How to unlock fl studio 9
FL Studio | How to Install & Unlock
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In this tutorial we’ll look at how to install and register FL Studio. This procedure also
covers updating with your Lifetime Free Updates. So the first step is to head over to flstudio.com.
On the home page you will find a download link. The same installer is used for the demo
and purchased versions of FL Studio. If you own it you just need to unlock it as I will
show in a moment. It also means if you’re using the demo, and then purchase FL Studio,
you don’t need to install it again, just unlock it with your Image-Line account.
Next, select one of the download options and click to download. We get over 30,000 downloads
a day and so provide several download options to keep download speeds fast. OK take note
of where the installer is saved. There is a single installer for both FL Studio 32 and
64 Bit. You will get 2 icons to run either, after installation.
After downloading double-click the install file to start the installation. Windows Security
will throw up some warnings, just click ok or yes to these and proceed. Just select the
defaults. One area for attention is the Plugin database. You can choose for it to be categorised
or a flat - alphabetical list. For now I will go with the default.
The installation folder will usually be FL Studio followed by the version number. You
can change this location or folder name to make multiple parallel installations. For
example FL Studio 12 and FL Studio 11 will automatically install to their own folders,
so you can run them side-by-side. If you are updating from 12 to 12.1 then the update will
install over the top of the existing folder. Don’t worry you won’t lose any personal
files. FL Studio only overwrites its own data.
These are the default VST plugin locations, so go with the defaults here too. When the
installation is complete, you will see two FL Studio icons, one for 32 and one for 64
Bit. I’ll open the 64 Bit version.
The first thing is to go to the Options > Audio Settings and make sure the Audio Driver is
set to FL Studio ASIO. Or if you have issues with that you can try ASIO4ALL. ASIO is a
high performance audio driver that will lower CPU usage and latency. Latency is the delay
between playing a note and hearing the sound.
I’ll select FL Studio ASIO. Click here to open it. I have it here set to 1024 samples.
A good place to start. The two options below allow you to select Audio Inputs and Outputs.
You only need to set these if you are having trouble getting sound in or our of FL Studio.
Default will use your Windows Settings. OK let’s test. Excellent.
Next let’s register and unlock FL Studio from demo. If you have an Internet connection
the QUICKEST way is to use the About panel and enter your Image-Line Account email and
password. Then click unlock products. This will unlock FL Studio AND all plugins you
have purchased from demo. Easy as that.
If you don’t have an internet connection you can unlock FL Studio and products with
a registry file. Log into your Image-Line account. Then click on My Licenses, to check
FL Studio and any other products you own are listed. Great.
You will notice there are some installation and registration instructions here too. Now
click on the UNLOCK PRODUCTS tab on the left. Then click the UNLOCK image to the right to
start the FLRegkey.Reg file download. Take note where it saves and then you can copy
this to any computer you want to unlock FL Studio for. To unlock the best method is to
right-click the file and select Merge. Then yes/OK to the security pop-ups to allow the
key to be written to the registry. And you’re done.
If for some reason the file .Reg is not recognized then right-click it and select Open With > Choose
default program > Registry editor.
After that run FL Studio and it will be unlocked from demo to the level you purchased. This
will show on the About Panel. Registration includes any additional plugins or content
you have purchased. For your information, we allow you to install FL Studio on any computers
for which you have a personal account. The only restriction is that YOU are the only
user of FL Studio.
Thanks for supporting Image-Line and the FL Studio community. Why not check out some other
tutorials here on our YouTube channel. Enjoy, FL Studio!
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