Keyboard Shortcuts For FL Studio

fl studio KEYBOARD SHORTCUTs

Table of Contents:

1. File Operations
2. Pattern Selector
3. Channel Window & Step Sequencer
4. Record / Playback / Transport
5. Window Navigation
6. Mixer
7. Playlist Action
8. Piano Roll Action

File Operations

Ctrl + O	Open file
Ctrl + S	Save file
Ctrl + N	Save new version
Ctrl + Shift + S	Save as...
Ctrl + R	Export wave file
Ctrl + Shift + R	Export MP3 file
Ctrl + Shift + M	Export MIDI file
Alt + 0..9	Open recent files 0..9
Ctrl + F	Browser smart find...

 

Pattern Selector

Num Pad 1..9	Select patterns 1..9
Num Pad +	Next pattern
Num Pad -	Previous pattern
Arrow Right	Next pattern
Arrow Left	Previous pattern
F4	Next empty pattern

 

Channel Window & Step Sequencer

0..9	Mute / Unmute first 10 channels
Ctrl + 0..9	Solo/Unsolo first 10 channels
Arrow Up	Select previous channel
Arrow Down	Next channel
Alt + G	Group selected channels
Alt + Z	Zip selected channels
Alt + U	Unzip selected channels
Shift + Arrow Up	Move selected channels up
Shift + Arrow Down	Move selected channels down
Pg Up	Next channel group
Pg Dn	Previous channel group
Ctrl + C	Copy channel steps/score
Ctrl + V	Paste channel steps/score
Ctrl + X	Cut channel steps/score
Alt + Delete	Delete selected channels
Ctrl + Shift + C	Clone channels
Shift + Arrow Left	Shift steps left
Shift + Arrow Right	Shift steps right
Alt + R	Randomize
Alt + P	Send to Piano Roll
K	Show Keyboard Editor
G	Show Graph Editor
Ctrl + Alt + R	Channels - Restretch all

 

Record / Playback / Transport

Backspace	Toggle line / none snap
Space	Start / Stop playback
Ctrl + Space	Start/Pause playback
L	Switch Pattern/Song mode
R	Switch on/off recording (this also works during playback)
Num Pad 0 (zero)	Fast forward
Num Pad /	Previous bar (Song mode)
Ctrl + Num Pad /	Jump 4 bars back (Song mode)
Num Pad *	Next bar (Song mode)
Ctrl + Num Pad *	Jump 4 bars forward (Song mode)
Ctrl + E	Toggle Step Edit mode
Ctrl + H	Stop sound (panic)
Ctrl + T	Toggle typing keypad to piano keypad
Ctrl + B	Toggle blend notes
Ctrl + M	Toggle metronome
Ctrl + P	Toggle recording metronome precount
Ctrl + I	Toggle wait for input to start recording

 

Window Navigation

Tab	Cycle nested windows
Ctrl + F8	Open Plugin Picker
Ctrl + Alt + F8	Open Project Picker
Shift + F8	Plugin database
Enter	Toggle max/min Playlist
Esc	Closes a window
F1	Help
F5	Toggle Playlist
F6	Toggle Step Sequencer
F7	Toggle Piano Roll
F8	Show/hide Sample Browser
F9	Show/hide Mixer
F10	Show/hide MIDI settings
F11	Show/hide song info window
F12	Close all windows
Ctrl + F12	Close all unfocused windows
Shift + F12	Align all channel editors (since program version 11.5.8)
Ctrl + Shift + H	Arrange windows - Realign

 

Mixer

Alt + Arrow Left / Arrow Right	Move selected mixer track left/right
Alt + L	Select the channels linked to the selected mixer track
Ctrl + L	Link selected channels to selected mixer track
Ctrl + Shift + L	Link selected channels starting from selected mixer track
F2	Rename selected mixer track
S	Solo current track
Alt + S	Alt solo - activate current track and all tracks routed to/from it
Alt + R	Render armed tracks to .wav

 

