NOTE: More features will be released later.
Welcome to FL Studio 2025 Public Beta 6 [ 22 May 2025 ]
Important:
- FL Studio 2025 relates to the release year. We changed to a year based versioning system in 2024.
- These builds will expire about 6 months after they're available.
- Don't make anything important with them as there are bound to be critical bugs from time to time.
- On Windows, install this separately from the regular (stable) FL Studio version.
- On macOS, this will install as "FL Studio BETA.app".
- More features incoming...
- Emphasis will run in Trial mode until we add it to All Plugin Edition holder accounts.
- FL Studio Mobile Rack does not scale with the FL Studio settings.
- FL Studio Mobile may freeze when opened during the tests.
- Windows: FL Studio 24.2.99.4783
- macOS: FL Studio 24.2.99.4450
What's New?
- FL Studio
- General Settings - Added 'Read sample root note' to be deselected to correct pitch issues when Root Note meta-data is incorrect. Similar purpose to the 'Read sample tempo information' option.
- Export - Better handling of duplicate sample names when exporting to zip.
- FL Studio Remote - Added support for FL Studio Remote Version 2.
- History - Deleting Mixer & Playlist Tracks can now be undone.
- News Panel - Added an animation to the News toolbar button when a new notification appears and (Right-Click) 'Refresh' option (the news is normally checked once per day).
- Gopher - A Large Language Model based on the Manual and Knowledge Base. Ask questions about FL Studio and music production and get natural language answers.
- Communications Panel - Added an option to keep the Panel open to make it easer to use the Manual or other Tabs.
- Mastering - The mastering window can now update previews in real time based on parameter changes.
- Mixer
- Dynamic Mixer Tracks - Add and delete Mixer Tracks as needed. The maximum number of Insert Tracks have increased to 500 up from 125. There is reduced CPU load when unused Tracks are removed.
- Insert Mixer Menu Options - Insert one track, Insert mixer tracks or add Tracks from a preset list. These options are also available from (Right-Click) on the + 'Add Mixer Track' icons on the Mixer Toolbar and at the end of the Insert Tracks in the Mixer.
- Browser
- Folders - Now show Sample / Content preview for folders in the Tab Menu 'Columns' view mode.
- Tabs - The Library Tab has been renamed to Presets, better representing the content.
- Playlist
- Audio Clips - Clip Properties allow per-Clip Stretch, Pitch and Reverse controls. Access by (Alt/cmd+Double-Clicking) an Audio Clip instance.
- Audio Clips - Additional per-Clip 'Disabled' declicking option for Fade in and Fade out envelopes.
- Slice Tool - The default mode for the Slice Tool is now vertical, hold (Right-Click) for diagonal slicing.
- Automation Clips - Names of Automation Clips for Effects on Instrument Tracks improved.
- Clip Menus (Windows) - Pressing (Application key / Context Menu key) will open a Clip's popup menu when the mouse is over it.
- Channel Rack
- Colorful channel controls - Channel Rack menu item to change the color of Channel Controls (such as Advanced looping options) to match the Channel Button color for improved recognition.
- Plugins New
- Emphasis (All Plugins Edition) - A multi-stage mastering compressor/limiter delivering high levels of gain while maintaining transparency and minimal effort.
- FL Studio Mobile Rack - New. Access all FL Studio Mobile plugins separately or combined as Instruments or Effects.
- Patcher - New VFX Script effect plugin. If it's not visible check - Browser > Plugin database > Installed > Effects > Fruity > VFX Script
- Plugins Updated
- Sakura - New vectorial user interface.
- Drumaxx - New vectorial user interface.
- BassDrum - New vectorial user interface.
- FLEX - Added an animation when selecting a random preset & peak indication to the Peak Meters.
- FPC - The selected Pad now has an outline.
- Transporter - Added Side-chain for transient detection; Added Tempo Trigger to trigger loop updates based on BPM; Added Ignore bias knob to probabilistically or deterministically skip loop updates.
- Drumaxx - Now shows pad names in the Piano roll.
- Fruity Balance - Added dB hint when mousing over the Peak Meter.
