I use Fl Studio for beats. Pro tools for vocals. I used to be against Pro tools since it came out, listening to other people. I wish I learned it from the beginning. The truth is every studio has Pro tools. It’s the industry standard. Nothing wrong with learning 2 programs. It’s also really easy to learn and use. I tried making beats in pro tools but FL studio has a faster work flow for me. Just saying. 🫡
It's funny people think one daw is better than another. Just make music and stop crying. I can guarantee there's been top hits produced on every single daw and you're on here trying to bash on daws instead of stepping up your game.
Exactly! Ableton user but I love all DAWs. I think what FL and Reaper and doing these days are amazing. If I have to bash a DAW, it would be my own. Because it's the only one that affects me.
I completely agree with this take but at the same time I don’t think pretending like all DAWs are made equal is a healthy conversation either. It’s the same as the stance on paid plugins. While you definitely don’t NEED a paid DAW or paid plugins to make great music, there wouldn’t be so many people buying those things if they weren’t worth it. There’s a reason some software can charge hundreds of dollars and still be more popular than free alternatives.
@@nuh-uhbro765 no definitely not saying they are all equal. Some have better stock effects and instruments. I've used FL all my life and have tried pretty much every other DAW and can say cubase, reason, etc have way better instruments especially compared to the early days of FL (2003). But we are all using the same 3rd party plugins. The main difference is WORKFLOW. the DAW that is simpler or that comes more natural for you is the one you are going to gravitate to.
@@venericanone alright now hold on… all daws are not created equal 😂 we ain’t gonna do all that lyin …. And all “top hits” don’t sound good. Nearly 30 years of Professional experience is backing this statement
@@King-oj8hr never said all daws are created equal. The workflow is the only difference. We all use the same 3rd party plugins. So what's the difference other than workflow? I don't like a lot of hits but they make money.
I'm not sure why some people think this is a bad thing lol. It just helps organize the song. You can put them all on different tracks and lock that playlist track if it makes them feel better.
@@flexile7939 i used to use fl, then switched to ableton, and then cubase imo fl is good but its not my favorite daw for recording midi or audio live ableton has the best audio editing features and cubase just has the best workflow for me
"I'm Looking down on you peasant!" 😅 What I learned after 30 years + in the music industry: The artist is elevated on a stage so that he can look down on you! 🤣
I'm an ableton user but the piano roll is just superior on fl studio. The mixer and rooting tho... edit : gota say the stock instruments on fl are realy nice too
The stock instruments used to be the worst. Reason is amazing when it comes to stock. But I would say harmor and now that FL has flex and the premium plan that Includes UVI instruments is a huge step in the right direction. I've used FL since like 2003.
All I hear is: FL Studio is the best because FL Studio is the DAW I'm used to, so everything else is worse. 😂 Whether or not updates is free doesn't affect how the software works. If it matters, then any free DAW will be the best.
Maybe they say that because of what FL studio offers. I doubt people are saying everything else is worse lol. Yes an update affects how the software works, that's why it's an update. Updates are free and unlike most DAWs, FL Studio updates actually give you more than the DAWs with paid updates give.
@@ElectronicaStation1 Don't be daft, I never said updates doesn't change the software. I'm saying that making an update paid won't have a fundamental impact on how the software works. It just makes you need to pay for it.
After seeing how he used the tools to make his beats, Benn is the only reason I would even reconsider trying FL again. I applaud the lifetime free updates and instruments, but I *never* feel comfortable with its layout and UI.
@@Antonio_Ortiz don't blame you. I'm evaluating maybe learning Ableton and/or reason in the future but damn trying to learn MPC (which is similar to Ableton) after years of FL was a pain. FL is too different of a daw in the UI department
@@pauldecaro1416 I've used some Ableton, it's cool but I cannot rock with its Piano Roll, so I went back to using Reason. But I might use it here and there for certain effects and Guitars. Also, just this year, I got a MPC this year and even with 2.0, I really loved how it flows with the hardware, and now I want to use it with everything going forward. The new 3.0 beta makes things a lot easier to learn and is almost like a DAW.
@@edinatl2008 I give you props for sticking with it for 2 years, but if it doesn't click or come naturally, perhaps use another DAW. I only tried because it was popular but it never made sense with how I work. I prefer Reason, even though most people don't care for it, since the workflow matches my mindset. Either way, keep it up.
Any linear DAW is faster than FL Studio. I just tried to make linked instrument tracks and swap them around in the mixer. They didn't swap in the playlist or channel rack. Now let's say I want to add a track in the middle of a fat project. It's just going to require time for something that should be one click. Dealing with MIDI CC's is even worse. Other DAW's have a normal CC workflow with multiple lanes, auto selecting CC's when selecting notes, etc, except FL Studio. Not to mention multitrack editing. After moving to Reaper, I can finally do basic tasks like these quickly.
