We know a lot of you who contribute to Looperman use FL Studio to make your beats and loops. Up until now no one has made a dedicated hardware controller for FL Studio, tailored to it's unique set up and approach to music making. Like Ableton's Push controller, the new Akai Fire is designed specifically for use with FL Studio.
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In light of this, it seems like a smart move on Akai's part to focus Fire - its debut FL controller - on a few core areas of the software, rather than attempting to do everything from a single device. In terms of look and quality, the hardware itself is fairly reminiscent of Akai's APC controllers for Ableton Live.
The controller is based around 16 velocity-sensitive RGB controllers, like most controllers, it's designed as 16 step sequencer for drum patterns or instruments
- The Akai Fire is a plug-and-play USB performance controller especially designed for use with Image Line's popular DAW FL Studio. The Fire has been developed with both companies in close partnership, meaning this controller is a high-performance tool optimised to enhance your workflow and audio production when using the popular DAW.
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Here's a introduction from Akai themselves:
Akai Fire Modes
There are a lot of smart ways that the controller helps you with your workflow. Akai have split these into the following modes.
- Note Mode : in note mode the pads become a four octave MIDI keyboard.
- Drum Mode : yes, you guessed it. Drum mode replicates the classic flstudio 16 pad step sequencer layout giving you 4 rows of 16 beats to program your beats
- Performance Mode: again performance mode does pretty much what it says on the tin. Allows you to trigger MIDI or audio clips on the fly. Great for using Fire to play live.
Take a look at the next video about the different modes you can use with Fire:
Akai Fire boasts a small navigation window, which will probably be seen as very low-tech in a few years, but at the moment it's a very welcome addition and makes the moving around of samples and sounds a lot easier. Its a pity that this wasn't bigger. maybe they are trying to keep the price point down.
The other thing to take notice of is the Multi Device Mode. You can connect up to four Fire devices together to expand your control over FL Studio, increasing channels and sequencer complexity. This is a very powerful feature and one that you don't get with other controllers such as Ableton Push
Main features and specifications:
- Plug-and-play integration with FL Studio
- Quickly input patterns along the timeline in the step sequencer
- 4 x 16 Matrix of Velocity-Sensitive RGB Pads
- Record notes in Performance mode
- Graphical OLED display
- 4 banks of assignable Touch-Capacitive Knobs
- Instantly navigate the Channel Rack, Browser, Tool Bar and Playlist windows
- Use dedicated controls to quickly browse audio and project files
- Dedicated Transport controls
- USB bus-powered
System requirements
WindowsWindows 7, 8, 10 or later
4GB of RAM or higher recommended
4GB free disk space
FL Studio 20.0.5 or later
Mac OS
10.11 or later
4GB of RAM or higher recommended
4GB free disk space
FL Studio 20.0.5 or later
Coming in at around £180 GBP / $199 USD its a reasonably priced controller and the only dedicated hardware for Flstudio to date.
Has anyone else been able to test one out yet ? We think it looks great and is a well overdue piece of kit for all you Flstudio heads out there.
Leave your thoughts in the comments. We'd love to hear what you think about it.
We know a lot of you who contribute to Looperman use FL Studio to make your beats and loops. Up until now no one has made a dedicated hardware controller for FL Studio, tailored to it's unique set up and approach to music making. Like Ableton's Push controller, the new Akai Fire is designed specifically for use with FL Studio.
The controller is based around 16 velocity-sensitive RGB controllers, like most controllers, it's designed as 16 step sequencer for drum patterns or instruments
Here's a introduction from Akai themselves:
Akai Fire Modes
There are a lot of smart ways that the controller helps you with your workflow. Akai have split these into the following modes.
- Note Mode : in note mode the pads become a four octave MIDI keyboard.
- Drum Mode : yes, you guessed it. Drum mode replicates the classic flstudio 16 pad step sequencer layout giving you 4 rows of 16 beats to program your beats
- Performance Mode: again performance mode does pretty much what it says on the tin. Allows you to trigger MIDI or audio clips on the fly. Great for using Fire to play live.
Take a look at the next video about the different modes you can use with Fire:
Akai Fire boasts a small navigation window, which will probably be seen as very low-tech in a few years, but at the moment it's a very welcome addition and makes the moving around of samples and sounds a lot easier. Its a pity that this wasn't bigger. maybe they are trying to keep the price point down.
Akai Fire Fl Studio Controller
The other thing to take notice of is the Multi Device Mode. You can connect up to four Fire devices together to expand your control over FL Studio, increasing channels and sequencer complexity. This is a very powerful feature and one that you don't get with other controllers such as Ableton Push
Main features and specifications:
- Plug-and-play integration with FL Studio
- Quickly input patterns along the timeline in the step sequencer
- 4 x 16 Matrix of Velocity-Sensitive RGB Pads
- Record notes in Performance mode
- Graphical OLED display
- 4 banks of assignable Touch-Capacitive Knobs
- Instantly navigate the Channel Rack, Browser, Tool Bar and Playlist windows
- Use dedicated controls to quickly browse audio and project files
- Dedicated Transport controls
- USB bus-powered
Akai Professional Fire Ns Fl Studio Controller
System requirements
WindowsWindows 7, 8, 10 or later
4GB of RAM or higher recommended
4GB free disk space
FL Studio 20.0.5 or later
Mac OS
10.11 or later
4GB of RAM or higher recommended
4GB free disk space
FL Studio 20.0.5 or later
Akai Fire Fl Studio
Coming in at around £180 GBP / $199 USD its a reasonably priced controller and the only dedicated hardware for Flstudio to date.
Akai Fire Fl Studio Controller Review
Has anyone else been able to test one out yet ? We think it looks great and is a well overdue piece of kit for all you Flstudio heads out there.
Akai Professional Fire Fl Studio Controller Review
Leave your thoughts in the comments. We'd love to hear what you think about it.
