Setup · FL Studio
Set up Chronatum in FL Studio
A couple of minutes. Chronatum installs a small script, then in FL's MIDI settings you switch on one “Chronatum Bridge” device for input and output — and watch it connect.
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Install from the Chronatum app
Open Chronatum and, in the FL Studio setup panel, click Install Chronatum for FL Studio. That copies a small script into FL's Hardware folder — FL can't see it until you do.
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Open or restart FL Studio
If FL was already running when you installed, quit and reopen it now. FL only loads new controller scripts at startup, so Chronatum won't appear until you do.
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Enable the Chronatum Bridge input
In FL, open Settings (F10) → MIDI. Under Input, enable “Chronatum Bridge” and set its Controller type to “Chronatum”. Note its Port number — you'll match it in the next step. (If you play a MIDI keyboard, you can bind Chronatum to that input instead, and it'll also witness the notes you play.)
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Enable the Chronatum Bridge output — same port
Under Output, enable “Chronatum Bridge” too and set its Port to the same number as the input. This is the channel Chronatum captures over — without it, the last step never turns green.
Settings — MIDIInputChronatum BridgeChronatumController type: ChronatumPort: 236OutputChronatum BridgePort: 236Enable Chronatum Bridge under both Input and Output, on the same Port.
How to know it worked
Chronatum connected — capturing your work
Back in Chronatum, the FL Studio step turns green — capturing your work. If it still says it's waiting, make sure the Chronatum Bridge output is enabled on the same port as the input, and give FL a moment after the restart.
Why the extra output step?
FL Studio 2025 doesn't let scripts open a network connection, so Chronatum talks to its helper over MIDI instead — which needs both a Chronatum Bridge input and a Chronatum Bridge output, on the same port. It's one extra toggle, and no cabling or IAC setup. Chronatum supports FL Studio 20.7 and newer.
FL's scripting can't see piano-roll editing, so an FL record is honestly thinner than a Logic or Ableton one — it witnesses transport, mixing, saves, the step sequencer, and the notes you play. The process record says what wasn't witnessed; it never guesses.
If it doesn't connect
On FL Studio, Chronatum reads only the shape of your work — counts and timing — and turns it into content-free signals on your Mac. The process record carries those signals plus the project/song and audio display names shown to you — not your stems, notes, track or clip names, or full project path. When you choose a notarized proof, the exact finished export is uploaded and retained under the Privacy Policy; your internal project stays private.