Very true ... I've tried other DAWs. Some indepth others surface levels... One thing that is underated about FL studio is the video creation feature. 😮😮😮Its simple and amazing to use
I personally prefer FL, however the fact all the points were is "It looks nice, and you get free updates" is weak asf. I think Ableton is probably better based on my limited knowledge as a beginner but I'm too invested in FL during my learning process to switch yet.
You guys also have better synths than we do on Ableton and your effects have more advanced parameters. I record live on Ableton so synths don't effect me, but I wouldn't mind having some of those FL Studio effects. Your updates are the best I have seen from any of the DAWs.
The main reason I like to use FL Studio is the superior Piano Roll and the fact that it has a non-linear workflow. The latter being the reason why many other DAW users don't like FL Studio. That, and the fact they are unaware of the newer optional linear workflow (using "Instrument/Audio tracks" method.)
@@electrisoma Yeah, it is a valid point don't get me wrong. I was just expecting more points revolving around the usage of the DAW itself in comparison to others. The only thing he mentioned in respect to that though was needing to click once to place things and right clicking to delete them lol. Saying something is the best DAW you'd expect there to be more use case points.
@@RandomFishtankClips oh uh i just thought of a pretty big advantage send tracks previously ive used ableton and noticed that if i wanted to upgrade to have more than 2 send tracks i would need to pay $400, and even then, it was only up to 12-16 flstudio has the ability to use literally any track as a send track through its routing system, so you have a maximum of roughly 125 this is the reason i bought it lol 125 send tracks for $200 or 12 send tracks for $400
Fl was for years my beatmaking.. now sinds 2009 on cubase and ableton... cubase is king for mixing ableton is king for its sounddesign... btw loving your videos 🙏
I use FL Studio because im used to it, do I think its the best? idk I've never used anything else, but everyone I look up too uses fl and I'm used to fl so I haven't found a reason to try anything else I'm down to try other daws but I'm broke after buying kontakt libraries 😭🙏
The best DAW is the one you know. When you goated like me you practice on every DAW. But FL piano roll is the dealbreaker for me and the Right Click delete feature. Ppl who use playlist for drums or click in melodies probably feel otherwise. But yes I wish FL had Ableton/Logic UI with FL studios functions. Like that time stretch feature at the bottom in ableton and automatically finding tempo is soooo good Abletons piano roll and functions are just so annoying to use.
UI on fl is best because...the UI looks like a video game... plus for all the guys that are like 32-36 that started making beats on MTV Music Generator....FL Studio looks like that video game.
No I mean that's what they really think. There's always gonna be someone out there that thinks their daw is better than yours. Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has em.
You do realized that there are Ableton users who try to convince you that the most expensive DAW with the least amount of anything is somehow the best DAW. Many other DAW users will tell you the same. I guess they trying to convince themselves right.
I used Cubase, Reason, Ableton live, FL studio, Reaper,Pro tools, MMML. Objectively (as much as I possibly can) Reaper might take it. But FL studio just gives me more inspiration. It looks the best for me.
The DAW is just a tool man... not Excalibur. Use what works, and FL Studio has quite a few merits. To me, the biggest and more unique merit of FL Studio is the *note slide* feature in the piano roll (for native plugs only). This tool is stupidly powerful and can make a synth line rival an EVH solo for controlled bendy chaos. Using anything else (like automating the portamento of a synth) is like laparoscopic surgery through a fragile paper straw.
@@airforeeeeee Dude... I just switch to Bitwig/Linux some months ago, and am a bit new to all the options therein. Thanks to your comment, I asked myself the question: "so, if Ableton can do native-plug-note-slides, so can Bitwig, right?" Turns out, you can. Thanks a ton!
I been saying this and I mostly make rock/metal music if I get bored inbetween I can start easily making beats. Also recording in FL for some reason gives it a unique sound
@@off6848 I guess that's a good thing, so we all don't make the exact same music xD Personally I've stuck with Ableton for 10 years and very rarely I feel it's missing something. Of course the piano roll for samples like the one i FL would be great... but I guess I can't have it all.
the midi piano roll in FL is amazing. But the DAW itself is completely different than any other just by the way it works. I found it extremely painful to work with.
5:45 This unironically gotta be the #1 reason why people switch back to FL, once you used to build melodies the FL way(the superior way) it just forever feels like something is hindering you when you use other piano rolls.
