The Fire unit has a few different modes that it can jump through – the video above

Use dedicated controls to quickly browse audio and project files.

Instantly navigate the Channel Rack, Browser, Tool Bar and Playlist windows.

4 banks of assignable Touch-Capacitive Knobs.

Expandable up to four units, creating the potential for an 8 x 32 Matrix.

4 x 16 Matrix of Velocity-Sensitive RGB Pads.

Quickly input patterns along the timeline in the step sequencer.

Plug-and-play integration with FL Studio.Here’s the full feature set from the official press release: The controller is centered around four rows of 16 velocity sensitive RGB pads, designed to be used primarily as step sequencers for instruments.

Now the company is breaking into another first – a bespoke controller for the software designed by Akai Professional. Only earlier this year did FL Studio finally become a cross-platform app, releasing a macOS port in late May.

Included: FL Studio Fruity Fire edition (a light version of FL Studio).Manufacturer: Akai Professional (owned by InMusic – thus the Denon gear in the video’s background).But today Akai is announcing a new controller, the Akai Fire, designed with FL Studio users in mind and created in collaboration with Image-Line (the software developers behind the app). Ableton Live has the Push, Maschine has the many Maschine models, but what does FL Studio have? Until now, producers using the prolific production DAW FL Studio (long ago called Fruity Loops) were resigned to using whatever MIDI controller best fit their workflow.

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