This is one reason why FL Studio and its graphics are so fluid.?Delphi only recently got the ability to compile to OS X. Below are some of the issues we face porting FL Studio to native Mac OS X and explains why this is taking ‘so long’:ĭelphi – FL Studio is written in Delphi with in-line assembly for much of the DSP (yes hard-core assembly, not for babies). It’s a long and slow process and we can’t make any promises yet, since we may come across unexpected and or unsolvable technical problems. Well, the plugin testing is progressing nicely, and so the team has turned their attention to FL Studio 12 itself. These VST plugins use the exact same code-base as FL Studio itself, and if we could get these working to spec on OS X, then FL Studio would likely follow soon after. The OS X VST plugin testing, was in fact, the stealthy beginnings of FL Studio native OS X compatibility development. The interest in the wrapped beta, and the problems we faced supporting 3rd party VST plugins in it, lead the team to start work on porting our Windows-only VST plugins – Edison, Gross Beat, Harmless, Harmor, Maximus, Ogun, Slicex, Sytrus, Vocodex to OS X native VST format.

This was promising but it was still just a Windows program, wrapped by Crossover, running on OS X. Will there ever be a native Mac OS X release of FL Studio?Ī while back we started by testing a FL Studio Mac OS X BETA (Crossover Wrapped) version, with direct installation on Mac OS X. Recently, the FAQ section has been changed to address developments into FL12 and the Mac software: Now, they are in the works of creating the entire DAW. Instead, Image-line focused on creating VST’s for their popular plugins.

Because of the lack of support given during the CrossOver Beta released last year, the current solution for Mac users is insufficient. Image-line, the developers of the widely known FL Studios, has confirmed that the software will be released as a native DAW for Mac OS X.

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