FL Studio

What works

Importing, exporting audio files

Loading project files

Exporting project files

Using built-in plugins

Recording using an electronic guitar and microphone

Loading some VST Plugins

Piano roll

Mixer

Channel rack

Drag in drop from pcmanfm-qt

Themes

I honestly can't list everything that works, it's more of a question of what doesn't.

What does not

Startup time is incredibly long

ASIO Delay is incredibly high, workaround available

Some VSTs refuse to load because of rendering problems, would not recommend dxvk. Workaround is available, not for every VST plugin though.

Performance takes a big hit when loading up context menus, workaround available.

There is some occasional audio stuttering, may be due to my configuration though. I use pipewire and wineasio with a 128smp buffer.

There are also some font issues for example in the mixer it has a weird unicode square in the Plugin list "[] Slot x", haven't found a fix.

Workarounds

There is wineasio which works great.

Tinkering with directx dll overrides may be required for some VST Plugins to work correctly, such as Serum

To fix performance issues when loading up context menus, turn off "Ultrasmooth" in options.

What was not tested

MIDI hardware

Linking 3rd party accounts

Every VST plugin

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: Nvidia
• Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

All in all, it works fine

If you run this using i3wm and experience random mouse teleporting when using switches or buttons, make sure your x11 "Coordination Matrix" is set to 1 and not something like 0.5. i3wm calculates the wrong coordinates and teleports your mouse cursor to weird locations.