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FL Studio 20 Shortcuts
FL Studio 20 Shortcuts
Ctrl + H Stop sound (panic) Alt + Left arrow / Move selected mixer track/s T Mute tool
Ctrl + T Toggle typing keypad to piano keypad Right arrow Left/Right Y Playback tool
Ctrl + B Toggle blend notes Alt + L Select the channels Linked to the Z Zoom tool
selected mixer track
Ctrl + M Toggle metronome Alt Bypass snap (very useful when
Alt + W Toggle Peak-meter 'Wave' view combined with other modifiers)
Ctrl + P Toggle recording metronome
precount Ctrl + L Link selected channels to selected Alt + G Ungroup selection
mixer track
Ctrl + I Toggle wait for input to start recording Alt + P Open the Picker Panel
Shift + Ctrl + L Link selected channels STARTING
Alt + T Add Time marker
From selected mixer track
Window Navigation Alt + /* or Ctrl + Alt Jump to Next/Previous song marker
Shift + Wheel up Move selected mixer track/s
+ /* (if present)
Tab Cycle nested windows and wheel down Left/Right (mouse-over track)
Alt + Left click Grouped Tracks Mute switches -
F8 Open Plugin Picker Ctrl + Shift + Left Select multiple mixer tracks
Mute/Unmute all
Enter Toggle Max/Min Playlist click
Alt + Right click Audition the clip selected
Esc Closes a window Ctrl + Shift + S Save Mixer track state
Alt + Right arrow + Engage snap free 'Slice Mode',
F1 Help F2 Rename selected mixer track
Shift release Alt after clicking on the Clip to
F5 Toggle Playlist S Solo Current track use snapping.
F6 Toggle Step Sequencer Alt + S Alt Solo - Activate Current track and Ctrl + A Select All
all tracks Routed TO/FROM It
F7 Toggle Piano roll Backspace Toggle Global Snap (none, current
Alt + R Render Armed tracks to .wav setting)
Alt + F8 Show/hide Sample Browser
F9 Show/hide Mixer Ctrl + B Duplicate selection (or all Clips in
Playlist action zoom range if nothing is selected) to
F10 Show/hide MIDI settings
the right.
B Paint tool
F11 Show/hide song info window
Ctrl + C Copy selection
C Slice tool
F12 Close all windows
Ctrl + D Deselect selection
D Delete tool
Ctrl + Shift + H Arrange windows
Ctrl + P Toggle Performance Mode
E Select tool
Ctrl + T Add Time Marker
Mixer P Draw tool (pencil)
Ctrl + V Paste selection
S Slip edit tool
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Ctrl + X Cut selection clip/pattern properties (e.g. Channel Shift + G Group selected Clips
Ctrl + Alt + C Consolidate selected Pattern/Audio settings, Piano roll) Shift + I Invert selection
Clips to audio, starting from the first Home Move the playback marker to the start Shift + Q Quick quantize Clip start times
selected Clip of the Playlist.
Shift + Left arrow / Move selection Left/Right
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Consolidate selected Pattern/Audio Insert Slice Clip at mouse cursor position Right arrow
C Clips to audio, starting from the start Left Shift + Left (click on Playlist) Add and resize Shift + Up arrow / Move selection Up/Down
of the Playlist click clip/pattern (move mouse L/R after Down arrow
Ctrl + Alt + G Grid Color click and hold to resize). Must be in
Shift + Left click + (on clip/pattern) Clone (drag while
Ctrl + Alt + Home Toggle Resizing from Left draw mode (pencil icon)
Move the mouse holding clip/pattern)
Ctrl + F8 Open Project Picker Left Shift + Right Pan view
Shift + Wheel up (on Clips) Nudge Clip position
click
Ctrl + Insert Add space at the start of the timeline and wheel down
selection of equal length to the Middle click Pan view (hold & drag left/right)
Shift + Alt + T Set a Time Signature at the Play head
selection Page Up / Down Zoom in / Zoom out or time selection
Ctrl + Del Delete space according to the Shift (on draw tool) Swap to Paint Shift + M Switch stretch mode
timeline selection Right click Delete selected clip/pattern Shift + Wheel up (on Track label area) Re-order Clip
Ctrl + Enter Select time around selection Right Shift + Left Slice clip/pattern (click above/below and wheel down Tracks
Ctrl + Left arrow / Select time before/after selection click clip/pattern & drag vertical) Shift + 0 Center Playlist to play-head position
Right arrow equal to the selection length REAlt + Right Shift Vertical Slice clip. Release alt to Shift + 1 to 3 Horizontal Zoom level 1
Ctrl + Left click Select + Left click engage snap
Shift + 2 Horizontal Zoom level 2
Ctrl + Shift + Left Add to selection Right Shift + Right Slice clip/pattern & delete smallest
Shift + 3 Horizontal Zoom level 3
click click part (click above/below clip/pattern &
drag vertical) Shift + 4 Horizontal Zoom, show all
Ctrl + Shift + Right Zoom to selected Clip
click Right Alt + Right Quantize selected Shift + 5 Zoom to selection
Ctrl + Right click Zoom on selection / Drag to make click Shift + 6 Fit Performance Zone to Playlist
zoom selection (zoom on release) Right Alt + Left Mute selected
Del Delete selected clip/pattern source click Piano roll action
data Shift + C Select all Clips according to the
Note: Some keyboard modifiers apply only to Draw mode.
Double click (click on clip/pattern) Open currently selected Clip source
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Double click (on note) Open note properties selected Pattern, with note data. Last modification: 8/23/2020 8:29:25 AM
Double click right (or X1 button on Ghost note) Swap to Shift + I Invert selection
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button Ghost channel to edit the note. Shift + K Select the next Channel
Left Shift + Left (on Piano roll) Add and resize notes Customize this PDF...
Shift + N Turn off selected chord
click (move mouse L/R after click and hold
Shift + Q Quick quantize
to resize)
Shift + M Select groups of notes at random
Left Shift + Right Pan view
click Shift + R Select at random (multiple presses
will select more notes)
Left Alt + Right Audio preview
click Shift + Left arrow / Move selection Left/Right
Right arrow
Middle click Pan view (hold and drag left/right)
Shift + Up arrow / Move selection Up/Down
Page Up / Down Zoom in / Zoom out
Down arrow
Shift (draw tool) Swap to Paint
Shift + Left click Clone (drag while holding
Right click Delete Selected Note/s clip/pattern), release Shift after
Right Alt + Right Quantize selected dragging to unlock vertical movement
click Shift + Wheel up (on Clips) Nudge Clip position
Right Shift + Left Slice notes (click above/below note and wheel down
click and drag vertical) Shift + Wheel up (on Track label area) Re-order Clip
Right Shift + Right Slice notes & delete smallest part and wheel down Tracks
click (click above/below note and drag Shift + 0 Center Playlist to play-head position
vertical)
Shift + 1 to 3 Horizontal Zoom level 1
Shift + Alt + T Set a Time Signature at the Play head
Shift + 2 Horizontal Zoom level 2
or time selection
Shift + 3 Horizontal Zoom level 3
Shift + Ctrl + V Paste from MIDI clipboard
Shift + 4 Horizontal Zoom, show all
Shift + C Select by color
Shift + 5 Zoom to selection
Shift + D Discard selected note lengths
Source: FL Studio manual
Shift + G Group selected
Shift + H Select the next Channel, in the