The interface looks very pastel and somewhat cluttered at times, but don't be fooled. Note that FL Studio Mobile 3 also works on an iPhone or Android device,meaning that you don't actually have to use Windows 10 Mobile, but it's still pretty cool that the application is consistent right down into this part of Microsoft's Windows 10 ecosystem.Īnyway, should your creative juices need the outlet of an 'always with you' sequencer, the question is whether or not FL Studio Mobile 3 is worth the (unusual in the mobile world) high purchase price of £11. Or a true Windows 10 tablet or even touchscreen hybrid/laptop. FL Studio 3 works with Continuum, of course, but you really need the touchscreen interface to get the most from it, so best stick with a Windows 10-running phablet like the X3 or Lumia 950 XL. These aren't criticisms though - on the plus side, the scope here is incredible, think of dozens of virtual instruments, real time effects, real time EQ - master FL Studio Mobile 3 and, for anyone working with trance/sequenced music, your Windows 10 Mobile smartphone really can be a mobile recording and development studio. Even after a month of tinkering with this (off and on, while waiting for bugs to be fixed), I'm still finding gestures that do interesting things that I didn't know about and I'm still hitting buttons that I didn't mean to hit because I've been a few pixels off beam and have triggered something I've never triggered before. In terms of bytes (it's the best part of a Gigabyte), concept (professional-grade music sequencing) and, yes, learning curve - it'll take an hour before you're at home with the interface and ten hours before you're really getting the most from it. We'll start with the brickbats and bouquets though. As a commercial application, is it worth £12? You bet it is, with only a couple of caveats. The 'FL' in the name stems from FruityLoops, a sequencer-based music application on the desktop that I remember reviewing for the PC back in the late 1990s - and here we are, almost twenty years later with a full music studio in the palm of your hand, in my case tested on a HP Elite X3, whose stereo speakers show off FL Studio Mobile 3's capabilities pretty well. Available for all variants of Windows Phone and also Windows 8 and 10 on PCs and tablets, Belgian developers Image-Line appear to be expert in their trade.

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