This page lists some of the keyboard shortcuts to useful commands in FL Studio. Please examine the menus/context menus for more shortcuts.
The following tables assume you are using a Windows keyboard. To use these shortcuts on a Mac, substitute keys as follows:
Keys/Action | Channel Rack & Step Sequencer |
1...9, 0 |
Mute/Unmute first 10 Channels |
Ctrl+1..9,0 |
Solo/UnSolo first 10 Channels |
Up-Arrow |
Select Channel above |
Down-Arrow |
Select Channel below |
Page Up |
Select next Channel Group |
Page Down |
Select previous Channel Group |
Alt+Del |
Delete selected Channel/s |
Alt+Down-Arrow |
Moves the selected Channel/s down |
Alt+Up-Arrow |
Moves the selected Channel/s up |
Alt+C |
Clone selected Channels |
Alt+G |
Group selected Channels |
Alt+M |
Toggle Mixer Track Selectors |
Alt+U |
Unzip selected Channel/s |
Alt+Z |
Zip selected Channel/s |
Ctrl+Alt+R |
Force restretch of all Audio Clip Channels |
Ctrl+Enter |
Focus Playlist |
Ctrl+C |
Copy Channel Steps/Score |
Ctrl+L |
Route selected Channel/s to free mixer track/s |
Ctrl+V |
Paste Channel Steps/Score |
Ctrl+X |
Cut Channel Steps/Score |
Shift+Mouse-wheel |
Moves Selected Channel Up/Down |
Shift+Up-Arrow |
Moves Channel selection Up |
Shift+Down-Arrow |
Moves Channel selection Down |
Shift+Ctrl+Left-Arrow |
Shift Steps Left |
Shift+Ctrl+Right-Arrow |
Shift Steps Right |
Keys/Action | Mixer |
Alt+Left-Arrow / Right-Arrow |
Move selected mixer track/s Left/Right |
Alt+L |
Select the Channels Linked to the selected mixer track |
Alt+W |
Toggle Peak-meter 'Wave' view |
Ctrl+L |
Link selected Channels to selected mixer track |
Shift+Ctrl+L |
Link selected Channels STARTING From selected mixer track |
Shift + mouse-wheel |
Move selected mixer track/s Left/Right (mouse-over track) |
Ctrl+Shift+Left-Click |
Select multiple mixer tracks |
Ctrl+Shift+S |
Save Mixer track state |
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 |
Keys/Action | Playlist action |
B |
Paint tool |
C |
Slice tool |
D |
Delete tool |
E |
Select tool |
P |
Draw tool (pencil) |
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+M |
Mute selection |
Alt+P |
Open the Picker Panel |
Alt+T |
Add Time marker |
Alt+/* and Ctrl+Alt+/* |
Jump to Next/Previous song marker (if present) |
Alt+Left-Click |
Grouped Tracks Mute switches - Mute/Unmute all. |
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. |
Alt+Shift+M |
Unmute selection |
Ctrl+A |
Select All |
Backspace |
Toggle Global Snap (none, current setting) |
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+C |
Consolidate selected Pattern/Audio Clips to audio, starting from the first selected Clip |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C |
Consolidate selected Pattern/Audio Clips to audio, starting from the start of the Playlist |
Ctrl+Alt+G |
Grid Color |
Ctrl+Alt+Home |
Toggle Resizing from Left |
Ctrl+F8 |
Open Project Picker |
Ctrl+Ins |
Add space at the start of the timeline selection of equal length to the selection |
Ctrl+Del |
Delete space according to the timeline selection |
Ctrl+Enter |
Select time around selection |
Ctrl+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow |
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) |
Del |
Delete selected clip/pattern source data |
Double Left-click on clip/pattern |
Open clip/pattern properties (e.g. Channel settings, Piano roll) |
F3 |
Open Playlist tool selector. Also Middle+Right-Mouse Click. |
Home |
Move the playback marker to the start of the Playlist. |
Insert Key |
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 draw mode (pencil icon). |
Left-Shift+Right-Click |
Pan view |
Middle Mouse Click |
Pan view (hold & drag left/right) |
PgUp / PgDown |
Zoom in / Zoom out |
Draw tool + Shift |
Swap to Paint |
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+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+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow |
Move selection Left/Right |
Shift+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow |
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+Alt+T |
Set a Time Signature at the Play head or time selection |
Shift+M |
Switch stretch mode |
Shift + Mouse-wheel (on Track label area) |
Re-order Clip Tracks |
Shift + 0 (zero) |
Center Playlist to play-head position (numbers above typing keys) |
Shift + 1 to 3 |
Horizontal Zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in), (numbers above typing keys) |
Shift + 4 |
Horizontal Zoom, show all (numbers above typing keys) |
Shift + 5 |
Zoom to selection (numbers above typing keys) |
Shift + 6 |
Fit Performance Zone to Playlist (numbers above typing keys) |
Keys/Action | 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) |
G |
Select the Channel above |
H |
Select the Channel above with note data |
J |
Select the Channel below with note data |
K |
Select the Channel below |
M |
Keyboard view mode (toggle) |
O |
Portamento (toggle) |
P |
Draw tool (pencil) |
S |
Slide note (toggle) |
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 note/s (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+M |
Mute selection |
Alt+N |
Switch waveform helper view (when available). |
Alt+O |
Open LFO tool when in lower Event Editor area |
Alt+Q |
Quantize |
Alt+R |
Open Randomize tool |
Alt+S |
Open Strum tool |
Alt+U |
Open Chop tool |
Alt+V |
Ghost Channels ON/OFF (toggle) |
Alt+W |
Open Claw Machine tool |
Alt+X |
Open Scale Levels tool |
Alt+Y |
Open Score Flipper tool |
Alt+Shift+M |
Unmute selection |
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 note/s OR all notes if no selection is made. |
Backspace |
Global Snap (none, current setting - toggle) |
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 |
Ctrl+Alt+Home |
Allow resizing from left (toggle) |
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+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow |
Transpose selection UP/Down 1 Octave |
Ctrl+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow |
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) |
Del |
Delete selected |
Double Left-click on note |
Open note properties |
Double Right-Click or X1 Click 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 Click |
Pan view (hold and drag left/right) |
PgUp / PgDown |
Zoom in / Zoom out |
Draw tool + Shift |
Extend note length |
Right-Click |
Delete Selected Note/s |
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+Alt+T |
Set a Time Signature at the Play head or time selection |
Shift+Ctrl+V |
Paste from MIDI clipboard |
Shift+C |
Select by color |
Shift+D |
Discard selected note lengths |
Shift+G |
Group selected |
Shift+H |
Select the next Channel, in the selected Pattern, with note data. |
Shift+I |
Invert selection |
Shift+K |
Select the next Channel |
Alt+M |
Mute selection |
Shift+N |
Turn off selected chord |
Shift+Q |
Quick quantize |
Shift+M |
Select groups of notes at random |
Shift+R |
Select at random (multiple presses will select more notes) |
Shift+Left-Arrow/Right-Arrow |
Move selection Left/Right |
Shift+Up-Arrow/Down-Arrow |
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) |
Re-order Clip Tracks |
Shift + 0 (zero) |
Center Playlist to play-head position (numbers above typing keys) |
Shift + 1 to 3 |
Horizontal Zoom levels 1 (zoom out) to 3 (zoom in), (numbers above typing keys) |
Shift + 4 |
Horizontal Zoom, show all (numbers above typing keys) |
Shift + 5 |
Zoom to selection (numbers above typing keys) |