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The program is an MB download for PC and 754MB download for macOS. Native Mac audio works well in low-latency mode, just as it always does; for use with PCs, FL Studio comes bundled with a version of ASIO4ALL, a driver that gives you low latency audio recording and playback even without a proper external interface, and one that works with multiple applications open simultaneously. For this review, I tested FL Studio Signature Edition on a MacBook Pro 15-inch system with 16GB RAM and a 256GB SSD, along with a second-generation Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 audio interface.

In testing, the Mac version looked and worked identically to the PC version, which I’ve previously reviewed in some of its earlier iterations. The only issue I found is that FL Studio  doesn’t follow Mac interface conventions; for example, you have to close all the pop-up dialogs with an X in the top right corner.

Interface

FL Studio’s vector-based is sharp and easy to read despite its complexity, especially on Retina-class monitors. The UI is fully scalable, even across multiple displays. It also supports multitouch; with an appropriate touch-screen monitor on a PC, you can use it like a live physical mixing board and move multiple faders simultaneously.

Starting from the left side, the Browser contains all of your presets, instruments, audio clips, project files, and other assorted material to work with. The Channel Rack contains whatever sound generators are in use in the current project. The Pattern list shows all of the clips in use. The Playlist serves as the main arranging window, and looks a lot like the view in other DAWs. You can also bring up the piano roll and step sequencer, both of which let you edit more closely. The mixing console and meter bridge view can be set to multiple sizes. You can adjust the borders of or hide any of these windows as you see fit. If you’re used to a much earlier version of FL Studio, prepare to get reoriented; a number of main pieces like the Channel Rack and Pattern Menus have been moved around.

For the first time, FL Studio supports time signatures—you’re not just constrained to 4/4 anymore. You can set time signatures for both patterns and the playlist, and you can play multiple time signatures on top of each other.

You can create new tracks from a number of basic templates; the Channel Rack, in some of the default templates, auto-populates with a basic 909-style kick, snare, claps, and hi-hats. The program also makes a point of automatically strapping a limiter across the master bus in some cases to get your mix levels pumping (but not clipping) immediately, at the risk of causing fainting spells in some professional mastering studios.

There are plenty of nice touches in the interface. The song position marker glows, as if it was backlit, when it moves. Open up the 3x OSC (three oscillator) synth and you’ll see its knobs all move to reset itself automatically. The meter bridge responds to incoming audio with analog-like precision. It all looks quite sharp.

Recording

The way each project works is as a collection of patterns—beginning with Pattern 1, which you can find underneath the transport. You can start a song just by clicking on the 16th-note step sequencer buttons to lay down notes, or by right-clicking the channel and choosing Fill in Steps to speed up the process. To add a new sound, select Plugin Preset > Generator, and drag the one you want into the Channel Rack, either over an existing channel or after adding a new one first.

To record from a MIDI keyboard instead, click the Record button, and then choose Everything at the bottom of the dialog box asking what you want to record. When you’re done, CTRL-Q quantizes the notes you recorded in that pattern. As you create new patterns, you drop them into the Playlist, where you can then duplicate them, or zap them with the right button if you change your mind. It’s easy to cut and paste notes, drag them around, adjust their size, and so on; the pattern automatically lengthens and snaps to make building longer ones a quick process. As you work, you can alternate between Song mode, to hear everything, or Pattern mode, to focus on and develop individual patterns.

Most of this is easy enough to grasp, but there are a few odd interface conventions. For example, don’t be fooled by the single Undo and Redo options in the Edit menu drop down; the real undo history is hidden in the Browser, or you can bring it up by hitting CTRL-ALT-Z. And while the interface contains a lot of small, obscure icons, no tool tips seem to appear when you hover over them. Instead, look up and to the top left, where a small window displays the purpose of each element of the interface as you pass the cursor over it. There’s no score editor, so you’ll need something else if you prefer working with music notation.

Once you get acclimated, it’s very easy to get things going by creating patterns and painting them on the screen, laying down new material with the left mouse button and removing it with the right button. You’ll need that right mouse button for other common tasks as well, like opening projects from the Browser, which is an unusual quirk (double-clicking the project name does nothing). If you’re coming from a more normal DAW like Pro Tools, FL Studio will take some getting used to. But if you’re new to digital audio workstations, you just might intuit how to use FL Studio more quickly than other apps.