This guy has bars. hilariously, when speaking about the user experience the only thing he mentioned was the single click piano roll. I mean we all value different things in usability, and i always liked FL and it was the first actual daw i used after playing around with the bootleg 8track of shitty beginner only music making “DAW’s” mtv music maker on ps1. No mention of the plugins pr how great the piano roll is but that single click though. Oh and FL got them themes, while others only got decorations
Remember the big scene in Training Day, when Ethan Hawke's character 'wins against' Denzel Washington's character, and all the other people in the neighborhood gather and stand around to watch, and Ethan leaves Denzel for the hood to finish him off?? Ethan is FL Studio, Denzel is ProTools, and the people in the hood are all the other DAWs, collectively taking him out 😂😂
Story of my life. Tried Fruity Loops because everyone was using it. Tried Ableton Live when it came free with my Scarlett. Ended up with Reaper because it can be customized to work the way you want.
i disagree that it’s the best for beginners, when i started out the interface made it impossible for me to use it. i think using ableton first to learn what things even do and then using fl studio works better.
What do you do when you are searching for a creative/alternative note and every time you press a key on the keyboard/synth and it adds it to your track. A shitload of erasing, then try again 😄
The reason OG FL peeps are hype about themes is because they took away themes for many years due to using vector graphics instead, and then reintroduced a less customizable but better overall user experience for themes (back in the bitmap days, it was like making ur own minecraft texture packs lol). FL also got ruthless about going after ppl selling themes at one point around when people started the whole "swapping back to 11" trend.
Hold on a second buddy ableton, pro tools, and Reason all have white/ background so what do you mean. Also fl layout is so simple it's easy to find everything. When you look at ablation things just seem things seem miss placed also why is all of the effects at the bottom then being in the mixer on each fader like every other software.
FL 10 used to crash by dividing by zero when rendering 😂. My biggest gripe with FL studio as a user since 6 is side chaining. Other than that routing and midi automation is 10/10 , they brought back the soundfont player, video player is clutch, slicer is immaculate. The windows being all over the place just ain't for everyone.
I just started using FL after migrating and the only things I don't really like is the limited plugins per channel without usinf patcher, and the metering levels being very compact.
If you're using that many plugins on a channel than I feel you are wasting time. Hits in the 80s were produced with one analog EQ, compressor, delay/reverb maybe a chorus. Having like 20 eqs is overkill
@@venericanone ??? Sure maybe if it is 20 eqs but some people like to have more space in queue to sort gain utility plugins, sound design plugins, and other intensive ordering processes without routing 3 channels in a continuous chain, or spending an eon in one instance of patcher.
@@xmus4023 Ive used FL for 20 years and never HAD to use more than 10 plugins on one track. Some people have said before they don't want to be limited to 10 plugins but I don't think the majority of people use more than 10. If you want a send track you can set that up as a template. There are built in templates but I have a delay, reverb, sidechain, chorus, phaser send track for easy access. May take time the first time you do it but once you set it up that way it loads for all projects.
@@xmus4023That's when you have to start consolidating aka: bouncing out or printing your effects to save cpu and delete used plugins in the channel. A great technique to adopt across any DAW, committing to printing/burning effects into the audio
I loved that guys energy but he tweaked a little. Fl is the best on a budget but has super powerful tools for said price points. And my fav thing about fl is "patcher" and i would die if i didn't have it.
As someone whose first daw was GarageBand, then to logic and logic since like 2014 I can agree that the interface of FL makes a lot less sense. I’ve also tried ableton and a couple others over the years and FL has by far been the hardest the catch onto.
FL is my favorite DAW, but it does have two issues on M1 Mac that annoy me to no end. 1: Its "detect tempo" is almost always wrong on Mac( works fine for me in Windows though). 2: It crashes A LOT when loading 3rd party plugins. To add insut to injury, you can’t see which plugin caused the crash because it just says " opening fruity wrapper". The Piano Roll, on the other hand, is awesome.
Man, people just don’t understand that there isn’t a best DAW. Each offer unique features and each work differently with specific producer or workflow types. Just pick one and get cookin’.
I think DAWs promote a certain workflow(or variety of workflows to a degree) that may or may not work for you. Additionally, all DAWs have their strengths and weaknesses and its about seeing how this affects your ability to create the type of music you like. Personally, I started with FL Studio and used it for 7 years and then moved to Ableton. I make bass music(dubstep for ex.) and that uses lots of effects for sound design/mixing and this highlighted an issue with FL Studio. A mixer track in FL has 10 serial mixer inserts which means you have to instead use Patcher(which is intuitive and slow compared to Ableton's method). Additionally, FL Studio has a limitation on mixer tracks which is an issue for me since I bus a lot of stuff. I'm not saying FL Studio is bad but rather giving an example of how to look at DAWs from your personal workflow and seeing if its strengths/weaknesses are condusive for your songwriting.
all opinions subjective but ableton is the most easy to look at feels organized lol its usage can span on all levels. reason can be alien at times but it produces a unique sound. i think i can tell when beats are made on fl vs the rest. no diss towards fl studio it does got some of the best eq out the box. real ones do rewire
You're majorly bugging my sir. Automation in FL is so simple and _can_ go wayy in depth. The simplified Automation & Routing in FL is what makes it so great, easy to use, and free-feeling IMO.
