SYSTEM SETTINGS

File Settings

The File Settings page allows you to link additional directories into the Browser, along with a location where your VST/VSTi plugins are saved. You can then directly access these files from the FL Studio Browser. To open: Press F10 and select the File icon. The first time you open this page, the folder slots will be empty, each row represents one 'custom' directory that you can add to the Browser. Directories set here also be searched (and all sub-folders) for samples and sounds when you load a project. It is unwise to select the root of your C: drive for example as FL Studio will search all the folders on your hard drive when it is looking for a file.

Note: At any time you can open a standard Windows Browser (right click on the Windows 'Start' button and select 'Explore') and then drag compatible files from the Windows Browser into FL Studio (FL Studio will behave in the same way as noted in step 1 below).

Add Directories to the Browser

Browser extra search folders

What do they do? The folders set here will appear in the FL Studio browser in a green font so that they are easily identified. Here are four good reasons to use them:

1. You can drag sounds/samples/patches from the browser onto the desired location in FL Studio and they will be loaded automatically (channel sampler, slicer, projects [drag onto the desktop] etc.).
2. External folders keep your data independent from the FL Studio installation.
3. The extra search folders are (as the name suggests) included in automatic search and load operations.

4. The browser contains some useful manual search functions so you can locate your files.

How to set them: 10 custom Browser directories can be set. To set a new browse directory left-click on the folder icon at the start of a row as indicated above or double-click the text fields to enter paths manually. The Name column determines the name to be shown in the Browser. If this is blank then the name of the target folder will be shown.

VST plugins extra search directory:

What does it do? This directory is a custom search location where you can put your 3rd party VST plugins. FL Studio will add any plugins to the pop-up lists that appear when you add a VST instrument to a Channel or effect to the Mixer. Note: The directory set here does not appear in the browser. See the section on installing VST plugins for more details.

How to set: The first time you open this page, the folder slots will be empty, each row represents one 'custom' directory that you can add to the FL Studio Browser. Click the browse folder-button on the left side of the panel to browse the extra VST plugins folder.