Update: FL Studio v21.2 – New Cloud Service & Stem Separation

Image-Line has released FL Studio v21.2, with a new Cloud service that integrates directly with your DAW, new Stem separation functionality, and lots of additions and improvements.

What’s new in FL Studio?

• FL Cloud – Integrated content and services under Sounds Tab in the Browser. Including Samples, Loops & Mastering and more to come.
  • Sounds – Drag and drop content straight from the Cloud into FL Studio.
  • Mastering – An AI-powered, fast and easy way to master your tracks. Compliant to the specifications of all major digital streaming platforms. Find it under File > Export > Master …
  • Distribution – Get your music into Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, TikTok, YouTube, and more.
  • Browser search – Extend your local browser search via direct shortcut to FL Cloud Sounds from the panel shown at the bottom of the Browser when you search for local files.
  • Show downloaded content – Use the context menu to select ‘Show in FL Studio Browser’ menu for downloaded samples inside the Sounds Tab.
• FL Studio:
  • Fruity Edition – Now supports up to 8 Audio Clips.
  • Themes – Now include customizable waveform display, audio frequency-to-color customization. Use responsibly!
  • Projects – ‘Copy used samples to the project folder’ is now stored with Projects instead of a Global option
  • Tools Menu – Added direct-access menu items for FL Cloud functionality.
  • More plugins menu – Middle-click the ‘Add instrument track’ [+] button in the Playlist or middle-click the + Channel button and the Effect slot arrow button.
  • Audio Export – Renamed ‘Background rendering’ in the render window to ‘Minimize when rendering’.
  • Saving Projects – Samples that weren’t found when a project is loaded are now remembered after saving.
  • MIDI scripting – Added a ‘value’ parameter for channels.soloChannel. Scripts can now solo track groups in the Playlist.
  • Audio settings – Buffer length slider control now shows buffer in ms.
  • File Settings – Added a button to the File Settings to re-download all optional features
  • General Settings:
    • Automation Clips – Added an General Settings option to ‘Create automation clips at the playback position’
    • Mouse wheel – New Vertical / Horizontal scrolling speed controls.
    • Warnings – That can be hidden are now categorized in General settings
    • Monophonic painting in piano roll – Reverses the Paint brush default painting mode with the (Shift) held mode.
• Playlist:
  • Stem Separation – From the Audio Clip Menu, choose ‘Extract stems from sample’ to split audio into component tracks (Drums, Bass, Instruments and Vocals).
  • Automation Clips – Are now added at the position of the playback cursor.
  • Open Channel Rack – Use (Alt + Double-Click) (was Shift) on a Pattern Clip to show the Channel Rack and Instrument. Without Alt, the Piano roll will open.
• Piano roll:
  • Tools menu – Open the Piano roll Tools menu when clicking on the ‘magnifying glass’ icon for downloaded scripts.
  • Scale highlighting – Now saved per project.
  • Piano roll scripting – Added clone() method to note, deleteMarker(i) method to score, deleteNote(i) method to score and getTimelineSelection() function.
• Browser:
  • Sounds Tab – Integrated Cloud-based samples, loops and more.
  • FL Cloud Content – Right-Click downloaded content in the Browser to show its pack in the Sounds panel.
  • Projects – Project items in the browser now have a ‘Project’ tag.
• Plugins:
  • Kepler (Producer Edition) – Authentic Juno-6 emulation included free and retrospectively in FL Studio Producer Edition and up.
  • FL Studio Mobile – Updated to v4.3.19.
  • Slicex – Markers are now added at the playback position.
  • Layer Channel – The volume of new Layer Channels is now set to 100%.
  • Vintage Phaser – Added a new ‘Engine’, ‘Drive’ and ‘Inv FB’ controls under the Advanced section (click the gear icon).
  • ZGE Visualizer – The ‘ImageMashup’ effect can now support up to 20 image sources. The preview window can now stay open even if the plugin editor is closed.

See Full Release Notes