FL studio effect plugins overview

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🎮 Controller

• Control Surface Controller Plugin

  • Create custom user interfaces with knobs, faders and other controls to link and control parameters within FL Studio or other plugins.
  • Ideal for live performances or complex automation designs requiring intuitive control of multiple parameters.

• Fruity Formula Controller Controller Plugin

  • Uses user-defined mathematical formulas to generate automation control data, which can be based on time, input signals, or other controllers.
  • Suitable for creating unique, rhythmic, or evolving modulation effects and non-traditional automation curves.

• Fruity Peak Controller Controller Plugin

  • Analyzes input audio signal’s peak or RMS levels and converts them into control signal outputs.
  • Classic use is implementing sidechain compression (ducking) effects, or controlling parameters of one sound based on the dynamics of another.

• Fruity X-Y Controller Controller Plugin

  • Provides a two-dimensional (X/Y axis) touchpad interface that outputs two independent control signals when moved with mouse or touch.
  • Ideal for real-time interactive control of two parameters during live performances, or for creative sound design to intuitively explore parameter combinations.

• Fruity X-Y-Z Controller Controller Plugin

  • Similar to X-Y Controller, but adds a Z axis, providing a three-dimensional control interface that can output three control signals simultaneously.
  • Offers deeper real-time control possibilities by linking three parameters for complex sound transformations.

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🌊 Delay & Reverb

• Fruity Convolver Convolution Reverb/Processor

  • Loads Impulse Response (IR) files to simulate the acoustic characteristics of real physical spaces (like halls, rooms) or the tonal coloration of hardware devices (like spring reverbs).
  • Extremely suitable for creating highly realistic spatial effects, or achieving unique filtering, delay, and other effects using special IR files.

• Fruity Delay 2 Delay Effect Processor

  • Provides basic and commonly used stereo delay effects with feedback, timing, filtering, and panning controls.
  • Suitable for creating standard echo, slapback delay, synchronized delay effects, etc.

• Fruity Delay 3 Advanced Delay Effect Processor

  • Builds upon Delay 2 with more modulation options and parameters, such as noise, diffusion, and more precise timing controls.
  • Suitable for scenarios requiring more complex delay effects with analog feel or more refined adjustments.

• Fruity Delay Bank Multi-delay Effect Processor

  • Contains eight independently configurable delay units that can process signals in parallel, each with its own parameter settings.
  • Ideal for creating complex rhythmic delay patterns, filter delays, diffusion or chorus-like effects.

• Fruity Reeverb 2 Algorithmic Reverb Effect Processor

  • Simulates sound reflections in space through algorithms, providing control over room size, diffusion, damping, early reflections, etc.
  • Widely used to add spatial dimension and atmosphere to instruments or vocals, from small room to vast hall effects.

• LuxeVerb Advanced Algorithmic Reverb Effect Processor

  • Offers various high-quality, modern reverb algorithms with an intuitive interface and powerful features, including rich modulation and shaping options.
  • Suitable for pursuing high-quality, nuanced, and creative reverb effects for mixing, mastering, or sound design.

• Multiband Delay Multi-band Delay Effect Processor

  • Splits input audio by frequency into multiple bands (low, mid, high), allowing independent delay effects to be applied to each band.
  • Ideal for creating frequency-dependent delay effects, such as having fast echoes only on high frequencies, or creating special rhythmic patterns.

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🔥 Distortion

• Distructor Multi-functional Distortion/Saturation Effect Processor

  • Combines multiple distortion, filtering, compression, and cabinet simulation modules that can be used in series or parallel.
  • Suitable for creating various distortion tones from subtle coloration to extreme destruction, with comprehensive functionality.

• Fruity Blood Overdrive Overdrive Distortion Effect Processor

  • Simulates tube or transistor overdrive effects, producing warm or aggressive distortion.
  • Suitable for guitars, bass, or synthesizers to add harmonics and a sense of power.

