https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/novation-flpad-fl-studio-only-grid-controller https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/novation-flpad-fl-studio-only-grid-controller Novation's FLpad and FLpad Mini put 64 RGB pads on FL Studio's Channel Rack, with step sequencing and six months of FL Studio Producer bundled. The deep integration is the selling point and the catch, and the free software works more like a trial with a deadline than a gift. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techfl-studionovationcontrollersworkflows https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/midi-generators-in-your-daw https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/midi-generators-in-your-daw Ableton Live 12, FL Studio and Logic Pro all generate MIDI you can edit note by note, but none of the three turns a plain-language prompt into a melody. The closest thing to text-to-MIDI is FL Studio's Gopher, which writes Piano Roll scripts on request. For artists, MIDI beats rendered audio because every note stays yours to change. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers midiaiableton-livefl-studiologic-proworkflow https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/fl-studio-gopher-assistant-engineer https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/fl-studio-gopher-assistant-engineer FL Studio 2026 lets its Gopher assistant act inside a project, routing audio, setting levels and writing scripts, while coverage of the launch says it won't write melodies or chords, draw automation or pick presets. That line is the right one. The harder question is the request log Image-Line keeps, with no stated retention period. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techaifl-studiodawprivacy