What Are the Differences Between FruityLoops 7 & 6?
FruityLoops, now referred to as FLStudio, initially appeared in 1997 as a basic drum sequencer. Since then, it has expanded into a fully featured production tool. FLStudio released its sixth version in 2006. This was the last version of the "Old FLStudio." Version 7, released the following year, was a very different application, with a variety of new instruments, effects and processing tools.
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New Devices and Instrument Improvements
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There are two new effects devices included in Version 7, the Fruity Parametric EQ 2 and the Fruity Love Philter, each a type of graphic equalizer. In addition to the two new units, a number of new features have been added to the existing selection of instruments. Direct Wave now supports ".aiff" files and Edison now support time stretching. Sytrus has several new controls, including the Cherry Phaser filter and the BiPolar LFO tension filter.
GUI Tweaks
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A number of edits to the interface have been made in order to make the user experience more fluid. Toolbars have been reworked for clarity, and several new keyboard shortcuts have been added to the piano roll MIDI editor, allowing for automatic panning and click-free editing of effects parameters. There are new views available, too. A spectral analyzer has been added to several of the main instruments.
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Bug Fixes
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A number of common crashes have been rectified (several of the instruments would crash when incompatible sample files were loaded into them). The crashes have been fixed, and in some cases, support was added for those file types. In previous versions, MIDI automation could produce clicks on bounced audio. This has now been resolved.
Technical Revisions
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The central audio engine for FruityLoops has also been revamped to take advantage of the latest advances in computing technology. FLStudio 7 provides support for multi-core threading processors, streamlining the application's handling of data. There are driver sets and MIDI maps for the most recent MIDI controllers, allowing them to work with FruityLoops, right out of the box. This prevents the user from having to manually assign all the controls.
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