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