Compatibility with Older Projects

In order to improve FruityLoops for better usability and feature set, the 3.5 release includes several changes that might be incompatible with some older projects (created in FruityLoops 3.4 or earlier). These changes include:

Rebuilt TS404 Generator

• The enhanced TS404 generator in FruityLoops 3.5 supports Piano Roll sequencing (no compatibility issues)
• Additional note properties supported include: velocity, pan and shift (no compatibility issues)
• The off notes in the Step Sequencer are not used anymore by the TS404 generator. This won't affect most older projects, but if the TS404 melody sounds different when opened in FruityLoops 3.5, you can replace the inactive notes with active ones with lower velocity (volume).
• Slides work differently in TS404. Now the slides work the same way like in a Sampler channel. Previously, slide on a note in TS404 meant "slide the current note to the next one". Now it means "slide from the previous note to the current one". You can fix compatibility with older projects to a degree if you place all slides one step later in the sequence (without moving the actual notes). Also, you can now set the slide length with the portamento length property in the Misc Channel Settings.
• The TS404 doesn't have its own gate anymore. It uses the generic gate in the Function Channel Settings page. FruityLoops uses the generic gate when loading older projects.
• The global TS404 delay was removed. You can easily fix older projects by using Fruity Delay 2 effect in a send FX track and use it to delay the insert track the TS404 channel is linked to.

Gate Wheel Behavior Changed

• The values of the generic gate wheel for all channels was remapped for better usability (now it's easier to fine tune short lengths for the gate). FruityLoops 3.5 will remap the gate values in older projects to the proper value.
• Automation in older projects is also translated to sound properly with the changed gate wheel behavior.
• Possible differences might occur for older projects that use internal controller to automate the gate setting for a channel.

Channel Name Colors Removed

FruityLoops 3.5 doesn't support custom channel name color. Channel name colors in older projects are ignored. However, you can change the color of a channel button from the Channel Settings window.

NOTE: FruityLoops 3.5 will load and play older projects without problems no matter if they include or not incompatible features.

Running FruityLoops 3.5 with Older FruityLoops Release

You can upgrade to FruityLoops 3.5 and still work with an older release to finish old projects, to avoid any compatibility issues. The registration information of FruityLoops 3.5 will not overwrite registration information of older releases.

To do that, before upgrading to 3.5, ensure you have 3.4 installed properly with all plugins you need to have (don't install the plugins released with version 3.5 on earlier FruityLoops release, because they might not be compatible). Then install FruityLoops 3.5 and its plugins in another folder. FruityLoops 3.4 will still function properly.