How to make your own VST plugin for FL Studio

Add Studio 56 to FL Studio

Download Studio 56 and set it up. Then open FL Studio and go to:

• Options › Manage plugins › Find installed plugins
  Let the scan finish, because FL Studio doesn’t list a new plugin until it has scanned for it.
• Browser › Plugin database › Installed › Generators › VST3
• Drag Studio 56 onto the channel rack

Sign in inside Studio 56 with the account you use in your browser and it’s ready.

Make your first sound

Open Studio 56 in your browser and type the sound you want, like “a gritty 808 that glides between notes,” and the AI builds it there. You can play it in your browser the moment it’s made and ask again for a change. Effects like reverb and delay go inside the sound and play with it.

When it sounds right, press Send to my DAW in your browser. Then choose it in Studio 56 on your channel rack and play it from the piano roll like any other generator. Your first 3 sends to your DAW are free, and Pro sends as many as you want.

Your projects keep their sounds

Every sound you send stays in your Studio 56 library and on your computer, so your FL Studio projects open with the same sounds and play without a connection. Making a new sound needs a connection.

What it costs

Building a sound by hand is free with no limit, and your first 3 asks to the AI are free. Pro is $10 a month, and the AI builds about 70 sounds a month on it. You can use what you make in songs, videos, live shows and commercial releases. The one thing you can’t do is sell the sounds themselves.