are loaded in multiple threads while opening a project, improving load times.
    • General settings - 'Disable plugin keyboard focus by default' option in the Miscellaneous panel to disable plugin keyboard focus by default and 'Limit the number of open plugin editors' to 25. Avoids issues with excessive CPU usage when more than 25 plugin editors are open in the background.
    • Tools Menu - Many items from Tools (menu) > Macros are now also available in the menu of the related feature or window.
    • VST Support - Improved compatibility with projects where a VST3 version of a plugin replaces a VST2. More parameters will now load correctly where there were issues.
    • MIDI Scripting - Added support for 'Fill each n steps'.
    • Sounds Tab - Search now includes 'Find similar samples' under the 'three dots' menu to the right of samples in the list.
    • FL Studio Remote - Layouts can now be associated with FL Studio projects.
  • Channel Rack:
    • Channel Sampler - Now includes Loop Start/End controls and a more advanced sample preview window with Zoom/Scroll controls. Hold (Shift) to move Loop Start and End together. Either knob is fine to use.
    • Loop Starter - Added 6 new genres - Afrobeats, Boom Bap, Lo-Fi, Phonk, Reggaeton & Trance. There's now a Key control and 'Find similar samples' available on (Right-Click) of Dice icons opening the Sounds Tab (FL Cloud) in the Browser. Search uses Key, rhythm and tone to better refine selections. 'Group playlist tracks created by Loop starter' Group tracks when sent to Playlist. Additionally 'Always create a track for the pattern clip' will create an Instrument Track even when no Step Channels were used.
    • Loop Starter adds the following improvements ...
      • 6 new genres - Afrobeats, Boom Bap, Lo-Fi, Phonk, Reggaeton, and Trance.
      • Key - Located on the top menu, to match your Project Key or just explore different moods.
      • Find similar samples - (Right-Click) Dice icons. This will open a selection of similar samples in the Browser's Sounds Tab (FL Cloud). Search considers Key and Tags to refine results. Drag the samples back onto the desired Loop Starter Channel.
      • Group playlist tracks created by Loop Starter - Channel Rack menu option groups Tracks when sent to the Playlist.
      • Always create a track for the pattern clip - Channel Rack menu option ensures an Instrument Track is created even Step Channels don't have active steps.
  • Piano roll:
    • Velocity Editor - Improved responsiveness when making quick swipe-edits to note velocity. No more missed velocities.
    • Scores - Include the Channel name in the File name when a Piano roll score preset is dragged out.
  • Playlist:
    • Clip Variants - Audio Clips now show the Clip variant's pitch offset in the Audio Clip's hint.
    • Extract Stems - The Extract Stems popup adds an option to route each Stem to a separate Mixer Track.
  • Mixer:
    • Track Management - Option 'Trim unused tracks' now offers to delete unused Mixer Tracks that have effects slots with effects loaded.
    • Patcherizing FX - New FX slot menu items 'Patcherize' and 'Patcherize all' to convert plugins to Patcher instances. A great way to start again when your FX stack is full.
  • New Plugins:
    • Emphasizer - Lite version of the Emphasis Loudness maximizer. Included in all Editions.
    • Fruity Slicer 2 - Simple sample slicing updated. Included in all Editions.
  • Updated Plugins:
    • Emphasis - New 'Instant Recovery' mode for even more loudness and 'DC Block'.
    • DirectWave - You can now hold (Ctrl+Alt) to move Root Notes along with Zones.
    • Fruity Compressor - Now with a Sidechain input.
    • Kepler - Added support for LFO Retrigger phase.
    • Kepler Exo - Added VCA smooth parameter, enhanced low aliasing oscillator mode, Master detune and a 'HQ' anti-aliasing switch in the Saturation effect.
    • MIDI Out - Hold the Mouse Button and type values for a Channel, Bank, Patch and Port selectors.
    • FL Studio Remote - Pad mode for Python Script execution.
    • ZGE Visualizer - Added an option to lock the size of the preview window.

25.2.1 Maintenance Update 1 (2025/12/08)

Changes

  • Browser - Added a menu to the Browser to open Samples in Slicer 2.
  • General Settings - 'Animation refresh rate' now uses values, close to, 30Hz and 60Hz for 'Less smooth' and 'Smooth'.
  • Piano roll - 'Performance' Scaling in the Chord Progression Tool is now specific to the selection.
  • Mixer - Removed renaming and coloring of effect Slots when sending a Sample to the Playlist from a plugin.
  • Piano roll - Renamed 'Scaling' to 'Phrasing' in the Chord Progression Tool.
  • FL Studio - Replaces a comma with a period when typing in the 'Type in value' window.
  • Emphasizer - Renamed the 'Soft clipping' button to 'Clipping'.
  • Fruity Slicer 2:
    • Added a 'Load sample' button.
    • Changed the hint for the Detune control to -100...+100 cents.
    • Disabled the editor's Ctrl + right-click menu.
    • Handles undefined Slice names as undefined Trigger notes.
    • Improved the indication of Slice/Global mode.
    • Increased the precision of the dB and % controls.
    • Made it possible to add new slice markers. (Ctrl+Click) on the waveform display, then while still holding (Ctrl+Right-Click) to open a menu an add a Marker.
    • Split the Options menu into Slice, Dump score and General menus.
  • FL Studio - Now reloads the project when missing samples are downloaded after opening an FL Studio Web project.
  • FL Studio Cloud - 'Trial' subscriptions can now use all Mastering features.

