WHERE TO DISCUSS THIS RELEASE?
- Bug Reports & Suggestions - Please use the FL Studio Beta Forum. Make a NEW post and put 21.3 Beta 2 in the title.
- General Discussion - We suggest using the 21.3 Teaser Thread
This is a Beta test version and it is not an official release. Betas have more bugs, are more likely to crash and may include unfinished features. If you use a Beta for mission critical work, you do so at your own risk! This will install in parallel to the official release version and will not overwrite any critical files if you use the default installation settings.
- Windows: FL Studio 21.2.99.4057
- macOS: FL Studio 21.2.99.3661
- Installer - Yes it's 21.2.99 - but really 21.3 because we say it is!
- Kepler Exo - Does not have any presets yet.
- Piano roll - Note repeat for the Piano roll (Target Editor area) and Stepsequencer (Graph Editor area)
- Plugin Support - Preliminary CLever Audio Plugin (CLAP) plugin standard supported.
- Plugins - Spreader, added new controls.
- Menu Bar - Added options to view News, Downloads and Notifications.
- Playlist - Deleting multiple Audio or Instrument Channels asks to delete associated data for every Channel.
- FL Studio Mobile - Updated to v4.5.7
- Piano roll scripting - Added score.getDefaultNoteProperties method
- macOS & Windows - Blend2D is used for the GUI on macOS in addition to Windows.
- Kepler Exo - New vintage synth plugin.
- Spreader - Non-destructive stereo enhancer plugin (mono compatible).
- Chord progression tool - AI / Machine learning tool (Piano roll menu > Generate chord progression)
- Startup - Choose Edition to test in Trial Mode.
- Playlist - Choose action when sample is dropped on Instrument Tracks in the Playlist.
- Plugin Picker - Improved search shows items with any of the letters typed.
- Playlist - Edit menu > Nudge clips with mouse wheel. Allows you to turn the Shift+Mouse-Wheel nudge behaviour on and off.
- Macros - ‘Switch all audio clips to’ time stretching macros.
- Tool buttons - Show if they're pressed when hovered.
- MIDI Out - Added "Note off" value selector for "Note" controls.
- Info panel - User name replaced by a license number for privacy when streaming FL Studio videos.
- (macOS) - Added all items from the main menu to the macOS application menu.
- (Windows) - Now use Blend2D to for the user interface (faster graphics with lower CPU).
BUGFIXES IN BETA 2
- 17325 Autosave happens during rendering when set to frequent saves
- 17345 Channel names starting with - will show up as a captions in the instrument track menu in the playlist
- 17343 Controls in the chord progression tool are sometimes reset to default
- 17333 Crash when clicking on the Favorites tab in the browser if caching is off
- 17321 Crash in the chord progression tool when there is already a chord with bass notes in the piano roll
- 17344 Crash in the chord progression tool when Loop Depth is at 100%
- 17304 Dragging Frequency splitter across the mixer or other FL Windows causes UI glitches
- 17335 Fade in and out lines for muted clips are not shown as muted in high visibility mode
- 17313 Memory leak when loading presets
- 17329 MIDI controller with controller scripts won't function when chord progression tool is open
- 17293 Patcherizing a channel creates channel state files in the backup folder
- 17338 Reloading a project with a removed channel sample loads the removed sample anyway
- 17294 Resaving an opened zipped project creates unwanted project backup files
- 12021 Resetting a mixer track's routing doesn't reset the send levels
- 17287 The channel rack doesn't update the linked track when undoing deleting instrument tracks
- 17319 The MIDI import window shows up when dropping a MIDI file on the piano roll while holding Shift
- 17341 Undoing removing a channel sample doesn't reload the sample
- 17330 Kepler Exo: LFO2 slider doesn't snap when tempo sync is on
- 17336 Kepler Exo: per note parameters aren't named correctly in the piano roll
- 17347 Kepler: various GUI glitches
- 17260 Wrapper: crash in Spitfire Audio LABS plugin when refreshing MIDI devices
- 17307 Wrapper: control popup menus in VST3 menus don't show Chinese characters correctly
- 17000 Wrapper: not all plugins update their parameters and names automatically
