Image Line’s FL Studio is a highly-developed digital audio workshop station. Although it’s primarily geared towards electronic music production, it’s great for any type of audio project.
REAPER is a complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset. REAPER supports a vast range of hardware, digital formats and plugins, and can be comprehensively extended, scripted and modified. Reaper's developers add features based on user request at lightspeed. This is what makes Reaper reliable and trustworthy. Fans of Reaper are so adamant about the software because of this. Contrary to Music Radar's review of FL Studio, Reaper is the true 'People's DAW'.
Make and edit tracks
FL Studio is a powerful one-stop-shop for sound recording and music production.
FL Studio software comes in four editions, the prices of which correspond to the available function. With the better editions, you get to edit audio clips, access the full version of the DirectWave sampler, and more. With its progressing feature sets, FL Studio is worth the money, and you'll get lifetime free updates from the developer.
The vector-based interface is easy to read, scalable across displays, and supports multitouch. The Browser, Channel Rack, and the Pattern list contain all the functions from the program.
The main arranging window is the Playlist, where you can bring up the step sequencer and piano roll for closer editing.
Recording requires several clicks, and as you work, you can switch between pattern and song modes to fine tune your tracks.
FL Studio comes with included instruments, but they tend to be too simplistic. However, with some of the built-in effects, it’s possible to make them sound better.
Where can you run this program?
FL Studio runs on macOS 10.11 and Windows 8, or later versions. There are mobile options for iOS and Android, too.
Is there a better alternative?
Yes, if you’re a professional, LMMS is the best choice out there. Ableton Live offers similar features to FL Studio. Ardour and AudioTool are great free alternatives.
Our take
Although the program comes with some clear limitations, it can do wonders and create complex, well-produced pieces of music from a single interface.
Should you download it?
Yes, if you have some experience with such programs already. The UI features a learning curve that’s not ideal for beginners.
11.0.2
I own several DAWs (Digital Audio Workstation), Logic Pro X (Mac only), Avid Pro Tools (an older version), FL Studio, Cakewalk/Roland Sonar Producer, Sony Acid Pro 7 and Studio One. However, my favorite is REAPER followed by Logic Pro X.
Reaper is excellent for audio recording and editing and fine for MIDI too. Reaper has a very reasonable license cost and offers an uncrippled 60-day full demo. Reaper has great documentation and active forum. The parent company is Cockos, Inc. More information and downloads are at www.reaper.fm.
The following is original content by Joel Sampson, Djembe Studios.
MIDI patches and banks for the ReaControlMIDI VST
I use a lot of external MIDI (and audio) gear. And that's why this work was created, to allow quick access to multiple banks and patches. The free ReaControlMIDI VST, developed by Reaper, makes it easy.
Download
Download the free Reaper VST suite at ReaPlugs VST FX Suite. These VSTs will work with any modern Windows DAW. The suite includes the ReaControlMIDI VST used for the following sets of patches and banks. It also includes eight other useful VSTs, such as compressors, an EQ, delay and more. The Reaper DAW includes these with the standard download.
Manual
I wrote a five page manual on how to use MIDI and reabanks and how to create your own .reabank files. The Art of Reabanks - by joel Sampson. It is a PDF download.
To download the raw .reabanks, right-click and choose Save Link As. They are in plain pure ASCII text form. The Integra-7 collection has been archived together and you will need 7-zip or whatever utility you use to uncompress the files.
E-mu
E-mu ProFormance Plus module reabank.
Korg
Korg O5R/W module reabank.
Reaper Fl Studio Mac Crack
Roland
Roland D-05 Synth reabank. New!
Roland Lucina AX-09 Keytar Synth reabank.
Roland Integra-7 rack module, three reabanks in a zip file. Note the collection is a zip archive.
Roland Fantom XR rack module reabank.
Roland Juno-D 61-key Keyboard reabank.
Roland Juno Stage 76-key Keyboard reabank.
Roland RD-700sx 88-key Keyboard / MIDI Controller reabank.
Roland SC-880 rack module reabank.
Roland SC-55 Sound Canvas module reabank. This was the first Sound Canvas.
Roland SC-880 rack module reabank.
Reaper Fl Studio Mac Free
Yamaha
Yamaha Motif Rack ES rack module reabank.
Yamaha PLG150 DX DX-7 board reabank.
Yamaha TG100 sound module reabank.
Yamaha VL70-m sound module reabank.
Yamaha XG Generic banks reabank. It also works with the S-YXG2006LE GM Soft Synth. New!
Reaper Vs Fl Studio 20
Free MIDI Drum Patterns
Reaper Fl Studio Theme
I also have a set of several hundred MIDI drum patterns available, now a free download. They are in General MIDI format. I sold thousands of them worldwide for $30 and $40. It's at another of my web sites, www.FivePinPress.com.