Akai Fire Fl Studio 20.0.5 Mac

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

The first dedicated controller made for FL Studio software, the Akai Fire grid controller delivers comprehensive control for production and performance. Akai worked closely with Image Line (makers of FL Studio) to enhance your workflow and optimize your music-making sessions. 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. Coming in at around £180 GBP / $199 USD its a reasonably priced controller and the only dedicated hardware for Flstudio to date. Akai Professional Fire Controller for FL Studio - USB Cable - FL Studio 20 Fruity Edition License 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. Up to four units can be connected to FL Studio at once, creating an 8x32 matrix for the ultimate Fire experience. Compatible with both PC and MAC to coincide with the release of FL 20, the Akai Professional Fire is built for the FL Studio user who wants to stop clicking and start playing FL Studio like a powerful studio and stage instrument! FL Studio 20 also now runs on a Mac as well as PC, so has become a great cross-platform choice for producers across the globe. Not surprising, given that it now includes all sorts of pro features, around 80 plug-in instruments and effects – but still retains the same ease of use it has become famous for.

The Akai Professional Fire is the first dedicated hardware controller for the FL Studio DAW platform. Created in close partnership with Image-Line, Akai Fire is a.

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

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