- 17300 ZGE Visualizer: crash when using different AUDIO SRC settings
- 17327 ZGE Visualizer: the fullscreen setting is not stored
(macOS)
- 7342 Can't prevent or force the MIDI import to show by using Shift or Alt modifiers
- 17291 "Envelope" checkbox is too small in channel settings
- 17340 The text of the channel selector in the MIDI import window is not scaled
BUG FIXES BETA 1
- 17286 BooBass: freeze when used in the channel rack and Patcher at the same time
- 17278 Metadata for FL Sounds samples is not always set correctly
- 17272 Piano roll scripting: the Reset button does not reset text fields
- 17254 Setting FL Studio as a tool that's started at launch will start it in an endless loop
- 17253 Changing a control with the mouse scroll wheel doesn't decrease the control's value
- 17249 Program doesn't restart after unlocking and selecting "Save and restart" when using a project folder
- 17235 Can't select reference scales after the first 256 items in the piano roll
- 17234 Double quotes don't work when searching for FL Cloud Sounds items in the browser
- 17232 Audio clips can be placed on on empty instrument tracks
- 17229 The project time in the project info tab isn't updated for a new project
- 17228 New project window doesn't show the end of the path if it's very long
- 17222 Parametric EQ 2: the HQ button is incorrect when the plugin is opened via "More plugins"
- 17221 Dragging audio or automation clips from the picker panel to an instrument track doesn't work
- 17219 Project time isn't always reset when creating new projects using project folders
- 17218 New project has the title from the template
- 17217 "Select overlapping clips" doesn't work for automation clips
- 17215 MIDI scripting: plugin functions return the wrong error when the channel parameter is wrong
- 17183 Fades tests freeze when FL Key is connected
- 17179 Potential crash when starting the program
- 17178 Diagnostic: visual glitches
- 17173 "Send to playlist as an audio clip" doesn't work when the first empty playlist track isn't visible
- 17171 Morphine: not all parameters are loaded when opening a preset or project
- 17159 The preview position in the browser moves when the "render finished" sound plays
- 17158 Stretched audio clips sometimes don't show the waveform correctly
- 17156 GMS: crash when changing presets
- 17151 Drumpad: notes are killed when a MIDI note off message is received
- 17150 Purchased samples always sync to tempo while the project is playing
- 17146 "Save search results as tab" in the browser doesn't work properly
- 17144 Merged pattern doesn't get a new name after making it unique
- 17141 Automation target links are lost when opening a project while a score file is selected in the browser
- 17133 Sakura: crash while changing presets
- 17132 Crash when the plugin editor window is closed while editing a value in Pro-Q 3
- 17126 Toxic Biohazard: doesn't display Mono for Mono presets
- 17125 Crash when opening a project that was recovered by Diagnostic
- 17114 The channel menu isn't closed when right-clicking the "Piano roll" menu option
- 17109 Stem separation shows multiple error boxes when it runs out of playlist tracks
- 17104 ZGE Visualizer: selecting "Enable preload video" doesn't reload existing videos
- 17102 Waveform visualizations don't always work when recording audio clips to the playlist
- 17097 Freeze when moving many notes while snap to scale is selected
- 17096 "Edit in" in the speech channel's wave scope menu doesn't use wave files for project folders
- 17095 Assigning an audio track from the mixer doesn't mark the project as changed
- 17092 Pressing F1 on the MIDI import window doesn't show the help
- 17088 No message is shown when content downloads fail
- 17062 Compute waveform mip maps and colors in the background
- 17059 Undo doesn't restore the color for an instrument track in the playlist if it was changed in the mixer
- 17050 Edison scripting: Ctrl + C copies all text even if text is selected
- 17042 Current project's Samples folder doesn't update when deleting unused project files
- 17034 Edison scripting: PasteFromTo x2 parameter does not take effect
- 17028 "Select source channel" in the playlist doesn't retain the length of the clip
- 17026 Control Creator: some control captions are truncated
