Akai Fire Fl Studio Controller

The Akai Fire is the world's first and only dedicated hardware controller for FL Studio.

The new Akai Professional Fire represents the first of its kind, a dedicated hardware controller for the FL Studio Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) platform. Created in close partnership with Image-Line, Fire is a high-performance tool designed to enhance the workflow and music-creating experience for all FL. Akai FL Studio Fire. Featuring plug-and-play integration, at the heart of Fire is a 4 x 16 RGB pad matrix. Quickly input patterns on the Step Sequencer or switch over to Performance Mode for live playing and recording of notes and launching patterns. If you AKAI FIRE controller purchase includes FL Studio Fruity FIRE learn more here how to redeem it. Enter the ground-breaking, high-powered workflow heard all over the charts with the FL Studio Fruity Fire Edition software, included with Fire.

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.

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

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.

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

Akai Fire Driver

Akai Fire Performance Controller For Fl Studio

• 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

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.

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

Akai Fire Driver

Akai Fire Performance Controller For Fl Studio

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.

Akai Fl Studio

Leave your thoughts in the comments. We'd love to hear what you think about it.