I am a user of multiple daws but I've enjoyed FL studio the best so far and I've decided to buy it physically as I like to showcase my stuff. It is far cheaper to buy it online and apart from the box there is a piece of carton paper with the serial code, truly not worth. especially as they used to sell it with the cd/usb version which was super cool. might as well look for it second hand as this is a product you buy physically only to show case and for the extra price it is definetly does not worth it.
For my unit the box came in an unpresentable unaesthetic way with creases and scratches and I cannot even display it as I've wanted.
I am rating this 4 stars as I enjoy the DAW itself but I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT recommend buying it physically and If you want it as a collectable you'll be better off finding an old version that contains more stuff or preach image-line to consider making it properly.
Cheers,
Crimson.

My 14 yr old son has been making his own music for a month or two now and seems to be pretty good at it! And that was on the free version. The music he is making now is 100 times better than it was before ! My son says there is so many options he has now , AND ALL UPDATES ARE FREE FOR LIFE!! This is a great program and the price is reasonable . As happy as this has made my son ...I'd gladly pay twice as much!! I would definitely buy again , but will never need too because UPDATES ARE FREE FOR LIFE!!ðŸ˜

FL is the GOAT of production software. Not only is it immaculate, but there are tons of tutorials!! Too many people use it for you to deny its greatness

I'm using FL Studio to record ideas for music, it's user friendly and with an
investment of time / education it will work well for you.
Dallas 8888

First off, this software is *the* version to get if you're looking to buy FL Studio. As a total beginner, I used the free trial edition which gave me a chance to use every plug-in available, but with some limitations of course, including a lack of being able to open what you save. The interface to me is the easiest to work with, but this is a complex program that doesn't come with tutorials out of the box, so YouTube and many other websites will be needed in order to use this to its full potential.

FL Studio is what you make of it, you get out what you put in. As much as I want to just pick it up and go, there's a bit more that goes into it than just that if you want to make music.

As for the title of my review, I had seen this on sale for $150 instead of the usual $200, which is extremely rare as FL never goes on sale unless it's black Friday. Long story short, the seller that had put it up for that much ended up sending me a calculator which I've attached a picture of, with a poorly and improperly written note saying to contact them for a download or usb. They had already contacted me the day of buying, and in the end they sent me a link to download a pirated copy of this software. Luckily I got my money back, and the second time I tried buying, the page defaulted to a brand new seller with no reviews. This type of thing has never happened to me and I've never bought software off of Amazon so please, PAY ATTENTION TO THE SELLER YOU ARE BUYING FROM, AND BUY FROM A MORE TRUSTED SELLER.

I bought my copy from AudioDeluxe and had no issue what so ever. They sent me an FL Studio Producer Edition box which contained a quick start guide that had a serial number on the front. Throw that into your account on Image Line, and it's as easy as that.

FL Studio Producer Edition gives you enough tools to get your foot in the door, the rest is on the user. I've saved a few projects in the Trial Version and was able to open them no problem, however opening a project that uses a plug in that's used in the more expensive versions will end up erasing the sounds from those plug-ins if you've placed them in there. I haven't tried to use them yet, but there are hundreds of other plug-ins, both free and paid, that you can download, you're not just limited to FL. Producer Edition also has more useful features in it compared to the $99 Fruity edition, automation clips I think are not able to be used in that.

Please do your own personal research before buying this or any other DAW, it's not for everyone, and none of them are that easy to pick up.