FL Studio (previously Fruity Loops) is a powerful music editing studio that has finally arrived on Mac. Note that this is not a native version for Mac though - FL Studio has been wrapped by the developers with Windows emulator
The closest thing to having FL Studio on Mac
FL Studio is squarely aimed at professionals although this Beta is strictly in a testing stage to await further feedback from Mac testers as to whether it's worth releasing a fully functional stable version (you can leave feedback in the FL Studio Forum). Most of the plugins that work on the Windows version work on this wrapped version of FL Studio for Mac. This includes connecting MIDI devices, Flowstone and Performance Mode which all work as if it were a native app for Mac. However, the developers cannot guarantee third party VST compatibility.
Feels just like using FL Studio on Windows
FL Studio functions pretty much the same as the Windows version but you'll need an unlock key to enjoy full usage of it. If you've already got a license key for FL Studio on Windows, you'll need to download FL Studio for Mac plus also the FLregkey.Reg key from the Studio Line website. If you run the installer without the key, you'll only be able to run FL Studio for Mac in Demo mode.
There's also a certain amount of optimization configuration you'll need to do on Mac before you can get going. Full details of this are in this tutorial video:
The developers stress that no guarantees can be given for compatibility with 3rd party VST plugins. Some may work fine, others won't and if you really need certain plugins, your best bet is still to use Boot Camp and install the Windows version.
A great effort at bringing FL Studio to Mac
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