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 Studio producers.
"...it just makes me feel closer to the music" - Steel Banglez
Steel Banglez is the UK's top Grime/HipHop music producer, bringing a mainstream sound blended between his HipHop and Garage influences in production.
Browse, Audition
Fire features a dedicated browser function to navigate, audition and load your audio samples, recall project files and open plugins. Simply select browser and use the Select rotary encoder to preview and load content and devices within FL Studio - The graphical OLED display makes for easy browsing and controlling the various files, menus and parameters within your session a breeze.
Step Sequence
Featuring plug-and-play integration, within seconds you’ll be creating patterns and building tracks using Fire’s 4 x 16 velocity-sensitive RGB pad matrix, designed for immediate interaction with FL Studio’s celebrated step sequencer.
Discover more using the step sequencer with the Fire.
At the touch of a finger
Get hands-on with your production with everything you need to control FL Studio’s channels and patterns. With direct hardware control over your session, you can easily mute and solo channels, expand the grid matrix, select new channels, navigate through patterns and much more without touching a mouse.
Note Mode
From searing synth leads to lush pads, Fire’s Note mode provides the ultimate platform to add melody and harmony to your production. Simply push the Note button and Fire’s RGB pads switch-up to a MIDI keyboard giving you three octaves of note data, perfect for playing all of your instruments hosted in FL Studio.
Discover more regarding Note mode with the Fire.
Drum Mode
Fire’s pad matrix features an MPC-style 16-pad layout for seamless integration with FPC and SliceX. This is great for FL Studio producers who want a traditional beat-making experience or want to use their finger-drumming chops on the track.
Discover more using Drum mode with the Fire.
Performance Mode
Whether you’re a studio producer refining an arrangement or live performer looking to take your sessions to the stage, Fire’s Performance mode provides the ideal platform to remix and reimagine your tracks. Simply select Performance mode and launch MIDI clips and audio directly from Fire’s RGB pad matrix for a truly inspiring live production experience.
Transporting
Fire also provides immediate access to transport controls straight from the hardware. Record, Stop, Play, as well as a button to instantly switch between Pattern and Song mode are intuitively placed for mouse-free control of FL Studio. Plus, these all double up with secondary controls providing access to Loop Record, Countdown, Wait and Metronome.
All in the mix
Bringing a tactile, mouse-free mixing solution to the FL Studio environment, Fire includes 4 banks of 4 touch-capacitive knobs that enable the user to instantly see and adjust parameter values. Providing control over channel, mixer and user-assignable parameters, this enables a more intuitive and enjoyable workflow. From tweaking volume and pan within FL Studio’s mixer to adjusting filter controls within the selected channel and recording automation, you’ll spend less time clicking and more time executing.
Discover more about mixing using the Fire.
Multi-device Mode
Speed is power. Up to four Fire devices can be connected at once, enabling unprecedented hardware control over the FL Studio mixing and production workflow. Expand channels or make more in the sequencer accessible by selecting Multi-Device Mode from the OLED display. Instantly expand the 4 x16 matrix of one Fire unit to an 8 x 32 workflow.
Discover more about connecting multiple Fire devices.
FL Studio Fruity Fire Edition With Lifetime Free Updates Included
Enter the ground-breaking, high-powered workflow heard all over the charts with the FL Studio Fruity Fire Edition software, included with Fire. FL Studio is a complete software music production environment, the culmination of more than 20 years of innovative development. The software features everything you need in one package to compose, arrange, edit, mix and master professional quality music. With access to FL Studio’s piano roll editor, step sequencer, playlist, VST instrument support, full automation functionality, plus 18+ virtual instruments and over a dozen built-in effects and processors, FL Studio Fruity Fire Edition provides the ultimate platform to spark that initial idea, ignite your creativity and complete your masterpiece – all in an ultra-intuitive, inspiring environment engineered to keep you tuned in to what’s important, your music.
Akai Fire - Overview and tutorial videos
In this video tutorial series, we take you from unboxing to making beats, showing you how easy it is to play with Fire. Featuring Michael Wynne.
Video 1: Unboxing Video 2: Overview Video 3: Making beats with FPC Video 4: Slicing loops with Fire Video 5: Mixing with Fire Video 6: Automating with Fire Video 7: Linking FX with Fire Video 8: Making trap beats Video 9: Navigating the modes Video 10: Connecting multiple devices
FL Power User Videos - Michael Wynne
Michael Wynne is a a recording artist and mixing engineer with a passion for teaching. In 2016 he founded "In The Mix", an audio community where he teaches music production and mixing to over 125,000 members.
Some of Michael's videos covering the Akai Fire and how it improves your creative workflow in FL Studio are featured below.
Video 1: Unboxing - Akai Fire Video 2: Complete Overview - Akai Fire Video 3: Making Trap Music With Fire Video 4: Making LoFi Hip Hop with Fire Video 5: Connecting 2 or 4 Fire units together
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:
Windows:
Windows 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
Please note: The more powerful your CPU, the more instruments and FX you can run.