I’ve had FL since 2004ish. Used it along side other daws. I dropped it and pro tools in 2015 after S1 v 3. No need or want for either one. 25 years of DAW experience and that dude sounds like he’s got Dunning Krueger. S1 doesn’t look like 💩 either. And it has some color and transparency options. Which doesn’t matter. I’ll admit Cubase has more features although a harder workflow. I still prefer S1 because I can get up and going like FL , edit and mix like PT and more stable than both.
That’s not the only one that has free upgrades logic pro has free upgrades to and it’s cheaper🤷♂️ and it had more stuff in it and it has better sounding stuff in it and it looks nicer and it looks cleaner. You talk about logic that he didn’t mention logic🤷♂️
@@IntrovertSinceBirth No playback in newtone.. No playback in slicex while tuning.. No playlist dedicated to arrangement.. No automatic chords detection.. No automatics note detection.. The list goes on...
Bitwig was always the most intuitive IMHO, but I go back and try to learn FL as much as possible probably because of this unmitigated zeal its userbase has.
7:00 Maybe I'm missing something, but is he talking about Blockhead the producer? He's probably in my top 5 influences as a beat maker, so easy with the strays.
Thanks for reacting to my vid bro also I'm totally down to start a war with the pro tools peeps lol
Slow Tools gonna loose ... 😂😂😂😂😂
That's an easy war, I mean they are all in their 60's at least so a gust of wind and they're dead...
I use Fl Studio for beats. Pro tools for vocals. I used to be against Pro tools since it came out, listening to other people. I wish I learned it from the beginning. The truth is every studio has Pro tools. It’s the industry standard. Nothing wrong with learning 2 programs. It’s also really easy to learn and use. I tried making beats in pro tools but FL studio has a faster work flow for me. Just saying. 🫡
I don't use FL because 1 track per automation (WTF) and the mixer is messy. Overall it's good for toying.
@@SoPhiaPros FL is useful when you use it as a slave.
Fl Gang serious about this shit💀
Yeah!
FL Mobile Gang!
Right Guys?...
...Guys?...
It's funny people think one daw is better than another. Just make music and stop crying. I can guarantee there's been top hits produced on every single daw and you're on here trying to bash on daws instead of stepping up your game.
Exactly! Ableton user but I love all DAWs. I think what FL and Reaper and doing these days are amazing. If I have to bash a DAW, it would be my own. Because it's the only one that affects me.
I completely agree with this take but at the same time I don’t think pretending like all DAWs are made equal is a healthy conversation either. It’s the same as the stance on paid plugins. While you definitely don’t NEED a paid DAW or paid plugins to make great music, there wouldn’t be so many people buying those things if they weren’t worth it. There’s a reason some software can charge hundreds of dollars and still be more popular than free alternatives.
@@nuh-uhbro765 no definitely not saying they are all equal. Some have better stock effects and instruments. I've used FL all my life and have tried pretty much every other DAW and can say cubase, reason, etc have way better instruments especially compared to the early days of FL (2003). But we are all using the same 3rd party plugins. The main difference is WORKFLOW. the DAW that is simpler or that comes more natural for you is the one you are going to gravitate to.
@@venericanone alright now hold on… all daws are not created equal 😂 we ain’t gonna do all that lyin …. And all “top hits” don’t sound good. Nearly 30 years of Professional experience is backing this statement
@@King-oj8hr never said all daws are created equal. The workflow is the only difference. We all use the same 3rd party plugins. So what's the difference other than workflow? I don't like a lot of hits but they make money.
You can stack your whole song in 1 playlist track in FL...I am curious...does this info even computes in ableton users brains? :D
I'm not sure why some people think this is a bad thing lol. It just helps organize the song. You can put them all on different tracks and lock that playlist track if it makes them feel better.
@@venericanone exactly :) I love the organised chaos aspect of fl…ableton is just too clean for me. Warping is next level though
@@flexile7939 i used to use fl, then switched to ableton, and then cubase
imo fl is good but its not my favorite daw for recording midi or audio live
ableton has the best audio editing features and cubase just has the best workflow for me
I tested FL on a touchscreen display like wacon cintiq... another world... The UI was like it was made for this, unbelievable workflow
"I'm Looking down on you peasant!" 😅
What I learned after 30 years + in the music industry:
The artist is elevated on a stage so that he can look down on you! 🤣
bro thinks FL has the best skins then def has never looked into reaper skins. you can literally change the entire fucking DAW
Swear
@@devilsposterboy yall out here worried about skins 😂😳😂 lawd … get serious about your craft
@@King-oj8hr I’m in rooms with multi platinum producers and artists bro. Calm yourself… not that serious
@@devilsposterboysounds good 😂🫤🤦🏽♂️…
@@devilsposterboy im in your moms room tho
I'm an ableton user but the piano roll is just superior on fl studio. The mixer and rooting tho...
edit : gota say the stock instruments on fl are realy nice too
As an FL user...the instruments aren't that good 😂😂😂...but piano roll is unbeatable... And the fact you can automate everything
@@traezaX1 You can also automate everything in Ableton, you just click on "show automation lanes" and voila, the whole universe at your finger tips
@@traezaX1 FLEX is great
@@michaelstocktonmusic Sytrus too...
