In this section, you’ll see two options: Pat and Song. In the centre, you’ll find your transport section: play, stop and record buttons for playback. Here you will find the File, Edit, Options and much more up the top left.Ī lot of them are straightforward, or just itemized versions of the various buttons and knobs that lay across the interface already, so don’t get hung up on these. Nothing is fixed, besides the toolbar across the top of the screen, which is what we will look at first. That’s the beauty of this DAW – it’s infinitely customizable, especially in comparison to its arch-nemesis, Ableton Live. The first thing to know about FL Studio is that all the windows can be moved around.
Download the free eBook Table of Contentsįor most of you, FL Studio will look something like this when you first load it up.