SYSTEM SETTINGS

General Settings

The General Settings page contains miscellaneous options and settings of the working environment in FL Studio.

• Skin - Lets you choose a skin for FL Studio. FL Studio comes with several preinstalled variations of the default skin.

System:

• Associate loop files - Associates FL Studio loop files with FL Studio (so they will be opened by FL Studio when double-clicked).

Undo History:

• Maximum Undo Levels - Sets the maximum undo steps kept in the history (see Project Browser). Lower number of steps improves performance, whereas more steps ensure greater editing flexibility as you work in FL Studio.
• Undo Knob Tweaks - Turn this option on to enable recording of all automatable controls (sliders, wheels, checkboxes) as undo steps in the history. Enabling this option allows the history to record a much wider set of user actions, however it may cause performance problems with certain plugins, like X-Y Controller and Scratcher. The default value of this option is off.

Miscellaneous:

• Auto Channel Naming - Automatically assigns a suitable name to the channels. If it's a Sampler, it takes the name of the sample it contains, else the channels take the name of the generator. If a name repeats with the name of another channel, FL Studio will put a number after the name (for example - "Kick", "Kick #1", "Kick #2" etc.).
• Auto Empty Channel Zipping - FL Studio will automatically zip all empty channels and unzip all non-empty channels when switching between patterns. Empty is considered a pattern that does not contain active notes and notes in the Piano Roll.
• Show Channel Activity Meters - Animates the activity meters in the Step Sequencer when notes are played.
• Autoselect Linked Modules - When turned on, the Mixer window will switch to the assigned mixer track as you focus the different plugin editors.
• Use of Both Mouse Buttons - If this is unchecked, left mouse click both sets on and off dots in the Step Sequencer. If turned on, left-click turns a dot on, while right-click turns it off.
• Ultrasmooth Visual Feedback - When turned on, FL Studio will update the playing position indicators smoothly.
• Don't Limit Windows to Screen - This option is designated for users with multiple monitor PC configurations. It should be turned off on single monitor PC-s.
• Startup Splash Screen - If turned off, FL Studio will not show its splash screen on startup.
• Fast Sample Preview - When turned on, FL Studio will not preload the entire sample before playing it (useful for big samples).
• Peak Meters in DB - This option switches to DB format for the FL Studio peak meters (when the pointer is over the peak meter), as opposed to showing the volume like a percent value (0-100%).
• Show Legacy Precomputed Effects - Some of the precomputed effects in the Sampler Channel Settings were deprecated or replaced in FL Studio 4 and up. This option allows you to unhide the deprecated effects, so you can work with your older projects.