The stock instruments used to be the worst. Reason is amazing when it comes to stock. But I would say harmor and now that FL has flex and the premium plan that Includes UVI instruments is a huge step in the right direction. I've used FL since like 2003.
Wanna know why FL is best DAW? Busy Works Beats uses it
Lol
That settles it! 😂
That mf makes me want to stop using FL.
Beatsssssssssss
Reason is really good. I like the rack mount and how you route things. Good instruments too
All I hear is: FL Studio is the best because FL Studio is the DAW I'm used to, so everything else is worse. 😂
Whether or not updates is free doesn't affect how the software works. If it matters, then any free DAW will be the best.
no cause bandlab sucks lmao
Maybe they say that because of what FL studio offers. I doubt people are saying everything else is worse lol.
Yes an update affects how the software works, that's why it's an update. Updates are free and unlike most
DAWs, FL Studio updates actually give you more than the DAWs with paid updates give.
Lets be honest, you get the best Product when you use the Tools you know. Everything Else is Genre 😂
@@ElectronicaStation1 Don't be daft, I never said updates doesn't change the software. I'm saying that making an update paid won't have a fundamental impact on how the software works. It just makes you need to pay for it.
That's the way it is for all daws
If it's good enough for Benn Jordan it's good enough for the rest of us
Gag
After seeing how he used the tools to make his beats, Benn is the only reason I would even reconsider trying FL again.
I applaud the lifetime free updates and instruments, but I *never* feel comfortable with its layout and UI.
@@Antonio_Ortiz don't blame you. I'm evaluating maybe learning Ableton and/or reason in the future but damn trying to learn MPC (which is similar to Ableton) after years of FL was a pain. FL is too different of a daw in the UI department
@@pauldecaro1416 I've used some Ableton, it's cool but I cannot rock with its Piano Roll, so I went back to using Reason. But I might use it here and there for certain effects and Guitars.
Also, just this year, I got a MPC this year and even with 2.0, I really loved how it flows with the hardware, and now I want to use it with everything going forward. The new 3.0 beta makes things a lot easier to learn and is almost like a DAW.
Also SeamlessR. 99% of the people in these comments sections will never know music production on his level
Fl is the best ONCE you learn it. You can speed run making songs on it.
I gave up 20 years ago and recently came back and have been forcing myself to learn it. After about 2 years I'm finally starting to get it.
@@edinatl2008 Same here. It really takes time but once you get it, works like nothing else.
@@edinatl2008 I give you props for sticking with it for 2 years, but if it doesn't click or come naturally, perhaps use another DAW.
I only tried because it was popular but it never made sense with how I work. I prefer Reason, even though most people don't care for it, since the workflow matches my mindset.
Either way, keep it up.
Any linear DAW is faster than FL Studio. I just tried to make linked instrument tracks and swap them around in the mixer. They didn't swap in the playlist or channel rack. Now let's say I want to add a track in the middle of a fat project. It's just going to require time for something that should be one click. Dealing with MIDI CC's is even worse. Other DAW's have a normal CC workflow with multiple lanes, auto selecting CC's when selecting notes, etc, except FL Studio. Not to mention multitrack editing. After moving to Reaper, I can finally do basic tasks like these quickly.
@@Veridi naw you are right but for creating a new song, nothing is faster. FL speed runs are crazy. Go watch some. Hilarious.
Very true ... I've tried other DAWs. Some indepth others surface levels... One thing that is underated about FL studio is the video creation feature. 😮😮😮Its simple and amazing to use
I personally prefer FL, however the fact all the points were is "It looks nice, and you get free updates" is weak asf.
I think Ableton is probably better based on my limited knowledge as a beginner but I'm too invested in FL during my learning process to switch yet.
You guys also have better synths than we do on Ableton and your effects have more advanced parameters. I record live on Ableton so synths don't effect me, but I wouldn't mind having some of those FL Studio effects. Your updates are the best I have seen from any of the DAWs.
The main reason I like to use FL Studio is the superior Piano Roll and the fact that it has a non-linear workflow. The latter being the reason why many other DAW users don't like FL Studio. That, and the fact they are unaware of the newer optional linear workflow (using "Instrument/Audio tracks" method.)
honestly free updates is a pretty damn valid argument
most daws require you to pay *full price* when you want an update
@@electrisoma Yeah, it is a valid point don't get me wrong. I was just expecting more points revolving around the usage of the DAW itself in comparison to others. The only thing he mentioned in respect to that though was needing to click once to place things and right clicking to delete them lol. Saying something is the best DAW you'd expect there to be more use case points.
