FL STUDIO BASICS

Keyboard & Mouse Shortcuts

This page lists some of the keyboard shortcuts to useful commands in FL Studio.
Please examine the menus/context menus for more shortcuts.

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+0,1..9 Open recent files 0..9
Ctrl+Shift+H (Re)arrange windows

Pattern Selector (Numpad)

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

Channel Window & Step Sequencer

1...9, 0 Mute/Unmute first 10 channels
Ctrl+1..9,0 Solo/UnSolo first 10 channels
Up Arrow Select previous channel
Down Arrow Next channel
Alt+G Group selected channels
Alt+Z Zip selected channel/s
Alt+U Unzip selected channel/s
Shift+Up
Move selected channel/s Up
Arrow
Shift+Down
Move selected channel/s Down
Arrow
Page Up Next channel Group
Page Down Previous channel Group
Ctrl+C Copy channel Steps/Score
Ctrl+V Paste channel Steps/Score
Ctrl+X Cut channel Steps/Score
Alt+Del Delete selected channel/s
Ctrl+Shift+C Clone channel/s
Shift+Left
Shift Steps Left
arrow
Shift+Right
Shift Steps Right
Arrow
Alt+R Randomize
Alt+P Send to Piano roll
K Show Keyboard Editor
G Show Graph Editor

Record / Playback / Transport

Backspace Toggle Line/None Snap
Space Start/Stop Playback
Ctrl+Space Start/Pause Playback
L Switch Pattern/Song mode
Switch On/Off recording (This also works during
R
playback)
0 (NumPad) Fast forward
/ (NumPad) Previous bar (Song mode)
* (NumPad) Next bar (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
Enter Toggle Max/Min Playlist
Esc Closes a window
F1 This 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+Shift+H Arrange windows

Mixer
Alt+Left-
Arrow / Right- Move selected mixer track Left/Right
Arrow
 Select the channels Linked to the selected mixer
Alt+L
track
Ctrl+L Link selected channels to selected mixer track
Link selected channels STARTING From selected
Shift+Ctrl+L
mixer track
F2 Rename selected mixer track
S Solo Current track
Alt Solo - Activate Current track and all tracks
Alt+S
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
Bypass snap (very useful when combined with
Alt
other modifiers)
Alt+G Ungroup selection
Open the Piano roll or channel depending on
Alt+P
what's selected in the Playlist
Alt+T Add Time marker
Alt+/* and
Jump to Next/Previous song marker (if present)
Ctrl+Alt+/*
Alt+ Right-click Audition the clip selected.
Engage snap free 'Slice Mode', release Alt after
Alt+ Right-Shift
clicking on the Clip to use snapping.
Ctrl+A Select All
Duplicate selection (or all Clips in zoom range if
Ctrl+B
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
Add space at the start of the timeline selection of
Ctrl+Ins
equal length to the selection
Ctrl+Del Delete space according to the timeline selection
Ctrl+Enter Select time around selection
Ctrl+Left-
Select time before/after selection equal to the
Arrow/Right-
selection length
Arrow
Ctrl+Left-click Select
Ctrl+Shift+Left-
Add to selection
click
Ctrl+Shift+Right
Zoom to selected Clip
-click
Zoom on selection / Drag to make zoom selection
Ctrl+Right-click
(zoom on release)
Del Delete selected clip/pattern source data
Double Left-
Open clip/pattern properties (e.g. Channel
click on
settings, Piano roll)
clip/pattern
Move the playback marker to the start of the
Home
Playlist.
Insert Key Slice Clip at mouse cursor position
Left-Shift+Left- Add and resize clip/pattern (move mouse L/R after
click (on click and hold to resize). Must be in pencil mode.
Playlist)
Left-Shift+Right-
Pan view
click
Middle mouse
Pan view (hold & drag left/right)
button
PgUp / PgDown Zoom in / Zoom out
Pencil tool +
Swap to Brush
Shift
Right-click Delete selected clip/pattern
Right-Shift+Left- Slice clip/pattern (click above/below clip/pattern &
click drag vertical)
Right-Alt+Right-
Vertical Slice clip. Release alt to engage snap.
Shift+Left-click
Right-
Slice clip/pattern & delete smallest part (click
Shift+Right-
above/below clip/pattern & drag vertical)
click
Right-Alt+Right-
Quantize selected
click
Right-Alt+Left-
Mute selected
click
Shift Temporarily swaps between Paint & Draw modes
Select all Clips according to the currently selected
Shift+C
Clip source
Shift+G Group selected Clips
Shift+I Invert selection
Shift+Q Quick quantize Clip start times
Shift+Left-
Arrow/Right- Move selection Left/Right
Arrow
Shift+Up-
Arrow/Down- Move selection Up/Down
Arrow
Shift+Left-click
Clone (drag while holding clip/pattern)
(on clip/pattern)
Shift+mouse- Nudge Clip position
wheel (on Clips)
Shift+mouse-
wheel (on Track Re-order Clip Tracks
label area)
Center Playlist to play-head position (numbers
Shift + 0 (zero)
above typing keys)
Horizontal Zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom
Shift + 1 to 3
in), (numbers above typing keys)
Horizontal Zoom, show all (numbers above typing
Shift + 4
keys)
Shift + 5 Zoom to selection (numbers above typing keys)
Fit Performance Zone to Playlist (numbers above
Shift + 6
typing keys)

