FL Studio 8

[topcat]

Anyone got this yet ?
Opionions on it

My upgrades DLin atm

[Anonymous]

Not much improvement on the last. Bassically the same imo.

[topcat]

Par

[SCP]

if there aren't that many changes i might just hold off on upgrading 4 now

[Wiz]

Image-Line has announced that FL Studio 8 is now available. An extensive list of changes follows...

Additions:

* New Slicex drumloop slicing generator plugin.
* New SynthMaker modular environment.
* FL finally supports MIDI SysEx input, and handles basic MMC functions.
* Added error message at startup when MMX or SSE1 is not found.
* Cleartype not forced on anymore for mixer labels for Win9X platforms.
* Right-clicking splitters (browser, piano roll, playlist) for spare position.
* Project browser: can show/hide plugin editors from the generators/effects folders.
* Generator smart disable is now compatible with threaded rendering.
* Added mouse wheel support to popup menus & combo selectors.
* Added some extra mouse buttons support.
* Added (manual) plugin editor thumbnails to project browser.
* Sinc interpolator now faster (64point sinc now usable realtime).
* New slope modes for LP/HP/LS/Peak/HS bands in Parametric EQ 2 plugin.
* New 'multilink' option for quicker remote control assignment, creation of multiple automation clips, etc.
* Added 'Edit whole mapping' to Remote control part of the project browser.
* Optional stereo waveform display in playlist.
* Re-implemented CME UF keyboard support (although MIDI feedback sometimes makes no sense).
* Parameter smoothing now works for relative knobs or other incremental MIDI controls too.
* Improved parameter smoothing.
* Can now define absolute increment steps in MIDI remote control window.
* Playlist->Edit->Shift left/right now works for audio clips too (including using control surface jogs).
* Added full support for the Mackie Control Universal.
* Improved support for some controllers.
* Improved 'undo knob tweaks' to support tweaking several parameters at once without slowing down.
* Love Philter: piano keys assigned to patterns.
* Tweaking controls on VST(i)s now show a hint message in FL's hint bar (when possible).
* Wave Candy: fixed some bugs & added Vista window background blur.
* Updated to LAME 3.97.
* Improved latency compensation 'Set from' option.
* Rendering with latency compensation.
* Added slip editing in playlist clips, as well as little changes in resizing tools.
* Improved accuracy of MIDI input recording under high GUI CPU load.
* Can now move effect slots around using the mouse wheel.
* FL (& some FL plugins) now support .ogg format.
* Introducing 'Selected' mixer track, to which the selected mixer track is routed, and in which you.
* Place visual effects or a recording Edison.
* Ctrl+E to quickly open an audio editor in a mixer track, or Shift+E to open an audio logger.
* Added score logging feature, not to miss scored played while testing.
* Piano roll: added 'Select at random' to select 10% random notes, for variations.
* Playlist: clip source selection now in titlebar, and clips panel now on top by default.
* One-click audio recording now prompts to record in Edison.
* Improved RAM usage meter for some systems.
* Can now resize multiple playlist clips at once.
* Caps lock function changed to allow resizing of notes from left side in piano roll.
* Added recording filter (right-click record button).
* Newbie enhancement: snapping is on by default.
* Newbie enhancement: browser snapshot now defaults to slot 1.
* Newbie enhancement: window menu icons replaced by holly down arrows.
* New spectral view in monitor panel.
* DrumSynth: added call to SendPatchToEngine to Voice_Release, to temporarily fix a release.
* Problem when multiple voices are active.
* Automation now displayed in pattern clips, improved event editor display.
* Channels in piano roll channel selector are now sorted by channel group.
* New list of available patterns when right-clicking the pattern selector.
* Patterns named '-pattern name' now act as separators in lists.
* Added OGG Vorbis rendering target.
* Added randomize & humanize to multilink menu.
* Default audio device changed to ASIO4ALL.
* Newly-recorded patterns now added as pattern clips (when in song mode).
* Fruity DX10: mod init and sustain calculations now also take sample rate into account.
* Changed piano roll keyboard modifiers a little (see help file) to add a new SHIFT+click to add note in resize mode.
* Added 'Send previous/next to selected channel' option in browser. Works well with extra mouse buttons too.
* Default peak meters scale bottom changed to -70dB, alternate scale down to -50dB.
* Introducing FL-chan in wallpapers.
* Newbie enhancement: 'save as' icon blinks once 5min after the last save, then each 30sec after 10min.
* Changed generator multithreaded processing method a little.
* Adapted wav file loader for more bad interpretations of a bad format.
* Mapped incoming "all notes off" MIDI message to panic.
* Removed obsolete '16.8' version of the 32Bit wav rendering.

http://www.kvraudio.com/news.php?id=8954

[SHOKK]

Woah. Didn't know it was out. Thanks for the heads up.

[Aza T]

apparently its fucking up a bit...

but i think thats just the downloaded version