@@RandomFishtankClips oh uh
i just thought of a pretty big advantage
send tracks
previously ive used ableton and noticed that if i wanted to upgrade to have more than 2 send tracks i would need to pay $400, and even then, it was only up to 12-16
flstudio has the ability to use literally any track as a send track through its routing system, so you have a maximum of roughly 125
this is the reason i bought it lol
125 send tracks for $200 or 12 send tracks for $400
fl studio has gross beat, period.
But what if ur not using 4/4 time sig + wtf is that pfp lol
You can use whatever time signature you want, its like 4 clicks 2 change, just nobody aint interested in that@@jeefori
Fl was for years my beatmaking.. now sinds 2009 on cubase and ableton... cubase is king for mixing ableton is king for its sounddesign... btw loving your videos 🙏
I ❤ FL studio. It’s so easy and fun to arrange beats.
His delivery on "what the fuck is this" is art in itself let's be real here
I use FL Studio because im used to it, do I think its the best? idk I've never used anything else, but everyone I look up too uses fl and I'm used to fl so I haven't found a reason to try anything else
I'm down to try other daws but I'm broke after buying kontakt libraries 😭🙏
"What? You hating on math?" Is the most ableton user sentence ever.
The best DAW is the one you know. When you goated like me you practice on every DAW.
But FL piano roll is the dealbreaker for me and the Right Click delete feature. Ppl who use playlist for drums or click in melodies probably feel otherwise.
But yes I wish FL had Ableton/Logic UI with FL studios functions. Like that time stretch feature at the bottom in ableton and automatically finding tempo is soooo good Abletons piano roll and functions are just so annoying to use.
UI on fl is best because...the UI looks like a video game...
plus for all the guys that are like 32-36 that started making beats on MTV Music Generator....FL Studio looks like that video game.
This is prob true..39 year old producer here. Ableton looks like a tax worksheet. I'm sure it's awesome if I knew how to use it.
When someone is trying to convince you that FL Studio is the best DAW, what they're really doing is trying to convince themselves. 😅
No I mean that's what they really think. There's always gonna be someone out there that thinks their daw is better than yours. Opinions are like assholes. Everyone has em.
You do realized that there are Ableton users who try to convince you that the most expensive DAW with the least amount of anything is somehow the best DAW. Many other DAW users will tell you the same. I guess they trying to convince themselves right.
I used Cubase, Reason, Ableton live, FL studio, Reaper,Pro tools, MMML. Objectively (as much as I possibly can) Reaper might take it. But FL studio just gives me more inspiration. It looks the best for me.
The DAW is just a tool man... not Excalibur. Use what works, and FL Studio has quite a few merits.
To me, the biggest and more unique merit of FL Studio is the *note slide* feature in the piano roll (for native plugs only). This tool is stupidly powerful and can make a synth line rival an EVH solo for controlled bendy chaos. Using anything else (like automating the portamento of a synth) is like laparoscopic surgery through a fragile paper straw.
ableton also has this feature
@@airforeeeeee Dude... I just switch to Bitwig/Linux some months ago, and am a bit new to all the options therein. Thanks to your comment, I asked myself the question: "so, if Ableton can do native-plug-note-slides, so can Bitwig, right?" Turns out, you can. Thanks a ton!
MPC actually can be considered a DAW in a sense
I been saying this and I mostly make rock/metal music if I get bored inbetween I can start easily making beats.
Also recording in FL for some reason gives it a unique sound
Ye..I hate that sound 😅
@@JaduPar and I hate the “stock” sound every protools/logic mixed band has now
@@off6848 I guess that's a good thing, so we all don't make the exact same music xD
Personally I've stuck with Ableton for 10 years and very rarely I feel it's missing something. Of course the piano roll for samples like the one i FL would be great... but I guess I can't have it all.
All DAWs sound the same. It's maths.
What type of metal?
I grew up on Fruity Loops and then moved to Ableton, both have their perks and both are really good!
the midi piano roll in FL is amazing. But the DAW itself is completely different than any other just by the way it works. I found it extremely painful to work with.
Holy shit, revolutionary that you can click once and it puts notes😮😮😮and has themes that (just) change the colors?! I am sold!
I actually hate that about daws like Cubase. That piano roll is awful.
6:05 Yes, there is LMMS, I challenge you to make something dope with it
5:45 This unironically gotta be the #1 reason why people switch back to FL, once you used to build melodies the FL way(the superior way) it just forever feels like something is hindering you when you use other piano rolls.
This guy has bars. hilariously, when speaking about the user experience the only thing he mentioned was the single click piano roll.
