How to make your own VST plugin for FL Studio
Studio 56 is a VST3 plugin that runs in FL Studio on Windows and Mac. You describe a sound and it builds a new instrument or effect that you play right in FL Studio.
Add Studio 56 to FL Studio
Start the free trial, 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 and it’s ready.
Make your first instrument
Open Studio 56 from the channel rack and type the sound you want into its chat, like “a gritty 808 that glides between notes.” Studio 56 drafts a design for you to approve and then builds it in the cloud, which usually takes about 5 minutes.
When it’s ready it plays in the same Studio 56 on your channel rack, with presets to start from. Play it from the piano roll like any other generator.
Use your effects in FL Studio
Effects play in Studio 56 FX, which comes with Studio 56. Put it in an effect slot on a mixer track and choose the effect you made.
Your projects keep their sounds
Everything you make is saved 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 something new needs a connection.
What it costs
Making instruments and effects takes Pro, which makes about 20 instruments or effects a month. You can use what you make in songs, videos, live shows and commercial releases. The one thing you can’t do is sell the instruments themselves.