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
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F E V E R
M A G A Z I N E
preview and load
content and devices
within FL Studio