I mean we all value different things in usability, and i always liked FL and it was the first actual daw i used after playing around with the bootleg 8track of shitty beginner only music making “DAW’s” mtv music maker on ps1.
No mention of the plugins pr how great the piano roll is but that single click though.
Oh and FL got them themes, while others only got decorations
i have been having custom skins since fl 8 or 9 i cant even rememeber i made my own skin actully back in the days all back with red accents
'My dad to taught me to pirate fruity loops'
'Dont let them hear you say that dude theyre gonna call you a N'
You funny bro lol
please make a video on FL dolby atoms tutorial
I'm over here eating popcorn...knowing that Renoise is the master race. 😂
Remember the big scene in Training Day, when Ethan Hawke's character 'wins against' Denzel Washington's character, and all the other people in the neighborhood gather and stand around to watch, and Ethan leaves Denzel for the hood to finish him off?? Ethan is FL Studio, Denzel is ProTools, and the people in the hood are all the other DAWs, collectively taking him out 😂😂
One day Reaper will be your last partner
Story of my life. Tried Fruity Loops because everyone was using it. Tried Ableton Live when it came free with my Scarlett. Ended up with Reaper because it can be customized to work the way you want.
Weaver your right about the all-white that shit look scary!
Reason is great
the whole daw debate is pointless
The Protools HDX card bit at the end got me 🤣💀
loops/instruments from ableton and logic + drums from fl, mixed in pro tools. We live in the future, use everything
gamer girl background and calling me a nugget every two minutes. Seems credible.
All what matters is the workflow
i disagree that it’s the best for beginners, when i started out the interface made it impossible for me to use it. i think using ableton first to learn what things even do and then using fl studio works better.
What do you do when you are searching for a creative/alternative note and every time you press a key on the keyboard/synth and it adds it to your track.
A shitload of erasing, then try again
😄
Right click in almost any other software on any platfy is to bring up a menu for that item, not delete. Imagine working with files like that 😂
The reason OG FL peeps are hype about themes is because they took away themes for many years due to using vector graphics instead, and then reintroduced a less customizable but better overall user experience for themes (back in the bitmap days, it was like making ur own minecraft texture packs lol). FL also got ruthless about going after ppl selling themes at one point around when people started the whole "swapping back to 11" trend.
Hold on a second buddy ableton, pro tools, and Reason all have white/ background so what do you mean.
Also fl layout is so simple it's easy to find everything. When you look at ablation things just seem things seem miss placed also why is all of the effects at the bottom then being in the mixer on each fader like every other software.
FL 10 used to crash by dividing by zero when rendering 😂.
My biggest gripe with FL studio as a user since 6 is side chaining.
Other than that routing and midi automation is 10/10 , they brought back the soundfont player, video player is clutch, slicer is immaculate.
The windows being all over the place just ain't for everyone.
I just started using FL after migrating and the only things I don't really like is the limited plugins per channel without usinf patcher, and the metering levels being very compact.
If you're using that many plugins on a channel than I feel you are wasting time. Hits in the 80s were produced with one analog EQ, compressor, delay/reverb maybe a chorus. Having like 20 eqs is overkill
@@venericanone ??? Sure maybe if it is 20 eqs but some people like to have more space in queue to sort gain utility plugins, sound design plugins, and other intensive ordering processes without routing 3 channels in a continuous chain, or spending an eon in one instance of patcher.
@@xmus4023 Ive used FL for 20 years and never HAD to use more than 10 plugins on one track. Some people have said before they don't want to be limited to 10 plugins but I don't think the majority of people use more than 10. If you want a send track you can set that up as a template. There are built in templates but I have a delay, reverb, sidechain, chorus, phaser send track for easy access. May take time the first time you do it but once you set it up that way it loads for all projects.
@@xmus4023That's when you have to start consolidating aka: bouncing out or printing your effects to save cpu and delete used plugins in the channel. A great technique to adopt across any DAW, committing to printing/burning effects into the audio
Waveform Pro is the best looking DAW.
I use all my software light mode during the day and dark mode at night.
I wouldn't put themes above anything else when choosing a daw
Ableton warp modes are goated
The videos on Hit Girl's channel show her using a mostly-white theme.
I loved that guys energy but he tweaked a little. Fl is the best on a budget but has super powerful tools for said price points. And my fav thing about fl is "patcher" and i would die if i didn't have it.
I heard those guys kill people though....Ableton is the cheer squad leader.
As someone whose first daw was GarageBand, then to logic and logic since like 2014 I can agree that the interface of FL makes a lot less sense. I’ve also tried ableton and a couple others over the years and FL has by far been the hardest the catch onto.
FL is my favorite DAW, but it does have two issues on M1 Mac that annoy me to no end.
1: Its "detect tempo" is almost always wrong on Mac( works fine for me in Windows though).
2: It crashes A LOT when loading 3rd party plugins.