• Fruity Fast Dist Simple Distortion Effect Processor

  • Provides quick, basic distortion processing with fewer parameters.
  • Suitable for situations requiring quick addition of simple distortion effects.

• Fruity Soft Clipper Soft Clipping Effect Processor

  • Limits signal peaks in a smooth manner, preventing harsh high frequencies from hard clipping while increasing loudness and saturation.
  • Commonly used on drum buses or master outputs to control peaks and increase overall loudness while avoiding obvious distortion.

• Fruity Squeeze Special Distortion/Bit Crushing Effect Processor

  • Produces intense distortion effects through unique filtering and bit-crushing algorithms.
  • Suitable for creating rough, lo-fi, or strongly characterized distortion sounds.

• Fruity WaveShaper Waveshaping Distortion Effect Processor

  • Allows users to draw custom transfer function curves to precisely control the mapping relationship between input and output signals, enabling various linear or non-linear distortions.
  • Extremely flexible, can simulate various distortion and saturation effects, or even implement compression, gating, and other dynamic processing.

• Hardcore Guitar Effects Suite

  • Includes multiple plugins simulating classic guitar stompbox effects (distortion, chorus, delay, etc.) and cabinet simulations.
  • Designed specifically for guitar tone processing, providing an all-in-one solution.

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💥 Dynamics

• Fruity Compressor Compressor

  • Reduces dynamic range by lowering the level of signals that exceed the threshold.
  • Used to smooth volume fluctuations, increase sustain, shape attack and release of sounds.

• Fruity Limiter Limiter/Maximizer

  • Strictly prevents signals from exceeding a set threshold (ceiling), typically used to prevent clipping distortion and maximize volume. Also features compression and gate functions.
  • Commonly used on mix buses or in mastering to boost overall loudness and control peaks.

• Fruity Multiband Compressor Multiband Compressor

  • Divides the audio signal into multiple frequency bands and applies independent compression to each band.
  • Suitable for more precise control of dynamics across different frequency ranges, addressing dynamic issues in specific bands, commonly used in mixing and mastering.

• Maximus Multi-functional Dynamic Processor/Maximizer

  • Combines multiband compression, limiting, expansion, gating, and saturation features, providing fine-grained dynamic control and loudness maximization.
  • Powerful mixing and mastering tool for comprehensive control of dynamics and loudness.

• Soundgoodizer Simple Enhancer/Maximizer

  • Based on the Maximus engine, but with an extremely simplified interface (one large knob and four presets).
  • Quickly boosts sound loudness and “impact,” suitable for beginners or situations requiring rapid processing.

• Transient Processor Transient Processor

  • Allows independent adjustment of the attack and sustain/release portions of a sound’s level.
  • Used to enhance or reduce the impact of drum hits, shape instrument dynamic characteristics, etc.

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🌀 Filter

• EQUO Graphic Equalizer/Vocoder Effect Processor

  • Provides a highly visual graphic interface for adjusting the gain of multiple frequency bands, and can also be used as a vocoder.
  • Used for fine frequency sculpting, creative filtering effects, or vocoder effects.

• Frequency Splitter Frequency Splitter

  • Splits audio signals into 2 or 3 frequency bands (low, mid, high) according to user-defined crossover points and outputs them to different mixer channels.
  • Suitable for multiband processing, such as multiband saturation, multiband stereo expansion, etc.

• Fruity Filter Simple Filter

  • Provides basic filter types such as low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, etc., with cutoff frequency and resonance controls.
  • Suitable for basic filter sweep effects or removing unwanted frequency components.

• Fruity Love Philter Advanced Filter Bank

  • Contains 8 independently configurable filter units with various filter types and complex modulation options.
  • Used for creating complex, dynamically evolving filter effects, rhythmic filtering, etc.

• Fruity Parametric EQ Parametric Equalizer

  • Provides several adjustable frequency points, bandwidth (Q value), and gain for equalization filtering.
  • Basic frequency adjustment tool used to boost or cut specific frequency ranges.

