Fruity-Loops is a small utility-programme s/w drumbox (this review is old and now the company is called 'Image-Line' and makes the massivly upgraded Fruity-Loops series of software - Yup! it's come along way from a killer drumbox application!.
Released about 1.5 years ago after the first Rebirth releases and when hammerhead was just getting signed up to Steinberg as "B-box" --- At that time these small s/w drums were quite basic - It is unique tho in that you can assign a drum sample, AND a midi note number for each drum - cool - so apart from clocking to midi, it can play original sample-based drums and trigger another s/w unit or an external synth, drum box or your soundcards drum sounds to get cool mix 'n' match kits with samples & midi...
This is ideal if you have a basic drum-patches on your soundcard but want specific sounds not available from the card to add-in to existing patterns.... Fruity-Loops also saves the midi to a clipboard and you can export it as a midifile !... cool...
Above is the screens that appear when you select a track/sound button - You can select your midi note (if required) from the grid, and browse your local drives for samples.... Apart from that there is a basic delay control.... a filter that on my version is a bit dicky..... and an 'FX' marked control that add's in a sine wave form to mangle the sound....
So... Fruity-Loops - plenty old now, but had to be added now that we are back on production-line after our Dancetech break.... comments please any users....past or present - although i would imagine most users have upgraded to 'Fruity-Loops Pro ' version, which takes the s/w into another league with the addition of mapped samples to keys for melodies, filters per step etc etc.... Check it out, get to the site and download the demo's - This version is still available - There is also a 303 type synth that you can add-in to work with Fruity-Loops, to make it kinda like rebirth....
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