• Better Than Fl Studio

Conclusing Ableton vs FL Studio. Making good music comes down to one important thing. Knowing everything there is to know about your daw. Even though this post covers the basics of Ableton vs FL Studio, if you understand the strengths of any of these digital audio workstations you should be able to overcome pretty much anything!

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First and foremost this thread is not a 'which DAW is better' thread. I'm not trying to provoke anything more than friendly discussions.I've been using Fl Studio for 3 years now and I can't say I'm not satisfied with it however I was interested in seeing if any other reddit users have used Fl and then switched to something like Abletone, Cubase, etc. I would like to know how this 'switch' improved a certain proccess in your workflow or if you went from another DAW to FL studio, how that change affected your edm production. I've been told that some people like that other DAW's have easily 'insertable' fx racks with things like reverb, eq, saturation, all insertable with a single drag and drop (or click and insert). Other production artists have told me they prefer FL Studio's piano roll over other DAW's method of writing notes. Overall, I know it's not the DAW but rather the producer whose final task is to create clean, good music via whatever DAW he/she prefers.

But in regards to switching from one DAW to another:How has it improved your workflow? Have your sounds become louder and/or cleaner as a result of switching, and why? Is it easier to automate in one DAW more than the other? Is it easier to sculpt (eq, stereoize) in your DAW of choice? What really happened at Roswell?No, but seriously. Talk about your switch, why you did it, how it has helped.

Thanks and remember E.L.E. On this post (errybody love errbody). I started on Logic Pro a few years ago but I never actually finished anything until a bit more than a year ago. Somewhere around December or January I switched to Ableton. I loved how you could see all of the effects in a chain without having to open up each one. The main thing that deterred me from Ableton was the lack of tools (in Logic there's a bunch of tools: scissors, pencil, glue, etc.), and the lack of playhead.

I eventually realized that it doesn't really need a playhead and I found workarounds for the lack of tools. What I first really liked about Ableton was it's ease of use. (Let's say I make a new project. I can easily make a new drum rack and throw some samples in. In Logic, I'd have to create a new EXS24 instrument, set each sample to the right key, and it just generally seemed more of a pain in the ass.) The main thing I love about Ableton is its racks and how you can set up macros to control multiple parameters and set up max and min values. You can do nearly limitless things with racks it's insane. I don't think I'll ever switch because of racks.

Started in FL Studio, switched to Ableton Live, switched back to FL StudioI prefer Ableton Live for working with audio clips. Warping (syncing audio files to a tempo) is very easy and I don't know how to do that in FL Studio unless the audio file has a constant tempo. I love Ableton's drum rack, audio effects rack, macro knobs, and the way it handles automation. Having to assign everything to a mixer track in FL Studio is annoying.But in the end, I prefer FL Studio's stock plugins (Sytrus, Harmor, all the audio effects) and its piano roll (especially the ability to slide notes). Also I prefer FL Studio's layout. Just switched from FL to ableton after a year or so, took a huge hit to workflow for a while cus most of my FL knowledge didn't really transfer. Now in Ableton though I've started being able to mix at a pro level, (Just because i personally like abletons audio effects racks and stock mixing plugins better than FL's)finishing more songs than ever and also have been able to get some collabs going since my friends use ableton.

So in my personal experience, I'm glad I switched, but I'll always go back to re-sample stuff in FL though:D. I used Ableton 8.0.1 when I first started out, and it was an 'eh' to me. Mind you, I didn't know jack about mixing or anything back then, but when I switched to FL Studio 10, I actually started to learn more synths, and effects (EQ, distortion, etc) I find FL Studio a lot more user friendly, and I tried Ableton again recently and I still didn't find it very appealing. The layout of the mixer, tracks, patterns, and piano roll in FL just appeal to me more, and I honestly would prefer it over Ableton any day. But that's just a personal preference, I know a lot of big-name artists use Ableton, but I find FL more appealing. I started on FL Studio. I am now about to fully switch to Ableton.

Ableton's work flow is probably the best, especially for loop based electronic. The session view will change how you compose and perform. The stock effects are great and things are just neater. Automation is in the lane of the track.

FL Studio automation has the potential to be everywhere and just messy. Also better in Ableton: FX chains, grouping, all those little optimized things which add up and save time and make it pleasant to work in.Ableton falls short and struggles with automatic plugin delay compensation. For this reason I suspect myself occasionally bouncing, freezing, or mixing my tracks in FL Studio for when the 3rd party VSTs and complex plugin delays start to add up. Don't wanna scare you but it's a major bug in Ableton, just google search it.Some DAWs are better equipped for live recording. The latest version of Cubase is awesome and leads the way for other DAWs, check out their demo video.But above all it's down to preference and it will benefit you greatly to demo the products. And ultimately there is no perfect solution, and you can mix and match DAWs for different stages of production.

Better Than Fl Studio

. ProsFast workflow for music composition and audio recording. Robust included sound sets. Attractive drag-and-drop interface. Powerful free version.

Multitouch-enabled on the Windows side. ConsNo notation editor. No easy way to import session data or save I/O templates. MIDI editing is still weaker than the competition. Cluttered mixing console.

Bottom LinePreSonus reinvented the common digital audio workstation in 2008 with Studio One; the latest version is the most inspired yet.It's all about workflow. Perhaps more than any DAW I've tested recently, Studio One 3 makes it easy to lay down beats and record audio, and it simultaneously feels like a mature workstation. It's as if someone took Pro Tools, removed many of the unnecessary mouse button presses, and rearranged the menus and dialogs to make sense. Studio One doesn't scale to larger studios as well as, and is still missing some key features. But it's an inspired choice for anyone who needs a serious audio and that dislikes Avid's move to subscription pricing for support.

Artist ($99) adds more editing tools, including track folders and event-based effects, multi-touch support on Windows machines, the excellent Mai Tai analog modeling synth, and the Fat Channel track plug-in that offers a bevy of mixing tools in a single interface. Professional ($399), which I tested for this review, adds built-in Melodyne pitch correction for vocals, many more effects including a multi-band compressor and convolution reverb, and more virtual instruments, and it switches from 32-bit to a 64-bit summing engine. You can also add third-party VSTs and AU plug-ins to Professional, although this feature is also available as an optional add-on to Artist.Your PreSonus account shows dozens of separate downloads for the various included instruments, loops, and content packs. But don't fret; when you first fire up Studio One, it'll prompt you to download all of it at once from inside the program, rather than having to run all of those as separate installs. Melodyne is separate, though; you'll get a second product key for it.For this review, I tested PreSonus Studio One 3.5.2 on a four-year-old MacBook Air with 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD running macOS Sierra 10.12.6, a PreSonus AudioBox USB audio interface, and an M-Audio Oxygen 25 MIDI keyboard controller.

I also tested it on a Core i7 Windows 10 PC with 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, and 3TB hard disk, and it ran just as well on that machine with the same interface. Given that I tested Studio One using an audio interface from the same company, I wasn't expecting any latency issues and didn't run into any.

But I found you could switch audio interface hardware while the program is open and a session is running, which is something you can't do in Pro Tools. Interface and Recording. Getting settled in Studio One is pretty straightforward if you're coming from another DAW, although it's probably a little intimidating for first-timers. Studio One automatically suggests dates and names for your new projects to help keep you organized.

You can also set the keyboard shortcuts to mirror Pro Tools or another DAW to ease migration to Studio One. A few minor nits: It's tough to get everything on the screen at once, and the interface doesn't scale to higher resolutions the way it does in.New low latency monitoring in version 3.5 is a long overdue feature, and it works on both recording and monitoring audio as well as with virtual instruments.

Recording and editing the latter seems to use less clicks than some other DAWs: Click once to record, once for the metronome, once for rewinding, and double-click to split a clip into two. It's fast, and the program is super-responsive. You can set up instruments so that you just have to drag the plug-ins over, complete with a picture representation. Within moments, I had an offbeat, syncopated groove happening exactly the way I wanted using Impact and its '60s a GoGo' kit. You can easily create your own Split and Multi instruments by dragging and dropping additional ones on the same track.Most of the regular audio editing features you'd expect in a proper DAW are here. You can trim or split clips, add fades, and adjust the gain of a clip right from the Edit window. Studio One was the first DAW to integrate genuine Melodyne pitch correction directly within the app, rather than having to export audio, correct it, and then reimport it back in a la Pro Tools.

Since then, other popular DAWs like Logic and SONAR have added some type of integrated pitch correction. It's not only faster, but it means you can continue to edit the pitch-corrected clips from within Studio One without having to go back out to Melodyne first.While Studio One is almost 10 years old, it's still several decades younger than its major competitors, so it's expected that some features will not be as fleshed out in this program. One is a proper score editor, which is completely missing. If you need this and prefer Studio One, PreSonus sells Notion, a full-featured notation program that can work alongside Studio One Artist and Professional (the top two tiers). There's no easy way to save I/O routing templates or track templates, or import session data from other projects. There's also no Pro Tools-like Smart Tool to help out with MIDI editing, although you get an alternative tool you can switch between like you do in Logic Pro X, and in some audio editing contexts the arrow can change to the range tool. You don't get some other more advanced MIDI editing features, like a drum editor, or the ability to stretch clips or scale velocities over a period of time.

MixingThe mixer is laid out intelligently, as long as you understand one quirk going in: You must click the Expand arrow on a channel to open up the insert and send panel to the right. From there, you can insert all kinds of effects, and PreSonus provides dozens of Extended FX chains in a separate drop down folder that helps you mix faster. You can search for plug-ins just by typing, and you can drag inserts from one channel to another and mirror them immediately like you can in Logic.

That said, if you're working with multiple plug-ins on each mixer channel and have them all open, you begin to lose your overall look at all the meters, and the view ends up quite cluttered.One feature I love is setting up a reverb on a send; all you have to do, literally, is drag the reverb to the track. Studio One automatically sets up the send, the plug-in, the return, and the level so that you've got a reverb happening instantly, and you can then activate the same send on additional tracks. You can also click the send to bring up the reverb plug-in to change the release, the type, or any other parameter, without having to hunt up and down the mixing board for the correct channel first. This is all significantly faster than it is in Pro Tools.Using Studio One's Mix Engine FX and its Console Shaper plug-in, you can model the sound of an analog console from within the mixing engine, including drive, noise, and crosstalk. The mix bus, even with the standard compressor, sounds good when set to a low ratio (1.3) for just a few dB of reduction on the peaks. In the box, you get enough effects to bring a project from start to finish, including mastering (though I'll always recommend having an experienced second pair of engineers do the final mastering if the budget allows).Studio for All.

On the Mac, Apple made it difficult for just about every competitor by slashing the price of Logic Pro to $199 back in 2011 with version 9. Six years later, other DAWs still seem to be thriving. Pro Tools remains the pro-studio standard; there have been some high-profile switches to Studio One, and there probably should be more, given how good this program is. Pro Tools still excels in importing session and individual track data, and its Smart Tool-based approach to audio editing is second to none. But Pro Tools is more expensive up front and requires monthly support fees, and it lacks integrated pitch correction.

Unless you have the need for Avid's support for broadcast standards or the budget for a rack of HDX hardware, or want to have maximum compatibility with other studios and sessions, going with Studio One could well be a smart, alternative choice for a pro-level DAW.