To add insut to injury, you can’t see which plugin caused the crash because it just says " opening fruity wrapper".
The Piano Roll, on the other hand, is awesome.
Bruh that DJ Khaled intro was funny 😂
White fl skin hits like a flashbang
Hey dawg whats wrong with an all white screen, thats all my SM124 can display!
"good luck leaving FL Studio"
"Mom! someone gave me a Logic file!"
FL IS THE BEST NOW. I upload fl tutorials everyday. Makes my work flow move at the same speed I freestyle
Man, people just don’t understand that there isn’t a best DAW. Each offer unique features and each work differently with specific producer or workflow types. Just pick one and get cookin’.
Renoise beats everything.
Based
you can do it in logic too 6:30 :D
maschine 2 gang rise up
How to crash a DAW? Cracked omnisphere. That shit is lethal.
I seriously question the ability of this guy to make good choices.
I think DAWs promote a certain workflow(or variety of workflows to a degree) that may or may not work for you. Additionally, all DAWs have their strengths and weaknesses and its about seeing how this affects your ability to create the type of music you like. Personally, I started with FL Studio and used it for 7 years and then moved to Ableton. I make bass music(dubstep for ex.) and that uses lots of effects for sound design/mixing and this highlighted an issue with FL Studio. A mixer track in FL has 10 serial mixer inserts which means you have to instead use Patcher(which is intuitive and slow compared to Ableton's method). Additionally, FL Studio has a limitation on mixer tracks which is an issue for me since I bus a lot of stuff. I'm not saying FL Studio is bad but rather giving an example of how to look at DAWs from your personal workflow and seeing if its strengths/weaknesses are condusive for your songwriting.
Its not complex it has become the best for value but I'm best with what I know best which is pro tizzy and maschines studio.
FL is way too clicky for me, it has too many windows to click on to do simple stuff
This was one of my pain points when I was still on FL. There are tabs within tabs and sub-menus within context menus.
It’s mad cus I’m a Studio One 5 guy, and I will be forever… even with their stingy upgrade scheme
all opinions subjective but ableton is the most easy to look at feels organized lol its usage can span on all levels. reason can be alien at times but it produces a unique sound. i think i can tell when beats are made on fl vs the rest. no diss towards fl studio it does got some of the best eq out the box. real ones do rewire
All white fl studio is insane 😂😂😂😂
Bitwig never crashes, because they isolate plugins in isolated processes. I think no one else does that.
Can i know which DAW do you rate higher than others and why?
his FL theme looks like melodyne-core
We can literally put in a gif and customize our fl studio. All pro tools did was has a higher latency
FL goated
14:30 he's a goner after this statement
10:38 DAT LMMS LOL
so much FL love from PREXENTS
This guy is primereagan of music production if I said it correctly.
The way automation works in fl immediately disqualifies it.
You're majorly bugging my sir. Automation in FL is so simple and _can_ go wayy in depth. The simplified Automation & Routing in FL is what makes it so great, easy to use, and free-feeling IMO.
@@Tai-Dye FL Studio's automation could, should and (eventually) will be improved, however.
I’ve had FL since 2004ish. Used it along side other daws. I dropped it and pro tools in 2015 after S1 v 3. No need or want for either one. 25 years of DAW experience and that dude sounds like he’s got Dunning Krueger.
S1 doesn’t look like 💩 either. And it has some color and transparency options. Which doesn’t matter. I’ll admit Cubase has more features although a harder workflow. I still prefer S1 because I can get up and going like FL , edit and mix like PT and more stable than both.
daws wars are the best
using cubase and fl 24
happy with them
both are perfect for me
That’s not the only one that has free upgrades logic pro has free upgrades to and it’s cheaper🤷♂️ and it had more stuff in it and it has better sounding stuff in it and it looks nicer and it looks cleaner. You talk about logic that he didn’t mention logic🤷♂️
ableton gang bru
10:38 shout-out LMMS gang
LMMS best daw for life
As an FL user for more than 10 years, it's not the best daw at all..
Skill issue
@@IntrovertSinceBirth
No playback in newtone..
No playback in slicex while tuning..
No playlist dedicated to arrangement..
No automatic chords detection..
No automatics note detection..
The list goes on...
@@civismesecret Complete the list. Don't afraid
@@civismesecret
I don’t use newtone
I don’t use slicex
Huh
Skill issue
Skill issue
Bitwig was always the most intuitive IMHO, but I go back and try to learn FL as much as possible probably because of this unmitigated zeal its userbase has.
Made my day 😂
FL 4 Life
FL Studio's UI is the reason why I don't use it even though I bought the All Plugins Edition.
7:00 Maybe I'm missing something, but is he talking about Blockhead the producer? He's probably in my top 5 influences as a beat maker, so easy with the strays.
It's an obscure DAW
@@plexus ohhh ok, that makes a lot more sense. Thanks.