Fruity loops keyboard Shortcuts & Quick Tips

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Fruity loops keyboard Shortcuts

File Operations

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Ctrl+O Open File

Ctrl+S Save File

Ctrl+shift+S Save As...

Ctrl+R Export Wave File

Ctrl+shift+R Export MP3 File

Ctrl+M Export MIDI File

Alt+1...8 Open recent file 1...8

Record/Playback Control

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Space Start & stop playback

L Switch between pattern and song mode

R Switch on/off recording

0 (numpad) Fast forward

/ (numpad) Previous bar (song mode only)

* (numpad) Next bar (song mode only)

Ctrl+H Stop sound (Sound Panic)

Ctrl+T Toggle Typing keyboard to piano keyboard

Ctrl+B Toggle Blend Notes

Ctrl+Shift+M Toggle Metronome

Ctrl+I Toggle Wait for input to start playing

Pattern Selection

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1..9 (numpad) Select patterns 1-9

+ (numpad) Next pattern

- (numpad) Previous pattern

Right Arrow Next pattern

Left Arrow Previous pattern

F4 Next Empty pattern

Window Navigation

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Tab Cycles windows within program

Enter Shows/hides/maximises/minimises playlist

Esc Closes a window

F5 Shows/hides playlist

F6 Shows/hides Step Sequencer

F7 Shows/hides Piano Roll

F8 Shows/hides Sample Browser

F9 Shows/hides FX

F10 Shows/hides MIDI Settings window

F11 Shows/hides Song Info window

F12 Close all windows

Ctrl+shift+H Arrange windows

Step Sequencer

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F6 Shows/hides step sequencer

1...0 Mutes/Unmutes first ten channels

Ctrl+1...0 Solos/Unsolos first ten channels

Up Arrow Select Previous channel

Down Arrow Select Next channel

Ctrl+del Delete selected channel

Alt+G Group selected channels

Alt+Z Zip/Collapse selected channels

(useful for layers)

Alt+U Unzip selected channers

Alt+Up Arrow Move Selected channel up

Alt+Down Arrow Move Selected channel down

Page Up Next Channel Filter Group

Page Down Previous Channel Filter Group

Ctrl+x Cut channel note data

Ctrl+c Copy channel note data

Ctrl+v Paste channel note data

Ctrl+shift+C Clone channel

Ctrl+W Copy whole pattern

Shift+Left Shift notes backward one step (for selected channel(s)).

Shift+Right Shift notes forward one step (for selected channel(s)).

Alt+R Randomize

Alt+H Humanize

Alt+P Send to Piano Roll

K Show Keyboard Editor

G Graph Editor

Play List

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F5 Shows/hides Play List

Ins Insert Bar

Del Delete Bar

Ctrl+Ins Insert Pattern (before selected pattern)

Ctrl+Del Delete Selected Pattern

Ctrl+shift+C Clone Selected Pattern (unreliable).

Alt+Up Arrow Move selected pattern up

Alt+Down Arrow Move selected pattern down

Backspace Center playback grid around song position

- Right click on black "Pattern XX" areas to set pattern names.

- Double click in area betwee pattern 1 and the bar numbers

to set the song to loop on one bar.

- Combinations of patterns can be cut/copied/pasted by

setting the song to loop on one bar and using cut/copy/paste

keystrokes.

- Right clicking between pattern 1 and the bar numbers sets

the repeat point (the point where playback returns to when

the last bar in the song has been played).

Channel Settings

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Enter Plays sample (same as left clicking on sample display)

- Right click on title bar to set channel name.

- Double click on the FX send digit to view/edit FX in that FX channel.

- Right click on Stretch digits to quick set a coarse value.

- Left click on grey area above keyboard to set limits on hi/lo playback

pitch.

- Right click on grey area above keyboard to set the key that plays the

sample at its original pitch.

- Remember you can automate the type of chords played by the arpegiator

(this is tricky; bit of a blind/trial-and-error process)

Misc Tricks

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- Right click on tempo for quick tempo selection or tempo options

- Right click on empty panel space to turn individual panels on/off

- Tiny switch next to CPU/Output Monitor turns it on/off.