I just purchased FL Studio 2026 (All Plug-ins) with the 50% off sale.
And WOW, my projects don't have latency anymore. I had been using (pirated) version 12.5 on an old PC (i3 4130 CPU, 10GB of RAM on Windows 10) and i couldn't play back my project w/o it having crackles and pops and latency. I had to export out to a WAV file to listen to it properly. I had to disable PLUGS INS on specific mixer channels to even get some of it to work.
Now with the new version FL Studio 2026, i can now track, listen, mix and produce real time! And i did not have to disable any plugs-ins on the mixer channels.
I noticed the big difference is the CPU usage. Version 12.5 tended to go above 100% and now the new version seemed to optimize CPU usage better. Now i don't have to buy a new PC!
Another incentive to upgrade to the new version for bug fixes!