Playlist Action

B	Paint tool
C	Slice tool
D	Delete tool
E	Select tool
P	Pencil tool
S	Slip edit tool
T	Mute tool
Y	Playback tool
Z	Zoom tool
Alt	Bypass snap (very useful when combined with other modifiers)
Alt + G	Ungroup selection
Alt + P	Open the Piano Roll or channel depending on what's selected in the Playlist
Alt + T	Add time marker
Alt + Num Pad *//	Jump to next / previous song marker (if present)
Ctrl + Alt + Num Pad *//	Jump to next / previous song marker (if present) and select until next song marker (if present) or until song end
Alt + Right Click	Audition the clip selected
Alt + Right Shift	Engage snap free 'Slice Mode', release Alt after clicking on the clip to use snapping
Ctrl + A	Select all
Ctrl + B	Duplicate selection (or all clips in zoom range if nothing is selected) to the right
Ctrl + C	Copy selection
Ctrl + D	Deselect selection
Ctrl + P	Toggle Performance mode
Ctrl + T	Add time marker
Ctrl + V	Paste selection
Ctrl + X	Cut selection
Ctrl + Alt +G	Grid color
Ctrl + Alt + Home	Toggle resizing from left
Ctrl + Insert	Add space at the start of the timeline selection of equal length to the selection
Ctrl + Delete	Delete space according to the timeline selection
Ctrl + Enter	Select time around selection
Ctrl + Arrow Left / Arrow Right	Select time before / after selection equal to the selection length
Ctrl + Left Click	Select
Ctrl + Shift + Left Click	Add to selection
Ctrl + Shift + Right Click	Zoom to selected clip
Ctrl + Right Click	Zoom on selection / Drag to make zoom selection (zoom on release)
Delete	Delete selected clip / pattern source data
Double Left Click (on clip / pattern)	Open clip/pattern properties (e.g. Channel Settings, Piano Roll)
Home	Move the playback marker to the start of the Playlist
Insert	Slice clip at mouse cursor position
Left Shift + Left Click (on Playlist)	Add and resize clip/pattern (move mouse L / R after click and hold to resize) (must be in pencil mode)
Left Shift + Right Click	Pan view
Middle Mouse Button	Pan view (hold& drag left / right)
Pg Up / Pg Dn	Zoom in / Zoom out
Pencil tool + Shift	Swap to Brush
Right Click	Delete selected clip / pattern
Right Shift + Left Click	Slice clip/pattern (click above / below clip / pattern & drag vertical)
Right Alt + Right Shift + Left Click	Vertical slice clip (release Alt to engage snap)
Right Shift + Right Click	Slice clip/pattern & delete smallest part (click above / below clip / pattern & drag vertical)
Right Alt + Right Click	Quantize selected
Right Alt + Left Click	Mute selected
Shift	Temporarily swaps between Paint & Draw modes
Shift + C	Select all clips according to the currently selected clip source
Shift + G	Group selected clips
Shift + I	Invert selection
Shift + Q	Quick quantize clip start times
Shift + Arrow Left / Arrow Right	Move selection left / right
Shift + Arrow Up / Arrow Down	Move selection up / down
Shift + Left Click (on clip / pattern)	Clone (drag while holding clip / pattern)
Shift + Mouse Wheel (on clips)	Nudge clip position
Shift + Mouse Wheel (on track label area)	Reorder clip tracks
Shift + 0 (zero)	Center Playlist to play-head position
Shift + 1..3	Horizontal zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in)
Shift + 4	Horizontal zoom, show all
Shift + 5	Zoom to selection
Shift + 6	Fit Performance Zone to Playlist

 