25.2.2 Maintenance Update 2 (2025/12/15)

Changes

  • Mixer - Add new mixer tracks as necessary when importing MIDI files.
  • Welcome Window - Don't show the Welcome Window at startup in the plugin version of FL Studio.
  • Channel Sampler:
    • Hide regions unrelated to looping in the Channel Settings sample display.
    • Loop markers are now more reactive.
    • Playback position now shows on the sample preview.
    • Browser - Selects the existing text in the Browser's search field when pressing (Ctrl+F) to focus it.
    • Projects - Name the .flp project file according to the exported .zip file name if it doesn't have a name yet.
    • Slicer 2 - Added a button to show the marker menu.
    • Wrapper - 'Accept dropped files' is now enabled by default. Implemented the CLAP project location extension.
    • MIDI scripting - Added the movePattern function to move patterns up and down.
(Windows)
  • Installer - Show information for the components of the uninstaller.

25.2.4 Maintenance Update 3 (2026/02/05)

Changes

  • Mixer - Mixer Track color is no longer used to determine if the Mixer Track is used.
  • FL Cloud Sounds - Generate a license PDF file for all FL Cloud samples used in a project.
  • Browser - Refresh the Sounds Tab when clicking on the Browser's refresh button.
  • Emphasizer - Added Output Level control.
  • MIDI scripting - Added functions to Set Tempo, Time Base and Numerator. Allow controllers to select Tools in the playlist and Piano roll and allow Tempo to be set as a float parameter in mixer.SetCurrentTempo.

25.2.4 Maintenance Update 4 (2025/12/28)

Fixes only

25.2.5 Maintenance Update 4 (2026/02/05)

Changes

  • Channel Rack - Added an accelerator key to the "Assign to free mixer track" menu item.
  • HTML Notebook - File names are saved relative to known FL Studio folders.
  • Mixer Track - Added an accelerator key for the "Separator" item in the mixer track popup menu.
  • Playlist - Added a warning when trying to record in the Playlist if performance mode is active.
  • Sakura - Added MIDI CC parameters that send the corresponding message to the plugin.
  • Tap Tempo - The state of the "Apply tempo" checkbox in the tempo tapper is now remembered.

FL Studio 2025.1

WHAT'S NEW?

