The first version of Fruity Loops (1.0.0) was developed by Didier Dambrin and was partially released on December 18, 1997.[12] Its official launch was in early 1998, when it was still a four-channel[13] MIDI drum machine.[14] Dambrin became Chief Software Architect for the program,[8] and it quickly underwent a series of large upgrades that made it into a popular and complex digital audio workstation.
FruityLoops was renamed "FL Studio" in mid 2003, after the threat of a lawsuit from Kellogg's and to improve the software's marketability.[4] Software piracy was a major issue in the company's early days, and it took nearly 5 years for the company to earn money from users purchasing legitimate licenses.[10]
On May 22, 2018, a macOS-compatible version of FL Studio was released.[15]
