Image-Line has just released the newest version of its Digital Audio Workstation FL Studio (Fruity Loops), and with it comes native Mac support for the first time since its creation in 1997. Visual Studio for Mac Announcement: This forum has been migrated to provide our customers one convenient and responsive system for all feedback. You can now suggest new ideas, browse and vote on existing ideas in the Visual Studio Developer Community.
Today we are announcing the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6. Our focus with this release has been to improve product reliability in various areas, with a special focus on the code editing experience. We have also made several fixes that improve IDE performance. Finally, we’ve extended our support for Azure functions with the addition of new templates and the ability to publish your function to Azure from within the IDE.
This post highlights the major improvements in this release. To see the complete list of changes, check out the Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6 Release Notes. You can get started by downloading the new release or updating your existing install to the latest build available in the Stable channel.
Improving reliability of the Code Editor
We’ve focused our attention on improving the reliability of the code editor in Visual Studio for Mac and have addressed several issues with the code editor. In particular, we want to highlight the following fixes to issues many of you have reported:
- We fixed an issue where Quick Fix menu items don’t display if source analysis is disabled.
- We also addressed a widely reported issue where tooltips wouldn’t disappear.
- We fixed an issue where IntelliSense seems to fail, resulting in red “squiggles” continuing to hang around in the editor even though there were no errors.
- We improved IntelliSense for F# developers. There was an issue where you could not use “.” for autocompletion, but we’ve fixed this and various other F# IntelliSense issues.
- We made improvements to JavaScript syntax highlighting.
Improving performance of the IDE
One of the top reported bugs in previous releases has been performance issues in the editor. Having a fast and reliable code editor is a fundamental part of any IDE and an important part of any developer’s workflow, so we’ve made some improvements in this area:
- We improved tag-based classification for C# with PR #4740 by reusing existing Visual Studio for Windows code, which should improve typing performance in the editor.
- We now support no-op restore of NuGet packages when opening a solution. This change speeds up NuGet restores on solution load.
We’ve also added many more small fixes that improve startup time and reduce memory consumption of the IDE.
Richer support for Azure Functions
Azure functions are a great way to quickly get up and running with a serverless function in just a few minutes. With this release, we have introduced new templates for you to choose from when creating your Azure Functions project:
These new templates allow you to configure access rights, connection strings, and any other binding properties that are required to configure the function. For information on selecting a template, refer to the Available function templates guide.
Another major part of the Azure functions workflow that we are introducing with this release is publishing of functions from Visual Studio for Mac to the Azure Portal. To publish a function, simply right-click on the project name and select Publish > Publish to Azure. You’ll then be able to publish to an existing Azure App Service or use the publishing wizard to create a new one:
For information on publishing to Azure from Visual Studio for Mac, see the Publishing to Azure guide.
Share your Feedback
Addressing reliability and performance issues in Visual Studio for Mac remains our top priority. Your feedback is extremely important to us and helps us prioritize the issues that are most impacting your workflow. There are several ways that you can reach out to us:
- Use the Report a Problem tool in Visual Studio for Mac.
- We are enhancing the Report a Problem experience by allowing you to report a problem without leaving the IDE. You’ll have the ability to automatically include additional information, such as crash logs, that will help our Engineering team narrow down the root cause of your report more effectively. This will be introduced in an upcoming servicing release to 7.6 that will be available in the Stable channel within the next few weeks.
- You can track your issues on the Visual Studio Developer Community portal where you can ask questions and find answers.
- In addition to filing issues, you can also add your vote or comment on existing issues. This helps us assess the impact of the issue.
Image-Line celebrates 20th anniversary with the release of FL Studio 20 which now includes 64-bit native MAC OS support after years of beta testing.
Since the beginning of the year, there has been a rumor that this year we will have FL Studio 20. Scott Fisher, product manager and marketing director of Imagine Line, has announced on the software forums, there will be no FL Studio 13, as much to comfort the superstitious as to celebrate the 20 years of the brand.
FL Studio 20 is a complete audio software for music production. Representing more than 20 years of innovative development it has everything you need in one DAW to compose, arrange, record, edit, mix and master professional quality music.
FL Studio is one of the world’s best DAWs and is used by the most creative artists.
What’s New
FL Studio 20 arrives on PC like on Mac (in 64 bits with AU plug-ins support), accompanied by a string of novelties.
- Rhythmic signatures that can change with time markers
- Consolidate Clips function for bouncing patterns and selected audio into a single audio clip
- Improved delay compensation for plug-ins
- New toolbar design with an editable layout
- Return of functions that had disappeared: Graph Editor to edit the velocity, the pitch, the pan directly in the Channel Rack, and Sampler Channels, marking the return of the precalculated effects.
In addition, FL Studio supports multi-touch monitors. There is also a mobile version called FL Studio mobile, which allows you to create and save music projects directly on your smartphone and tablet.
Knowing that many improvements have been made on the entire software and Image Line plug-ins. Note that the updates are free as usual with the editor and that the software is available in 4 versions containing more or fewer possibilities or plug-ins: Fruity at 89 euros, Producer at 189 euros, Signature at 289 Euro and All Plugins Bundle at … 826 euros.
The installation process is pretty simple. If you have not yet used this music production software, you just need to download the installer and follow the simple installation steps.
To update your FL Studio to FL Studio 20 you must download the installer from here (FL Studio 20 Windows, FL Studio 20 MAC) and from the installer select ‘Settings > Migrate previous’. This will install the new FL Studio 20 to the default location.
Do not forget to copy all the files you have in the FL Studio 12 folder somewhere else before starting the update.
Everything should go smoothly.
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Now let’s watch the FL Studio 20 launch video: