Image-Line has announced an update to its music production software for Windows and Mac. FL Studio 2025.2 brings two new plugins to every edition (Fruity Slicer 2 and Emphasizer), Loop Starter genre expansions, and more.
Changes in FL Studio 2025.2
- Loop Starter, expanded: Explore more genres like boom bap, reggaeton, phonk, and afrobeats to spark new ideas. With key support, you can start fresh in your key or drop new sounds into your current project.
- Fruity Slicer 2, your new go-to slicing tool: Light enough for quick slicing, deep enough for complex chops with full control. Fruity Slicer 2 brings a smoother design, easier workflow, and per-slice envelopes so you can shape every chop. Included in all Editions.
- Emphasizer, loud and lightweight: The power of Emphasis, now simplified – and in every Edition. Perfect for adding punch to sounds, or on your master track. We’ve also updated the full Emphasis plugin with instant recovery mode, smoother previews, and declicked hardness control for professional polish.
- Smart matches for any sound: Find more of what you need with one click. Open the Sounds tab, hit Find similar sounds, and get smart matches from the entire library.
- Got a big effects chain? Patcherize it: New FX slot options – Patcherize and Patcherize all – let you turn plugins into Patcher instances. It’s a quick way to rebuild your chain in a full Mixer Track FX stack.
- In DirectWave you can now hold (Ctrl+Alt) to move Root Notes along with Zones.
- Fruity Compressor now features a Sidechain input on the right of the UI.
- Kepler can now retrigger its LFO on note-on events.
- Kepler Exo adds new optional smooth interpolation for the VCA, Enhanced Oscillators which make the saw and square waves more accurate when the High Pass Filter is turned off, and a Master Tune control, which lets you offset the pitch from -1 to +1 octave in cents.
- In MIDI Out it is now possible to hold the left Mouse Button and type values for Channel, Bank, and Port selectors.
- FL Studio Remote adds pad mode for Python Script execution.
- The Channel Sampler now has Loop Start/End controls.
- Mixer adds ‘Trim unused tracks’ to delete unused Mixer Tracks that have effect slots with effects loaded.
- Piano Roll Velocity Editor: Improved mouse responsiveness when making quick edits to note velocity.
- Score files now include the Channel name in the File name when a Piano roll score preset is dragged out.
- Updated Chord Stamp Tool.
- Playlist Audio Clips now show the Clip variant’s pitch offset in the Audio Clip’s hint.
- The Extract Stems popup adds an option to route each Stem to a separate Mixer Track.
- Keyboard Shortcuts When you’re using the top row number keys, only Channels visible in the Channel Rack will be muted and unmuted.
- Support for FL Studio Web projects. Import your projects from our new browser-based music production tool, currently in closed beta.
The update is completely free for all existing customers.
More information: Image-Line