Piano Roll Action

Note: Some keyboard modifiers apply only to Draw mode

B	Paint tool
C	Slice tool
D	Delete tool
E	Select tool
F	Show next property in the Piano Roll event lane (lower section)
M	Toggle Keyboard view mode
O	Toggle Portamento
P	Pencil tool
T	Mute tool
Y	Playback tool
Z	Zoom tool
Alt	Bypass snap (very useful when combined with other modifiers)
Alt + A	Arpeggiator
Alt + B	View note helpers
Alt + C	Change color of selected notes (to selected color group)
Alt + E	Riff machine
Alt + F	Flam
Alt + G	Ungroup selected notes
Alt + K	Open Limit tool
Alt + L	Open Articulate tool
Alt + N	Switch waveform helper view (when available)
Alt + O	Open LFO tool when in lower Event Editor area
Al t+ Q	Quantize
Alt + R	Open Randomize tool
Alt + S	Open Strum tool
Alt + G	Glue
Alt + U	Open Chop tool
Alt + V	Toggle ghost channels on / off
Alt + W	Open Claw Machine tool
Alt + X	Open Scale Levels tool
Alt + Y	Open Score Flipper tool
Alt + Mouse Wheel	Change the selected note property of the note the mouse pointer is near or on
Alt + Arrow Keys	Nudge the position of the selected notes or all notes if no selection is made
Ctrl + A	Select all
Ctrl + B	Duplicate selection, or all notes in zoom range if nothing is selected, to the right (works also with time line selections)
Ctrl + C	Copy selection
Ctrl + D	Deselect selection
Ctrl + G	Glue selected and touching notes
Ctrl + I	Insert current controller value
Ctrl + L	Quick legato
Ctrl + M	Import MIDI file
Ctrl + Q	Quick quantize
Ctrl + U	Quick chop
Ctrl + V	Paste selection
Ctrl + X	Cut selection
Ctrl + Alt + G	Grid color
Shift + Enter	Flip separator (since program version 11.5.8)
Ctrl + Alt + Home	Toggle allow resizing from left
Ctrl + Delete	Delete space equal to selection
Ctrl + Enter	Select time around selection
Ctrl + Insert	Insert space equal to the current time line selection
Ctrl + Alt + Insert	Slice & insert space (since program version 11.5.8)
Shift + Arrow Left / Arrow Right	Shift left / right
Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Left / Arrow Right	Rotate left / right (since program version 11.5.8)
Ctrl + Arrow Up / Arrow Down	Transpose selection up / down 1 octave
Ctrl + Arrow Left / Arrow Right	Select time before (left) or after (right) current selection
Ctrl + Left Click	Select
Ctrl + Shift + Left Click	Add to selection
Ctrl + Right Click	Zoom on selection / Drag to make zoom selection (zoom on release)
Delete	Delete selected
Double Left Click (on note)	Open note properties
Double Right Click / X1 Button (on ghost note)	Swap to ghost channel to edit the note
Left Shift + Left Click (on Piano Roll)	Add and resize notes (move mouse L / R after click and hold to resize)
Left Shift + Right Click	Pan view
Left Alt + Right Click	Audio preview
Middle Mouse Button	Pan view (hold and drag left / right)
Pg Up / Pg Dn	Zoom in / Zoom out
Pencil tool + Shift	Swap to Brush
Right Click	Delete selected notes
Right Alt + Right Click	Quantize selected
Right Shift + Left Click	Slice notes (click above / below note and drag vertical)
Right Shift + Right Click	Slice notes & delete smallest part (click above / below note and drag vertical)
Shift + G	Group selected notes
Ctrl + Shift + V	Paste from MIDI clipboard
Shift	Temporarily swaps between Paint & Draw modes
Shift + C	Select by color
Shift + O	Select odd (since program version 11.5.8)
Shift + D	Discard selected note lengths
Shift + G	Group selected
Shift + I	Invert selection
Shift + N	Turn off selected chord
Shift + Q	Quick quantize
Shift + R	Select at random (multiple presses will select more notes)
Shift + M	Select more at random (since program version 11.5.8)
Shift + Arrow Left / Arrow Right	Move selection left / right
Shift + Arrow Up / Arrow Down	Move selection up / down
Shift + Left Click	Clone (drag while holding clip / pattern), release Shift after dragging to unlock vertical movement
Shift + Mouse Wheel (on clips)	Nudge clip position
Shift + Mouse Wheel (on track label area)	Reorder clip tracks
Shift + 0 (zero)	Center Playlist to play-head position
Shift + 1..3	Horizontal zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in)
Shift + 4	Horizontal zoom, show all
Shift + 5	Zoom to selection
Shift + 6	Step sequencer mode zoom (since program version 11.5.8)
Alt + T	Time markers - Add one... (since program version 11.5.8)
Ctrl + T	Time markers - Add auto (since program version 11.5.8)

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