
Prominent FL users include big tent hitmakers such as Avicii, Deadmau5 and Martin Garrix, as well as trap titans like Metro Boomin, Wheezy, Pi’erre Bourne and Mie Will Made It. Previously known as Fruity Loops, this 23-year old software suite has provided countless users with their formative music production experiences, with the DAW’s logical layout, ease of use and packed feature set making it a mainstay within today’s software-based production landscape – especially after being made available to MacOS users in 2018.Īlthough it’s certainly not limited to a single genre, FL Studio has been predominantly adopted by artists operating in the realms of EDM and hip-hop, with its intuitive interface and sophisticated software synths perfectly correlating with the needs of producers working in the box. If there’s any single DAW that could be considered the ultimate go-to program for beginners, it’s surely FL Studio.

Never miss an update – sign up to our newsletter for all the latest news, reviews, features and giveaways.

On a fundamental level, a DAW, or digital audio workstation, is a program that lets you record, arrange and edit audio tracks, as well as capture MIDI data and utilise sample libraries to create fully fleshed out songs to send off to be mixed.

In today’s musical landscape, there’s no tool quite as vital to your livelihood as a musician than that of a DAW. Words by Will Brewster A breakdown of all the top entry-level DAWs available today.
