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C O R N E R AKAI FIRE CONTROLLER – A GAME CHANGER ON YOUR FINGERTIPS It comes in a compact package, and the backside of the box provides you an over- view of all the key features it has. Within the box you’ll find : • USB cable • Software • A cheat-sheet Akai Fire is a fantastic midi controller for FL Studio. It gives a hands-on control to the users that we’ve been wanting for over the years. You have control over all the channel properties be it volume, filter resonance or the channel rack. What’s impressive is the fact that all these can be done with simple gestures. The lightw0eight makes the device travel-friendly. The plastics don’t look cheap. Also, the ease of use is a big advantage. BE IT SIMPLE GESTURES FOR MOST FUNCTIONS OR THE AUTO-CONFIG THAT MAKES IT AN USABLE DEVICE EVEN FOR AN AMATEUR. The console is of the right shape the media settings to configure the and size. With rubber feet, it stays hardware device. By simply select- put on your desk, and you don’t have to worry about it sliding off the surface. The design and quality are good. What we particularly M liked about it was that the device was detected automatically by FL P R O D U C E R ’ S ing the browser and using the ‘Se- lect’ rotary encoder we can preview and load content and devices within FL Studio. The size of the device is perfect, although the display could have been bigger. Studio, saving the pain of going to 1 3 F E V E R M A G A Z I N E preview and load content and devices within FL Studio