Piano roll action

Some keyboard modifiers apply only to
NOTE:
Draw mode ( ).
B Paint tool
C Slice tool
D Delete tool
E Select tool
Show next property in the Piano roll
F
event lane (lower section)
M Toggle Keyboard view mode
O Toggle Portamento
P Pencil tool
T Mute tool
Y Playback tool
Z Zoom tool
Bypass snap (very useful when combined
Alt
with other modifiers)
Alt+A Arpeggiator
Alt+B View note helpers
Change color of selected note/s (to
Alt+C
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
Switch waveform helper view (when
Alt+N
available).
Open LFO tool when in lower Event Editor
Alt+O
area
Alt+Q Quantize
Alt+R Open Randomize tool
Alt+S Open Strum tool
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 Change the selected note property of the
wheel note the mouse pointer is near or on.
Alt+Arrow Nudge the position of the selected note/s
keys OR all notes if no selection is made.
Ctrl+A Select All
Duplicate selection, or all notes in zoom
Ctrl+B 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
Ctrl+Alt+Ho
Toggle allow resizing from left
me
Ctrl+Delete Delete space equal to selection
Ctrl+Enter Select time around selection
Insert space equal to the current time-
Ctrl+Insert
line selection
Ctrl+Up-
Arrow/Down- Transpose selection UP/Down 1 Octave
Arrow
Ctrl+Left-
Select time before (left) or after (right)
Arrow/Right-
current selection
Arrow
Ctrl+Left-
Select
click
Ctrl+Shift+L
Add to selection
eft-click
Ctrl+Right- Zoom on selection/Drag to make zoom
click selection (zoom on release)
Del Delete selected
Double Left-
Open note properties
click on note
Double
Right-click
or X1 button Swap to Ghost channel to edit the note.
on Ghost
note
Left-
Shift+Left- Add and resize notes (move mouse L/R
click (on after click and hold to resize)
Piano roll)
Left-
Shift+Right- Pan view
click
Left-
Alt+Right- Audio preview
click
Middle
mouse Pan view (hold and drag left/right)
button
PgUp /
Zoom in / Zoom out
PgDown
Pencil tool +
Swap to Brush
Shift
Right-click Delete Selected Note/s
Right-
Alt+Right- Quantize selected
click
Right-
Slice notes (click above/below note and
Shift+Left-
drag vertical)
click
Right-
Slice notes & delete smallest part (click
Shift+Right-
above/below note and drag vertical)
click
Shift+G Group selected notes
Shift+Ctrl+V Paste from MIDI clipboard
Temporarily swaps between Paint & Draw
Shift
modes
Shift+C Select by color
Shift+D Discard selected note lengths
Shift+G Group selected
Shift+I Invert selection
Shift+N Turn off selected chord
Shift+Q Quick quantize
Select at random (multiple presses will
Shift+R
select more notes)
Shift+Ctrl+V Paste from MIDI Keyboard
Shift+Left-
Arrow/Right- Move selection Left/Right
Arrow
Shift+Up-
Arrow/Down- Move selection Up/Down
Arrow
Clone (drag while holding clip/pattern),
Shift+Left-
release Shift after dragging to unlock
click
vertical movement
Shift+mouse-
wheel (on Nudge Clip position
Clips)
Shift+mouse-
wheel (on
Re-order Clip Tracks
Track label
area)
Shift + 0 Center Playlist to play-head position
(zero) (numbers above typing keys)
Shift + 1 to 3 Horizontal Zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3
 (zoom in), (numbers above typing keys)
Horizontal Zoom, show all (numbers
Shift + 4
above typing keys)
Zoom to selection (numbers above
Shift + 5 typing keys)

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