satya Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 https://musictech.com/news/gear/fl-studio-21-2-update-stem-separation-cloud-royalty-free-library/ FL Studio 21.2 “major” update introduces Stem Separation and FL Cloud FL Cloud includes free features for all users, with additional features available through subscription. Subscribers can choose between paying $7.99 monthly or $79.99 annually, and an introductory annual subscription price of $49.99 is currently running for a limited time only. Any new or existing FL Studio user will also receive a free one-month FL Cloud Trial subscription. Users can also buy Credit Packs for subscription-free access to sounds not available as part of the free FL Cloud features. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan o driscoll Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) @satya Just had a look while installing fresh copy of FL Studio on a system with new SSD. From inside FL STUDIO it Looks like I get FL Studio Cloud ANNUAL for €19.99 ( vs the €49.99 ). Bit of a no brainer considering I dumped LoopCloud recently as the best they could do was €80 for the year Mmmm thats interesting. If i click on CHOOSE THIS PLAN on right I get this: Edited October 26, 2023 by aidan o driscoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satya Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 13 minutes ago, aidan o driscoll said: If i click on CHOOSE THIS PLAN on right I get this Yea Distrokid charges 1.92 per month , considering that it's a deal tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husker Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 What's odd to me is that they seemed to have removed the "autocheck for upgrades" feature. In the past, I would start FL Studio, and it would notify me that there was an update available. That seemed to stop in V 21. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyJ628 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 53 minutes ago, aidan o driscoll said: @satya Just had a look while installing fresh copy of FL Studio on a system with new SSD. From inside FL STUDIO it Looks like I get FL Studio Cloud ANNUAL for €19.99 ( vs the €49.99 ). Bit of a no brainer considering I dumped LoopCloud recently as the best they could do was €80 for the year Mmmm thats interesting. If i click on CHOOSE THIS PLAN on right I get this: Yeah, the same for me. I suspect the annual with discount is 49.99 with a regular price of 79.99, unfortunately. The ad looks like an error. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vst0nE Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, aidan o driscoll said: @satya Just had a look while installing fresh copy of FL Studio on a system with new SSD. From inside FL STUDIO it Looks like I get FL Studio Cloud ANNUAL for €19.99 ( vs the €49.99 ). Bit of a no brainer considering I dumped LoopCloud recently as the best they could do was €80 for the year Mmmm thats interesting. If i click on CHOOSE THIS PLAN on right I get this: so finally they found a way how to charge customers,,,,seems they do not get enough revenue from free lifetime licenses added portal to sell third party sample packs... so just update to generate cashflow Edited October 26, 2023 by Vst0nE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Lawler Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Looks like they fixed that web page already. They have a ways to go before they match the search features in Loopcloud, but they will probably catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Lawler Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Ah... The page inside FL says "Save $30". They must have originally applied that to the 49.99 rather than the 79.99. Internal page is fixed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 5 hours ago, Vst0nE said: so finally they found a way how to charge customers,,,,seems they do not get enough revenue from free lifetime licenses added portal to sell third party sample packs... so just update to generate cashflow They'll have to charge when everyone on the planet gets a license. Not everyone has their everything bundle. Buying loops isn't that appealing for me since I've probably gathered 800gb of loops. The downside is there are no midi files and thats they only thing I go for these days. FL is one of those DAWs you can't audition midi files in the browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsantini99 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 (edited) FL Studio will still have free lifetime updates. The FL Cloud is a separate integrated service and will still have free sounds even without a subscription. It's no different than Loopcloud or other services. You don't have to to use it if you don't want to. People who make the loops still need to get paid. I think what they have done is very fair as I have never had to pay for an update in the five plus years I have owned FL Studio (even though I mainly use Cubase). Edited October 27, 2023 by bsantini99 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 2 hours ago, bsantini99 said: FL Studio will still have free lifetime updates. The FL Cloud is a separate integrated service and will still have free sounds even without a subscription. It's no different than Loopcloud or other services. You don't have to to use it if you don't want to. People who make the loops still need to get paid. I think what they have done is very fair as I have never had to pay for an update in the five plus years I have owned FL Studio (even though I mainly use Cubase). Those of us who own everything like to buy the Flexx Packs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan o driscoll Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 And also remember if you do use loops and FL Studio Cloud does not cut it as good as Loopcloud, you can still use loopcloud in FL Studio via its usual VSTs. So integration of Loopcloud is pretty much sameas FL Studio Cloud really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyJ628 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 (edited) Among all DAW companies, Image Line is probably already in the best position financially* and in terms of total number of users. So, I don't see this as a some sort of attempt to stay profitable. Within the last year, they purchased Melda Productions and UVI, so they have money to spend and a number of income streams. They also have purchased a few other smaller companies. Take a look at their forums sometime. The userbase there is very active there and whenever there is a beta version, they are flooded with helpful posts about issues from their users. The lifetime free updates appears to be working just fine for them. (*from a financial standpoint, Reaper is an outlier exception as the company is primarily one rich individual) Edited October 27, 2023 by SmokeyJ628 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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