FL Studio Guru - Updating to FL Studio 20 Video Lecture - FL Studio Become

greetings in this tutorial we'll look at
updating your data from FL Studio 11 or
12 to 20 before we start it's worth
noting that if you open FL Studio 20 and
click help index at the bottom you'll
see a section updating and upgrading
procedure then foolproof update takes
you to a section copying or migrating an
existing FL Studio installation
everything we're about to discuss is
listed in detail there including all the
folder locations so reference it after
this tutorial if needed let's get
started
first open FL Studio 11 or 12 options
file settings make note of any browser
extra search folders these are your
custom browser folders and importantly
where FL studio will search for content
when loading projects samples stems etc
so copy those across to FL Studio 20
next VST plugins' search paths click
manage plugins and make sure any folders
you see there in orange are copied to
the same setting in FL Studio 20 the
ones in white at the top are the default
search folders so it's only the orange
custom search folders you need to manage
if they're not already in FL Studio 20
click the plus folder icon and browse to
the folder then click OK
that's it for file settings next we'll
dive into the FL Studio 11 or 12
installation folder and copy raw data
we'll copy this data into the user data
folder in FL Studio 11 and 12 this was
called the shared data folder the FL
Studio 20 location is the same but we've
changed it to include all your personal
FL studio files and so moving them out
of the installation folder this means
future updates after FL Studio 20 will
automatically include all the data we're
about to copy and so making updates much
simpler the folder is under users your
computer account documents image line
data that's in the Documents folder of
your computer account and this is true
for both Windows and Mac if you haven't
installed FL Studio 12 or lower on the
computer the data folder won't be used
in the FL Studio folder where your data
is stored will be directly under image
line let's dig into the FL Studio 12
installation folder and copy our
personal data across 220 right-click the
FL Studio 11 or 12 icon and choose open
file location' i'll put 12 on the left
and on the other side
we'll go to documents image line data
filss to do
the right first projects if you have
saved your projects in the FL Studio
install they will be under data projects
so in the FL studio' 20 user data folder
I'll open projects and copy them across
if you want to grab your backup project
those are up one level in FL Studio 12
and I can copy those across two
next project audio in 12 that's under
data patches you'll see three important
folders recorded your audio recordings
rendered and sliced beets under 20 open
audio and copy the recorded and rendered
folders across
sliced beets is now
lysed audio so i'll go into it and copy
the files that way sliced beets or
sliced audio files are created when you
make edits in Edison for example let's
say I drag a slice to the playlist
that created a file basic is near to if
I look under the sliced audio
there it is so you may have a lot of
these files if you haven't been using
project folders next MIDI controllers if
you use MIDI controllers these links
will be under FL Studio 12 system config
mapping under 20 it's a settings mapping
so copy that across to reserve all your
MIDI controller mappings
finally your plug-in database this
includes your custom vsts and any
thumbnails you've created for them in 12
that's under FL Studio 12 data patches
plug-in database
under 20 browse to presets and there's
the plug-in database folder so I'll copy
that across
that's it after copying the plug-in
database it's a good idea to open FL
Studio 20 up shion's manage plugins and
do a verify plug-in scan
just checking under my projects my
projects appear
under sliced audio there's my files
as noted the good news is you won't have
to do this in future when updating from
FL Studio 20 to higher levels your
personal data is now permanently outside
FL Studio in your computers documents
image line FL Studio folder it will also
make migrating FL Studio 2 a new machine
a lot easier as you just need to copy
this single folder across the same goes
for backups keeping your FL studio
folder backed up will have you covered
with that enjoy updating to FL Studio 20
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