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
Alt+Up Arrow	Move selected channel/s Up
Alt+Down Arrow	Move selected channel/s Down
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
Ctrl+Del	Delete selected channel/s
Ctrl+Shift+C	Clone channel/s
Shift+Left arrow	Shift Steps Left
Shift+Right Arrow	Shift Steps Right
Alt+R	Randomize
Alt+P	Send to Piano roll
K	Show Keyboard Editor
G	Show Graph Editor
Alt+C	Gradient colour Channels. Select a start and end color.
Ctrl+Alt+C	Random color selected channel

	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)
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-Arrow	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
Shift+Ctrl+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
NOTE:	Some keyboard modifiers apply only to Draw mode ().
Alt	Bypass snap (very useful when combined with other modifiers)
Alt+Up Arrow	Move selected pattern Up
Alt+Down Arrow	Move selected pattern Down
Alt+G	Grid Color
Alt+C	Color selected clip/pattern
Alt+P	Open the 'Current project' folder in the Browser
Alt+Q	Quick quantize
Alt+/* and Ctrl+Alt+/*	Jump to Next/Previous song marker (if present)
Ctrl+A	Select All
Ctrl+C	Copy selection
Ctrl+V	Paste selection
Ctrl+X	Cut 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)
Double Left-click on clip/pattern	Open clip/pattern properties (e.g. Piano roll, Channel settings)
Left-shift+Left-click (on Playlist)	Add and resize clip/pattern (move mouse L/R after click and hold to resize)
Left-shift+Right-click	Pan view
Middle mouse button	Pan view (hold and drag left/right)
Right-click	Delete selected clip/pattern
Right-shift+Left-click	Slice clip/pattern (click above/below clip/pattern and drag vertical)
Right-shift+Right-click	Slice clip/pattern & delete smallest part (click above/below clip/pattern and drag vertical)
Shift+Ctrl+Del	Delete selected clip/pattern source data
Shift+Left-click (on clip/pattern)	Clone (drag while holding clip/pattern)
0 (zero)	Center playback to playing position
PgUp / PgDown	Zoom in / Zoom out

	Piano roll
NOTE:	Some keyboard modifiers apply only to Draw mode ().
Alt	Bypass snap (very useful when combined with other modifiers)
Alt+A	Arpeggiator
Alt+Q	Quantize
Alt+B	View note helpers
Alt+V	Switch ghost channels ON/OFF
Alt+C	Change color of selected note/s (to selected color group)
Ctrl+Q	Quick quantize
Ctrl+M	Import MIDI file
Ctrl+A	Select All
Ctrl+C	Copy selection
Ctrl+V	Paste selection
Ctrl+X	Cut 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)
Double Left-click on note	Open note properties
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
Middle mouse button	Pan view (hold and drag left/right)
Right-click	Delete Selected Note/s
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+Left-click (on note)	Clone (drag while holding note)