Open an FL Studio project without FL Studio
An .flp file only opens in FL Studio. When you move to another DAW, work with someone who uses
REAPER, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase or Studio One, no longer have a working copy of FL Studio,
or got a project from somebody else, the notes and the arrangement are locked inside it. This tool
reads the project file itself and gives you the music in files every program opens: the whole song
as a multi-track MIDI file, every pattern as MIDI, a REAPER project with the arrangement, and lists
of what the project uses.
What to upload
- The project file (
.flp) from FL Studio 8 to FL Studio 2026, saved on Windows or a Mac. - Or a
.zipof the project with its samples: a zipped loop package (File > Export > Project data files) or the project folder. The project is found inside the ZIP, every sample it uses is looked up, and the missing ones are listed. With the samples you also get the REAPER project packed with them. - An
.fscscore file (notes of one pattern) or an.fstchannel, mixer or plug-in preset also works: it is shown, and a score becomes a MIDI file.
What you get
- A MIDI file of the song with every pattern clip of the playlist in place: one track per channel of the channel rack (or one per playlist track, if you choose), at the project's own timebase so every note keeps its exact position, with the tempo, tempo automation, time signature changes and markers.
- One MIDI file per pattern, each channel on its own track, for loops and for building the song again your own way.
- A REAPER project with the arrangement: MIDI items for the pattern clips, audio items for the audio clips at their position, start, length and fades (stretched to the tempo as in FL Studio when the samples are in the upload), tempo, time signature and markers, track names, colours, volume, pan and mute. The mixer inserts become bus tracks with their routing. With the samples uploaded, the notes of sampler channels (drum hits) also come as audio items playing the sample.
- Lists as one Excel file and as CSV: channels with their instrument or sample, patterns, playlist clips, plug-ins on channels and in the mixer, mixer inserts with volume, pan and routing, samples (found or missing), every note, markers and automation clips.
- A report of the project and of what was converted and what was not, a picture of the playlist, and the channel list.
What comes across
The tempo and time signature, the title, author, genre, comments and creation date, the channel rack (samplers with their sample paths, instruments with their plug-in names, layers and automation clips; volume, pan, pitch, colour, mixer insert), every pattern with its notes (key, position, length, velocity, release, pan and fine pitch), steps from the step sequencer, the playlist with pattern clips (cut ones too), audio clips and automation clips on their tracks, all arrangements of FL Studio 20 and later, playlist and pattern markers with time signature changes, and the mixer with insert names, volume, pan, routing and the plug-in in every effect slot.
What doesn't
Instruments and effects run inside FL Studio, so their sound is not in the project file: plug-in names are listed so you can set them up again in your DAW. Automation clips other than the tempo are listed, not drawn as automation. Slide notes become plain notes, and fine pitch stays in the note list. Channel and mixer volumes are set relative to FL Studio's default level, not to the decibel: check the balance by ear.
Samples and the ZIP upload
The project only stores the paths of its samples. Upload the project on its own and the REAPER project points at the samples where they were on the computer that saved it; FL Studio's own library samples are named, as their folder exists only where FL Studio is installed. Upload a ZIP with the samples and the REAPER project comes with them in a Samples folder, ready to open.
Privacy
Results are deleted automatically after 30 minutes, or straight away with "Delete now".