Gridline

Free music studio, written from scratch, that works like FL Studio: channel rack, piano roll, playlist and mixer. Opens your FL Studio projects.

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What works the same as FL Studio

A channel rack and step sequencer to build loops, then arrange them as clips in the playlist.
A piano roll for notes, with automation clips and MIDI learn on every control.
A mixer with inserts, sends, sidechains and groups.
Opens your FL Studio projects and presets, and saves back to .flp without overwriting the original.
Runs VST3, CLAP, VST2, AU and LV2 plug-ins, and comes with its own instruments and effects.

FL Studio's own instruments and effects are swapped for Gridline's equivalents when you open a project.
Shared projects work only with Gridline's own plugins, and everyone needs the same, newest version.

Click Download and pick the file for your system: an installer or zip for Windows, a .dmg for Mac, or an AppImage, .deb, .rpm or .tar.gz for Linux.
Run the installer, or unpack the zip and open Gridline.
The files are not signed, so Windows asks you to choose "More info" and then "Run anyway", and on Mac you open the app the first time with right-click, Open.
Open an FL Studio project with File, Open, or try the demo song from File, New from template.

FL Studio files (.flp, .fst, .zip) According to the project