• Fruity Parametric EQ 2 Enhanced Parametric Equalizer

  • Provides 7 adjustable bands, a more intuitive graphical interface, and spectrum analyzer.
  • One of the most commonly used equalizers in FL Studio, used for precise frequency sculpting and problem correction.

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🌪️ Flanger/Chorus/Phaser

• Fruity Chorus Chorus Effect Processor

  • Creates a thick, layered sound effect by mixing the original signal with slightly delayed and pitch-modulated copies.
  • Used to make vocals, synthesizers, or guitars sound fuller and richer.

• Fruity Flanger Flanger Effect Processor

  • Creates a comb filtering effect by mixing the original signal with a copy that has a short delay, with the delay time modulated by a low-frequency oscillator (LFO), resulting in a sound similar to a plane flying past.
  • Creates classic “jet plane” sweeping effects.

• Fruity Flangus Special Flanger Effect Processor

  • Provides more complex flanging effects, allowing for more detailed control and shaping of the flanging process.
  • Used to create unique, non-traditional flanging or metallic tones.

• Fruity Phaser Phaser Effect Processor

  • Creates sweeping effects with “notches” by mixing the original signal with a copy that has been passed through all-pass filters (phase changers) with modulation.
  • Creates spinning, psychedelic sweeping tones, commonly used for electric pianos, guitars, or synthesizer pads.

• Hyper Chorus Advanced Chorus Effect Processor

  • Typically provides more voices, more complex modulation, or different algorithms than standard chorus.
  • Creates extremely dense, wide, or specially modulated chorus effects.

• Vintage Chorus Vintage-style Chorus Effect Processor

  • Emulates the sound characteristics of old hardware chorus units, possibly with specific tonal coloration or modulation styles.
  • Used in scenarios seeking specific classic hardware chorus sounds.

• Vintage Phaser Vintage-style Phaser Effect Processor

  • Emulates the sound of old hardware phaser units (such as the MXR Phase 90).
  • Used in scenarios seeking classic hardware phaser sounds.

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🎚️ Gain & Panning

• Fruity Balance Panning/Volume Controller

  • Provides simple left-right panning and volume control.
  • Used to adjust the basic stereo position and level of individual tracks.

• Fruity PanOMatic Automatic Panning Effect Processor

  • Uses LFO or other controllers to automatically modulate the left-right panning position of sound.
  • Creates dynamic panning movement effects, enhancing stereo feel and interest.

• Fruity Stereo Enhancer Stereo Enhancer

  • Increases stereo width perception through phase, delay, or frequency processing.
  • Used to make mono sources sound wider or enhance the width of existing stereo sources.

• Fruity Stereo Shaper Stereo Shaper

  • Adjusts stereo imaging and width by mixing, inverting, and delaying left and right channels, and can also perform M/S (Mid/Side) processing.
  • Used for fine control of the stereo field, correcting phase issues, or performing M/S equalization and other processing.

• Spreader Stereo Expander

  • Focuses on expanding stereo width through various algorithms.
  • Increases the sense of stereo width in sounds.

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📦 Misc (Miscellaneous)

• Edison Audio Editor/Recorder

  • Powerful waveform editing tool supporting recording, editing, effect processing, analysis, etc.
  • Used for recording external audio, sample editing, loop point setting, noise reduction, time stretching/pitch correction, and various audio editing tasks.

• Effector Multi-effect Processor

  • Combines multiple common effects (such as filtering, delay, reverb, distortion, flanging, etc.) in one interface, often used with XY touchpad control.
  • Suitable for live performance or quickly implementing multiple effect combinations with real-time control.

• Frequency Shifter Frequency Shifter

  • Uniformly shifts all frequency components of the input signal up or down by a specified number of hertz, different from pitch shifting (which preserves harmonic relationships).
  • Creates inharmonic, metallic, or unusual sound effects for sound design.

• Fruity Scratcher DJ Scratch Simulator

  • Simulates DJ scratching effects.
  • Adds scratch effects to audio.

