FL on the Web: hands-on, Image-Line tells us what it all means

A Web-native version of FL Studio generated a lot of buzz — and some confusion. Was this replacing the desktop version? (Absolutely not.) Was it part of some larger AI play? (Mostly Suno users seemed to think that.) Image-Line responded to my questions with their side of this — and I took the new Web UI for a spin.

Fruity Loops Web! FL Studio arrives in a browser beta, with full compatibility

Mark your calendar: in the year of our Lord 2025, FL Studio is the first “legacy” production software to arrive with a full Web version, complete with native FL plug-ins. Start projects in your browser, and complete them in FL desktop software. It’s an installation-free FL, and that’s a big deal.

Peter Kirn - December 15, 2025

Vara Osiria Belich is taking Phase Plant to gestural, mangled frontiers

This is not granular. This is all sampler, unison. And so it sounds like things that even granular can’t do. Vara Osiria Belich is this week’s sound design inspiration, with her bonus gestural spell casting with gen-1 Leap Motion. (Remember?)

Peter Kirn - November 20, 2025

FL Studio 2025: Mixer add and delete, AI help, more plugins, Python scripts

Peter Kirn - July 10, 2025

Happy Monday; immerse your workday and soundscape in Severance

Peter Kirn - March 17, 2025

Novation Launchkey MK4 range, hands-on: perfect DAW companions?

Peter Kirn - August 29, 2024

Lower your blood pressure, raise your vibration: eu-IV’s tape beats

Peter Kirn - January 22, 2024

FL Studio 20.9 drops with new effects, undo everything, expanded Apple M1 plug-in support

Peter Kirn - December 29, 2021

FL Studio 20.8.4 – Apple Silicon, Frequency Shifter, video scrubbing, 3X oscillators

Peter Kirn - September 6, 2021

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