FL Studio 2026 turns its AI chatbot into your assistant engineer

July 9, 2026 Terrence O’Brien

Collage of FL Studio’s Gopher AI chatbot performing simple tasks.
Gopher can’t play the piano for you, but it can bury it in the mix. | Image: Image Line

Last year, Image Line introduced Gopher for FL Studio, an AI chatbot that was basically a glorified instruction manual. You asked it how to do something, and it would serve up the relevant instructions. It's the kind of thing I actually use AI for on a semi-regular basis. But in the new release, Gopher can actually execute actions on your behalf. I was able to ask Gopher to lay down a four-on-the-floor kick, with snares on the backbeat, then add a gated reverb on the snare for that '80s pomp, and it executed the instructions flawlessly.

Gopher does have some limitations. It can't create and draw automation for you. It can't insert notes or …

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