• Fruity Vocoder Vocoder

  • Uses the spectral characteristics of one signal (modulation signal, usually vocals) to control the filtering of another signal (carrier signal, usually a synthesizer), producing effects like robot voices.
  • Creates classic robot voice effects or synthetic textures.

• Gross Beat Time/Volume Effect Processor

  • Processes audio in real-time with volume and time (repeat, gate, scratch) effects using preset or custom envelopes.
  • Creates gating, stuttering, scratching, pitch change (simulated) and other rhythmic effects, commonly used in EDM and Hip Hop.

• Newtime Audio Time Editor

  • Time editing tool built into Edison, also available as a standalone plugin, used for precise time stretching and quantizing audio.
  • Used for rhythmic correction, quantization, or creative time manipulation of recorded phrases or samples.

• Newtone Pitch Correction Editor

  • Similar to Melodyne or Auto-Tune, a pitch correction tool for manually editing pitch, duration, and formants of monophonic audio.
  • Used for fine-tuning vocal pitch, creating melodies, or performing pitch-related sound design.

• Vocodex Advanced Vocoder

  • More powerful and flexible vocoder than Fruity Vocoder, offering more bands, modulation options, and built-in synthesizer.
  • Creates high-quality, more finely controlled vocoder effects and synthetic tones.

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🔌 Patcher (Modular Routing)

• Patcher Modular Effect/Instrument Connector

  • Provides a graphical interface allowing users to freely connect FL Studio’s native or third-party plugins (instruments and effects), creating complex effect chains or instrument layers.
  • Used to build custom effect combinations, instrument stacks, complex signal routing, and macro controls.

• VFX Color Mapper MIDI Effect Processor

  • Changes MIDI data (such as note properties, channel, etc.) according to the color of notes (set in the piano roll).
  • Implements complex MIDI routing or control logic based on note colors in Patcher.

• VFX Envelope MIDI Effect Processor

  • Generates envelope control signals for input MIDI notes.
  • Used in Patcher to trigger envelopes with MIDI notes to control parameters of other plugins.

• VFX Key Mapper MIDI Effect Processor

  • Remaps pitch, velocity, or other MIDI properties of input notes based on their pitch.
  • Creates custom keyboard splits, scale mappings, or velocity curves in Patcher.

• VFX Keyboard Splitter MIDI Effect Processor

  • Sends notes to different output ports based on their pitch, implementing keyboard splits.
  • Splits a single MIDI input among multiple different instruments or effect chains in Patcher.

• VFX Level Scaler MIDI Effect Processor

  • Scales output MIDI properties (such as velocity, controller values) based on input note pitch or velocity.
  • Implements pitch/velocity-related parameter control in Patcher.

• VFX Sequencer MIDI Effect Processor

  • A simple step sequencer that can be triggered by MIDI notes to play preset note or controller sequences.
  • Creates simple arpeggios or control sequences in Patcher, triggered by performance.

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📊 Visual

• Fruity Big Clock Visualization Tool

  • Displays a large timecode (bars:beats:steps) or time (hours:minutes:seconds).
  • Used to clearly see project playback position from a large screen or distance.

• Fruity dB Meter Visualization Tool

  • Displays the level of input signals (peak or RMS) in decibels (dB).
  • Monitors volume levels of tracks or buses.

• Fruity Spectroman Spectrum Analyzer

  • Displays the real-time spectral distribution (frequency vs. amplitude) of input signals.
  • Analyzes the frequency composition of sounds, identifying resonant peaks or frequency conflicts.

• Wave Candy Multi-function Visualization Tool Set

  • Includes oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, vector scope (goniometer), level meter, and other visualization modes.
  • Comprehensively analyzes audio signals’ waveform, frequency, stereo positioning, and level.

• ZGameEditor Visualizer Video Generator/Visualization Tool

  • Allows users to create and render videos and visual effects synchronized with music.
  • Creates dynamic music videos, background visuals, or live performance visual effects for music.