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Some notes on working around limitations imposed by FLStudio's trial mode
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Working Around FLStudio Trial Limitations

Some notes on working around limitations imposed by FLStudio's trial mode

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  • http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Raw_FL_Studio_Project

    • The Raw FL Studio Project is the native file format of Image Line's FruityLoops / FL Studio Digital Audio Workstation Software. It contains all of the data belonging to a project, with the exception of wave samples, DrumSynth presets and SimSynth presets. FL Studio can also export projects to a "Zipped Project File" - this is just a standard ZIP archive containing a .flp file plus the various samples / presets.

  • https://meteoritesound.com/how-to-open-saved-projects-in-fl-studios-trial/

    • How to Open Saved Projects in FL Studios Trial

    • You’re going to need a friend or a person with a license for FL Studio. Here are the instructions.

      1. Get yourself the trial version of FL Studio.
      2. Save a project
      3. Send the .flp (project file) to someone with a license for FL Studio.
      4. The recipient opens the file and re-saves it, or does further work on the project
      5. They send it back to you, and you can now open your project again in your FL Studio Trial.
  • https://audiosex.pro/threads/tutorial-unlocking-fl-studio-project-files-saved-with-a-demo-version.67680/

    • [TUTORIAL] Unlocking FL Studio project files saved with a demo version (2022)

    • As you know, a demo version of FL Studio doesn't allow project files saved with a demo version to be opened as part of its limitations. It is very annoying to export a project to audio and then re-import it next time you want to work on a project. Here is a tutorial on how to patch an FLP to make it open again with FL Studio.

    • A minor modification needs to be done via a hex editor like HxD.

    • Find the 2 bytes, 1C 00. Its usually at offset 0x29 (or 41 in decimal) depending on the version string of FL.

    • The 1C is event ID and 00 is a boolean value indicating True or False.

      • 00 means FLP was saved in a demo version of FL Studio and hence won't open in a demo version.
      • 01 means FLP was saved in a registered version of FL Studio and can be opened in the demo version.

      All we need to do is change the 00 to 01. Place your cursor at the 00 byte and enter 01.

  • https://github.com/demberto/PyFLP
  • https://github.com/monadgroup/FLParser

    • An FL Studio project file parser for .NET FLParser is a utility for parsing and structuring project files in FL Studio (FLP files). It is used by the MONAD Demogroup for converting FLP files to a format useable by the demo replayer. FLParser is based on andrewrk's node-flp, but contains many improvements to clean up code and add compatability for newer versions of FL Studio.

    • Archived, Last updated in 2020
  • https://github.com/andrewrk/node-flp

    • FL Studio project file parser for node.js

    • Last updated in 2015
  • https://github.com/Kaydax/flp2midi

    • A fast, multi threaded, cross platform FL Studio project file to midi converter using MMF and FLParser, made in C#

    • flp2midi was made because of the fact the built in exporter for midis in FL Studio is both slow and flawed. flp2midi was made for the purpose to export black midis made in FL Studio into fully working midi files as fast as possible. flp2midi can export files that take up to an hour in a few minutes depending on how many notes the file has.

    • Last updated 2021
  • https://github.com/andrewrk/PyDaw

    • python library to mess with Digital Audio Workstations. FL Studio project files (.flp) supported.

    • Last updated 2010
  • https://github.com/SatyrDiamond/DawVert

    • DawVert - The DAW ConVERTer

  • https://github.com/offlinemark/dawtool

    • Reverse-engineered parsers for Ableton Live & FL Studio project files.

    • dawtool parses and extracts data from Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) file formats.

      It provides a high accuracy implementation of time marker extraction, including support for projects with tempo automation.

      Supported formats:

      • Ableton Live set (.als) [v8-10]
      • FL Studio project (.flp) [v10-11, 20]
      • Cue sheet (.cue)
  • https://github.com/demberto/FLPInfo

    • A CLI utility to print basic information about an FLP.

    • 🚧 This project is a WIP currently. 🚧 FLPInfo is being rewritten to be compatible with PyFLP 2.0

  • https://github.com/Kermalis/KFLP

    • Library to read/write FLP files

  • https://github.com/SatyrDiamond/flp-parser

    • an FL Studio 20 project file parser

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