AKAI
AKAI FIRE FL Studio Controller
For a limited time, new and existing Fire customers have unrestricted access to three exclusive Fire expansion sample packs from industry-leading sample pack and production toolkit specialist, Sample Tools by Cr2.
Pro production demands the freshest, in-demand sound content out there, period. That’s why Akai Professional and Sample Tools by Cr2 have joined forces to provide new and existing users of the all-new Fire FL Studio controller with three exclusive Fire Expansions that guarantee to ignite immediate creative results from the get-go! Until 1st July 2019, simply head over to Akaipro.com, register Fire and follow the link to the Sample Tools site to get your hands on this exclusive content.
Combining Ultimate EDM, Ultimate Trap and Ultimate Underground, these packs provide an immense 1GB+ of production-ready sample content.
The Akai Fire is the first dedicated controller for FL Studio. Designed to enhance the workflow of one of the most popular DAWs in the world, the team at Akai have worked closely with a number of Fruity power users and Imageline at every stage of product development.
As a result of extensive research and development, the Fire offers seamless plug-and-play integration with FL Studio. The familiar on-screen step sequencer layout is replicated by the controller, so FL users will be right at home inputting patterns along the timeline. To ensure that the GUI is closely mirrored by the hardware, Akai have used a 4x16 matrix of velocity-sensitive pads. These RGB pads are colour coded to the GUI to bring the software into the hardware world.
In addition to the matrix, the Akai Fire also features a graphical OLED display and a bank of four assignable touch capacitive knobs which perform different functions dependent on the current assignment. In channel mode you’ll have volume, pan filter and resonance – but switch to mixer or one of the two user modes and you’ll have a new level of control.
The large data encoder will help you to quickly navigate the channel rack, browser, tool bar and playlist interfaces. When combined with the dedicated browse controls, you’ll find that the Fire makes locating the right sample you need a breeze – you’ll even find it easier to find your project files. To ensure that you stay focussed on your beats, Fire has dedicated transport controls.
The included FL Studio Fruity Fire Edition is a complete software music production environment. With the first version of Fruity Loops released over 20 years ago, this special edition of FL Studio is the culmination of tens of thousands of man hours spent developing the software. With up to 500 tracks, VST and DX instrument support, deep automation, 18+ virtual instruments and over a dozen effects included – FL Studio Fruity Fire Edition is the perfect platform for beat creation.
"any real FL Studio user will know that this is a dream piece of kit that can be manipulated and give us more imagination in creating music" Steel Banglez
If you’re a FL Studio user who’s been shackled to your mouse it’s time to stop clicking and start playing!
The main features of the Akai Fire FL Studio controller include:
- 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
- Includes FL Studio Fruity Fire Edition
- Power - Via USB
- Dimensions(width x depth x height) - 316 x 166 x 43mm
- Weight - 0.76kg
- 3 FREE Expansion Packs
- Plug-and-play integration with FL Studio
- 4 x 16 matrix of velocity-sensitive RGB pads
- Graphical OLED display
- Dedicated transport controls
- USB bus powered
- Includes FL Studio Fruity Fire Edition