After months of a very active public beta test, Image-Line has officially released FL Studio 12.1. Image-Line says that the aim of the update is to improve the workflow and to help users make the transition from FL Studio 11 to 12. Particular attention has been paid to plug-in management, which has received a significant overhaul, as well as new drum and piano instruments and support for Novation’s recently released Launchpad Pro.
FL Studio 12.1 new features include:
- 4 high quality FPC drum kits
- 2 high quality Piano instruments
- Added FL executables that are scaled by Windows
- Changed various defaults
- Ctrl+S saves project even when mixer has focus
- FLAC file import support
- Fruity X-Y-Z Controller plugin
- Launchpad Pro support
- Mixer track assignments selectors in Channel Rack
- Mixer full colourization of tracks (and other visual enhancements)
- Notes over 120 (10th octave) perform special actions
- Now uses modern version of open and save windows
- Option to delete steps instead of muting them
- Plugins: Restored “More plugins” menu option and window
- Plugin Scanner is now called “Plugin Manager” & includes new plugin info tab
- Re-implemented sample history in channel settings window
- Renamed “flat database” to “alphabetical”
- Randomize news item in News Panel
- Update main window caption when project title is edited
- Update reminder window
- VFX Key Splitter plugin
- Video Player 2