- 17020 No undo when recording midi in pattern mode
- 17008 No search results in the "Current project folder" on the Project tab for "Search in selected folder"
- 17007 Results with similar names in an insert are merged when searching in the browser's Project tab
- 16995 All channel windows are opened when replacing multiple instrument tracks
- 16993 MIDI Out: note off value is not compatible with old projects
- 16988 The position indicator in the piano roll window can go past the end of the timeline selection
- 16977 Closing a playlist clip's menu immediately reopens it
- 16968 Background waveform in the Piano roll is colorful
- 16947 + 17115 MIDI scripting: the navigateBrowser function ignores the shiftHeld parameter
- 16945 The graph editor isn't aligned to the selected channel if the channel is not in view
- 16944 Maxx plugins: the polyphony control resets after loading a project
- 16935 Files downloaded from the Sounds tab are sometimes by themselves in a subfolder
- 16932 Fades tests sometimes fail
- 16926 Automation envelopes don't allow envelopes with just one point
- 16909 VFX plugins aren't added as a channel when dropped on the channel rack or the background
- 16894 Dropping a mixer preset on the channel rack doesn't create an undo entry
- 16893 Tweaking the preview volume slider in the browser doesn't show the new value as a hint
- 16875 The playlist's Tools menu has a separator at the top
- 16864 Shift + scroll wheel in the picker panel only works for automation clips if there are also audio clips
- 16856 No undo when an effect plugin is dropped on the channel settings window
- 16773 Riff machine does not follow the scale snapping options
- 16662 The "Log out" button in the unlock window doesn't always work
- 16434 "Detach all plugins" isn't applied when loading a mixer preset
- 16412 Quantized song jumps will not remember the changed position during playback
- 16298 Can't record beyond the content in the playlist when a Start Rec marker is used
- 16125 No undo for recorded audio clips if nothing is armed when recording starts
- 15995 Playback position for browser preview is difficult to see when "Colorful waves" is enabled
- 15589 Plugins with envelope editors don't show a warning message if an envelope tool was unsuccessful
- 15349 Saved projects don't always show up in FL Studio's taskbar popup menu
- 15257 Channel volume envelope is noisy
- 14761 Layer channel is not available in the menus that add instrument tracks
- 13208 Control Surface: default value of knob controls is incorrect after changing the knob style
- 13185 Crash with undo after tweaking clips in playlist while recording
- 13106 Fruity Keyboard Controller: the Link button's state is not saved
- 13082 Transient Processor: scrolling speed doesn't change when using mouse wheel over the graph
- 11781 Frequency Shifter: doesn't work in Tempo mode when not playing
- 11702 The mode button in the "Type in value" window doesn't show if it's pressed
- 11682 Frequency splitter: cut frequency hint isn't always correct
- 11467 FLEX: selected tab is not underlined in grid view
- 10912 Playlist has graphical glitches when all tracks are grouped
- 10679 Advanced looping causes extra notes to trigger during playback when muting clips
- 10381 Advanced looping sometimes doesn't have the correct length
- 8666 Browser shows "Open in new channel" menu item for effect plugin presets
- 7763 Slicex: it's difficult to see if the Loop, Play and Stop buttons are down or not
- 6873 Continuous scrolling in the playlist stutters
- 5911 Wrapper: bridged plugin processes don't always terminate automatically
- 1095 Audio sounds different during initial playback
(macOS)
- 17274 Saving a plugin preset doesn't open correct folder
- 17105 Crash when the scrolling playlist
- 17041 Downloading optional features fails when the user data folder is on a volume called +
- 17012 Patcher: crash when the editor of a plugin is opened
- 17009 Crash when opening some AU plugins
- 16333 Ctrl key triggers notes that sometimes get stuck
- 12172 Diagnostic: resizing the program window sometimes moves it down
- 10417 Diagnostic: system buttons are on the right side instead of the left in macOS
- 7843 Plugin Manager doesn't close when Cmd+Q is used
See the full list of bugfixes here