  • FL Studio
    • History - Deleting Mixer & Playlist Tracks can now be undone.
    • Mastering - The Mastering window can now update previews in real time based on parameter changes.
    • Export - Better handling of duplicate sample names when exporting to zip.
    • FL Studio Remote - Added support for FL Studio Remote Version 2.
    • News Panel - Added an animation to the News toolbar button when a new notification appears and (Right-Click) 'Refresh' option (the news is normally checked once per day).
    • Communications Panel - Added an option to keep the Panel open to make it easer to use the Manual or other Tabs.
    • Gopher - A Large Language Model based on the Manual and Knowledge Base. Ask questions about FL Studio and music production and get natural language answers.
    • General Settings - Added 'Read sample root note' to be deselected to correct pitch issues when Root Note meta-data is incorrect. Similar purpose to the 'Read sample tempo information' option.
    • Display refresh rates - Values above 120 Hz are now supported.
    • General Settings - 'Detach all plugins' was renamed to 'Detach all new plugins' to reflect the option does not work retrospectively for already loaded plugins.
  • Mixer
    • Dynamic Mixer Tracks - Add and delete Mixer Tracks as needed. The maximum number of Insert Tracks have increased to 500 up from 125. There is reduced CPU load when unused Tracks are removed.
    • Insert Mixer Menu Options - Insert one track, Insert mixer tracks or add Tracks from a preset list. These options are also available from (Right-Click) on the + 'Add Mixer Track' icons on the Mixer Toolbar and at the end of the Insert Tracks in the Mixer. Dropping an Instrument onto the empty space at the end of the Tracks will auto-create a new Instrument Track.
    • Mixer menu - Option to 'Unroute tracks routed to the selected track(s)' that removes the routing of the Mixer Tracks routed to the selected track/s.
  • Browser
    • Folders - Now show Sample / Content preview for folders in the Tab Menu 'Columns' view mode.
    • Tabs - The Library Tab has been renamed to Presets, better representing the content.
  • Playlist
    • Audio Clips - Clip Properties allow per-Clip Stretch, Pitch and Reverse controls. Access by (Alt/Opt + Double-Clicking) an Audio Clip instance. Also additional per-Clip 'Disabled' declicking option for Fade in and Fade out envelopes.
    • Audio Clip Menu - New AI powered Deverb option.
    • Edit menu options - Multi-select options including 'Pitch selected audio clips up/one semitone down' and 'Reverse".
    • Slice Tool - The default mode for the Slice Tool is now vertical, hold (Left-Shift) for diagonal slicing.
    • Automation Clips - Names of Automation Clips for Effects on Instrument Tracks improved.
    • Clip Menus (Windows) - Pressing (Application key / Context Menu key) will open a Clip's popup menu when the mouse is over it.
  • Channel Rack
    • Loop Starter - Inspire your creative flow when starting new projects, or to embellish existing ones with free loops pulled from FL Cloud.
    • Colorful channel controls - Channel Rack menu item to change the color of Channel Controls (such as Advanced looping options) to match the Channel Button color for improved recognition.
  • Plugins New
    • Emphasis (All Plugins Edition) - A multi-stage mastering limiter delivering high levels of gain while maintaining transparency and minimal effort.
    • FL Studio Mobile Rack - New. Access all FL Studio Mobile plugins separately or combined as Instruments or Effects.
    • Patcher - New VFX Script effect plugin. If it's not visible check - Browser > Plugin database > Installed > Effects > Fruity > VFX Script
  • Plugins Updated
    • BassDrum - New vectorial user interface.
    • Fruity Balance - Added dB hint when mousing over the Peak Meter.
    • Drumaxx - New vectorial user interface and shows Pad Names in the Piano roll.
    • Edison - New Deverb tool. This is also available from Audio Clip menus in the Playlist.
    • FLEX - Added an animation when selecting a random preset & peak indication to the Peak Meters.
      • Free pack - Melodic Techno and demo song 'With You' by Mehran Abbasi.
    • FPC - The selected Pad now has an outline.
    • Fruity Granulizer - Granulizer is now a full FL Studio plugin and can be used in Patcher.
    • Sakura - New vectorial user interface.
    • Fruity Slicer - Fruity Slicer is now a full plugin and can be used in Patcher.
    • Transporter - Added Side-chain for transient detection; Tempo Trigger to trigger loop updates based on BPM; Ignore bias knob to probabilistically or deterministically skip loop updates.

25.1.2 Maintenance Update 1 (2025/07/28)

Changes

  • Drag & Drop - Improved scrolling the Playlist when dragging a sample file.
  • FL Cloud - 'Manage plugins' renamed to 'Manage cloud plugins ...' to avoid confusion with the existing Plugin Manager.
  • Mixer - Load a mixer track preset selected in the track menu into all selected mixer tracks.
  • Piano roll - Chord Stamp Tool (and Automatic mode) - Now preview chords.
  • SoundCloud export - Set the default 'Visible to' 'Only me'.
  • Emphasis - The plugin is resizable.
  • Frequency Shifter - Improved undo support for non-automatable controls.
  • Frequency Splitter - Improved undo support for non-automatable controls.
  • LuxeVerb - Improved undo support for non-automatable controls.
  • Pitch Shifter - Improved undo support for non-automatable controls.
  • Sakura - Improved undo support for non-automatable controls.
  • Spreader - Improved undo support for non-automatable controls.

25.1.3 Maintenance Update 2 (2025/08/11)

Changes

  • Playlist - 'Select by selected source' in the Playlist now scrolls to the nearest selected Clips.
  • Browser - Sub folders of the 'Audio' folder in a Project's Data folder are now shown in the Browser.
  • Options General - 'Ultrasmooth' is now maximum possible refresh rate with a new 'Less smooth' option.
  • FLEX - More changes are now undoable.
  • Parametric EQ 2 - More changes are now undoable.
  • FPC - More changes are now undoable.

25.1.4 Maintenance Update 3 (2025/09/01)

Changes

  • Browser - Added the Browser option 'Enable auto indexing' to decide if FL Studio indexes the Browser content when started.
  • Mixer - Create a new mixer track when a Mixer track preset is dropped on the empty Mixer space.
  • FL Cloud - Sounds Tab sample menu option to download a Sample Copyright Clearance Certificate (PDF format).
  • Piano roll - Take muted notes into account when determining the maximum zoom in the Piano roll
  • Browser - The Sounds Tab can now match the minimum width as other Tabs.
  • FLEX - Reduced the font size in the Pack Browser to fit more items in the Preset list.

25.1.5 Maintenance Update 4 (2025/Sept/08)

Changes

  • Piano roll - Chord Stamp Tool now generate different notes every time its used in the same bar/chord.
  • Piano roll (macOS) - The Cmd+Q shortcut Quick Quantize was changed to Opt+Cmd+Q. This allows Cmd+Q to close FL Studio as is universal on macOS.
  • Browser - The Browser menu 'Enable auto-indexing' renamed to 'Re-index changed folders on startup' for improved clarity about how it works.

25.1.4 Maintenance Update 5 (2025/09/23)

Fixes only, see the Changelog here

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