Given the reasonable price, and its lack of rivals, this is a bit of a no-brainer for longtime FL users, despite any limitations. The ability to chain up to four units is a nice touch too, letting those who want more expansive control create a single, multi-unit control surface. These can also control basic channel and mixer parameters.įire isn’t an all-encompassing DAW controller, and has its weak points, but it’s still great to have a proper FL-focused MIDI controller. Note velocity, pitch and length, can be edited easily using the four rotaries along the top, though this isn’t labelled on Fire’s interface. This is limiting, but given the smaller pads it’d be hard to be very precise anyway. Fire’s pads are velocity sensitive, but there are only two velocity levels available - for standard or accented notes. a) Login or create an AKAI account, b) From your AKAI 'My Account' choose 'Register a Product', c) Select 'Fire' then add the serial number of the controller + register my product After AKAI registration, go to My Account - My Products page - click the 'Included Software' link on the registered FIRE product page and select 'Redeem Now'. As a result Drum mode feels cramped and doesn’t make use of much of the control surface.Ĭompared to controllers such as Push or Maschine, Fire lacks access to features like quantise settings or beat repeats/rolls, leaving Drum mode feeling a little shallow. In this mode the left-hand 4x4 block of pads is used to trigger FPC’s sample tracks, but this leaves the remaining 24 pads unused. The Fire’s pads are small, and can feel fiddly for precise playing. Created in close partnership with Image-Line, Fire.
The finger drumming-focused Drum mode is less successful. The Akai Professional Fire is one of the first dedicated hardware controllers for the FL Studio DAW platform.
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