- Fruity Granulizer - Granulizer is now a full plugin and can be used in Patcher.
- Fruity Slicer - Fruity Slicer is now a full plugin and can be used in Patcher.
24.2.99 Beta 6 (2025/05/21)
Changes
- 19848 Added new, simpler default toolbar presets
- 19870 Added an item to create a new mixer track to the "Track mode" > "Audio track" menu in the playlist
- 19796 Crash reports now include the most recent undo history steps
- 19807 Create a new instrument track when a generator preset is dropped on empty space in the mixer
- 19810 Removed the 120Hz display refresh rate limit
- 19858 Show the name of a 3rd party plugin in the message shown when it fails to save or load its settings
- 19805 The empty track space in the mixer now stands out a bit more
- 19738 The playlist audio clip properties window no longer prevents using the program
- 19863 Use "Metal" API for the user interface on Apple Silicon
- 17846 BassDrum now has a vectorial UI
- 19852 Drummax: added support for dynamic mixer tracks
- 19849 Emphasis: changed the way panels are separated in all themes
- 19803 Emphasis: tweaks to the white theme
- 19820 Poizone: removed the preset name label
- 19828 Sakura: removed the preset name label
- 19864 Piano roll scripting: added the setTimelineSelection method
- 19862 MIDI scripting: added a function to check how many mixer tracks exist
Fixes
(common)
- 19799 "Arrange windows into workspace" hides the FL Studio window on a multiple monitor setup
- 19877 Audio clip time stretch maxes out when a variant is converted to an audio clip
- 19834 Browser window size is not remembered when it's detached and auto-hide is on
- 19874 Can't remove mixer track routing for multiple selected tracks with Alt+click
- 14788 Can't replace audio clip with an audio clip channel state preset
- 19847 "Colorful channel controls" doesn't work for all themes
- 19824 Channel loop length text can be hard to read in a light theme
- 19801 Crash when using analyze mode and certain scales in the chord progression tool
- 19837 Crash when adjusting pitch on an audio clip variant
- 19802 Crash when clicking on an empty part of an instrument track in the playlist
- 19839 Crash when renewing the FL Studio license from the unlock window
- 19797 Dropping a mixer preset onto a channel doesn't load it into the channel's assigned mixer track
- 19869 Dropping invalid channel states into the empty mixer space adds a mixer track and undo entry
- 19867 Exporting split mixer tracks creates an additional file
- 19804 F1 doesn't show the help page for the notification panel
- 19857 Loading a project causes mixer tracks to be routed to Master when they shouldn't be
- 19841 The FL Studio process remains active in Task Manager after exit
- 19829 The piano roll window is sometimes scrolled up too high the first time it's shown
- 19813 The playlist window isn't shown when double-clicking a variant in the channel settings window
- 19846 Using Ctrl+L from the channel setting window adds a mixer track but undo doesn't remove it
- 19875 Various issue with time multiplication when using audio clip variants
- 19854 BassDrum: crash when changing the noise sample
- 19855 BassDrum: the previous and next buttons for noise samples have inaccurate hints
- 19836 Drumaxx: wrong pause steps on some controls
- 19845 Fruity Limiter: the knee line isn't visible after adjusting the ratio with the mouse wheel
- 19800 Hyperchorus: memory leak
- 19814 Plugin Manager: can't scan Waves VST3 plugins
- 19851 Wrapper: loading a project with missing VST3 plugins can lead to incorrect scaling
- 19798 ZGE Visualizer: no warning is shown when exporting to a file that's in use
- 19815 Scripting: crash when using script files with the wrong text encoding
(macOS)
- 19809 Changing tabs on the notification panel doesn't always work
- 19696 Memory usage doubled compared to FL Studio 2024
- 19861 Mouse stops responding after adding the 500th mixer track
- 19856 Shortcuts on non-Qwerty keyboards act as if using a Qwerty keyboard (macOS 15.4.1)
- 19844 The toolbar Shift and Cmd indicator icons don't light up in response to input
- 19843 Fruity HTML Notebook: the web view takes over the entire window
- 19859 ZGE Visualizer: the mouse doesn't work in Wizard mode
Detailed Changelog