Let me start by saying that this is *NOT* intended to be an FLS-bashing thread, just a case of an inquiring mind wanting to know.

Some comments regarding DAWs on another forum reminded me that I see comments saying that fruity's piano roll the "best", "second to none", "easiest", etc all the time, but I've never seen or heard anything to back it up. I bought FLS years ago, but never spent much time with it. However, on the few occasions that I have used its PR, I have yet to see how/why it could be considered superior to any other DAW - I am proficient in Sonar, Cubase, Project5, and to a much lesser extent, Live, and I haven't seen anything (from my admittedly little experience) in FLS that would make it better than any of these.

So, what am I missing? Is it possible that it's just a case of people who have little/no experience with other DAWs making this claim? For those of you who are proficient in FLS and other DAWs, how do you think they compare? Please enlighten me.

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I used to use it, have owned and used Reason and Cubase and i'm currently learning Live, and FL does have the best piano role imo. I can't quite put my finger on it but it feels faster than others. The right click to delete is a stroke of genius too.

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I dont think it's too different from Cubase's tbh

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Originally posted by tehlord The right click to delete is a stroke of genius too.

Several other DAWs have this feature as well, or can be configured to do the same/similar.

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it's just straight forward and to the point, no dicking around and very time efficient

best - FL
worst - live

I find Sony Acid 7's piano roll a lot easier to work with than FL. Acid also allows you to 'right click' when deleting a note, if you use the 'paint brush' tool.

In fact, I would say that 'Magix Samplitude 11' has the best piano roll compared to any workstation. It's sophisticated, has an 'event editor', easy to use, looks nice, and lots of midi features. Cakewalk Project 5 is also has a really nice piano roll. But too bad they discontinued it. I would've use it only if it had the ability to 'insert busses' and 'multi-core' support.

It's odd, I can't seem to pin point it either! The FLS piano roll is the best I have used, I seem to work quicker with it and I feel more comfortable with it than any other piano roll. I think it also has a lot to do with ease of use, everything is there right in front of you, mere milliseconds away.

The aesthetics are good as well .

(I'm proficient in Live and FLS)

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I'm not proficient in Reason or Live in any way, but I couldn't even find the damned piano roll in Live after about 20 minutes of looking, and after about an hour of poking around with Reason I barely managed to put together a melody, I could see working with it for an entire song being a real pain in the ass.

FL Studio's piano roll is really all I know and I've never once had a problem with it.

That's the main thing that keeps me using FL I think.. Workflow wise its the worst.. but hey.. better the devil you know =)

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Originally posted by cryophonik Several other DAWs have this feature as well, or can be configured to do the same/similar.

Wish Live had it

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you could always play on the PR then export out the midi file

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Originally posted by evo8 Wish Live had it

Pencil Tool -> Click On Note

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