key Keyboard Shortcuts The Key To FL Studio
Become a fruity loops master by learning the keyboard shortcuts!

Written by Antony Faast. (C) 2007. http://www.thefruittree.info

Here's a list of keyboard shortcuts for FL Studio, these are handy.
Print them out right away trust me you will save a lot of time
using keyboard shortcuts.

Main Window
Help f1
Display/hide playlist f5
Display/hide step sequencer f6
Display/hide piano roll f7
Display/hide sample browser f8
Display/hide mixer f9
Midi settings f10
Song info f11
Close all windows f12
Rearrange windows ctrl + shift + H
Cycle open windows tab
Selected window to full screen enter
Close selected window esc

Playlist
Scroll window vertical up arrow / down arrow
Scroll window horizontal left arrow / right arrow
Move selected pattern up/down alt + up arrow / down arrow
Insert new pattern (before selected) ctrl + shift + insert
Delete selected pattern ctrl + shift + del
Change grid colour alt + G
Open pattern in browser alt + P
Select all ctrl + A
Select next/previous pattern numpad plus / numpad minus

File Options
Open project ctrl + O
Save project ctrl + S
Save project new version ctrl + N
Export to Wav ctrl + R
Export to MP3 ctrl + shift + R
Export to MIDI ctrl + shift + M
Open recent projects 0-9 alt + 0 to 9

Step Sequencer
Move selected channel up/down alt + Up / Down
Change pattern timing back/forward shift + Left / Right
Clone selected channel ctrl + Shift + C
Open pattern randomizer alt + R
Select previous/next channel up arrow / down arrow
Select previous/next channel left arrow / right arrow
Selects next empty pattern f4
Show/hide keyboard editor K
Show/hide graph editor G
Zips channel to save screen space alt + Z
Group selected channels (group different instruments) alt + G

Channel Settings
Assign to the next free mixer channel ctrl + L
Scroll sub windows left arrow + right arrow
Edit sample ctrl + E
Reload sample ctrl + R
Play Sample enter

Piano Roll
Draw tool P
Paint tool B
Delete tool D
Cut tool C
Select tool E
Zoom tool Z
Playback tool Y
Keyboard mode M
Select all/next ctrl + A / Right arrow
Insert/delete space ctrl + Ins / Delete
Quick legato ctrl + L
Articulate ctrl + L
Quick quantise ctrl + Q
Quantise alt + Q
Quick chop ctrl + U
Chop alt + U
Arpeggiate alt + A
Strum alt + S
Flam alt + F
Limit alt + K
Flip alt + Y
Randomize alt + R
Scale levels alt + X
LFO alt + O
Change grid colour alt + G
Note helpers alt + B
Ghost channels alt + V
Zoom far 1
Zoom medium 2
Zoom close 3
Zoom best fit 4
On select 5
Transpose by octave ctrl + Up / Down
Transpose by note shift + Up / Down

Mixer
Assign currently selected sample to mixer channel ctrl + L
Previous/next mixer channel left arrow / right arrow
Select previous/next channel bank page up / page down
Select master channel Home
Solo selcted channel S
Alternate solo alt + S

Record/Playback/Transport
Toggle global snap (Line or none) backspace
Start/stop playback space
Toggle song mode/ pattern mode L
Recording on/off R
PC key to piano ctrl + T
Step edit mode on/off ctrl + E
Panic (Kill all sound) ctrl + H
Blend notes on/off ctrl + B
Metronome on/off ctrl + M
Wait for imput on/off ctrl + I
Fast forward song numpad 0

Other
Rename channels, patterns, mixer inserts f2
Rename channels, patterns, mixer inserts shift + Left mouse click
Fine adjustment when tweaking any knob ctrl + Left mouse click
Reset knob to default value ctrl + Cetre mouse click

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