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External Tools Dialog

The External Tools dialog lets you set up external applications (wave editors, sample browsers etc.) for use as tools in FL Studio.

1. Tools List - Displays a list of all configured tools. Before setting up a new tool click an empty field in the list, otherwise the new tool will overwrite the older one. You can also drag the entries up and down to change tools order.
2. Tool Properties - Displays the program icon of the application and lets you set the name that will be used when displaying the tool in Tools menu.
3. File Location - You should enter here the full path to the external application you want to use as a tool. You can also click the button on the right to browse the application.
4. Tool Type - Sets the launching option for the tool. Launch with the Current Channel Sample option is suitable for wave editors, enabled together with Default Editor, this external tool replace the internal Wave Editor inside FL Studio. Launch with the Samples Path is useful for batch audio processing applications and external sample browsers. Launch at Startup can be used to launch automatically software synthesizer you want to control from FL Studio.