Today I show some more features of the new Akai Fire controller. Not all the controls are immediately apparent so hopefully this video uncovers a few of them and helps you take control of Fire like never before :) 1 - 0:20 Change brightness and contrast of pads 2 - 0:40 Visualiser display / Spectrogram / Peak Meter 3 - 1:15 dB Meter on Fire 4 - 1:25 Sending channels to mixer 5 - 1:48 Fast Selection user banks 6 - 2:00 Linking all 4 encoders at the same time 7 - 2:50 Changing multiple steps at the same time 8 - 3:25 Accent Mode 9 - 3:45 How to shift steps off the grid 10 - 4:30 Hidden modes, Slicex mode
I just got the Akai Fire ...the lights are intimidating ...so I'm watching "In The Mix" videos over and over while drinking red wine ...I recommend watching 20 + times so it sinks in 😂🍷
TIP: Change the color scheme of your controller To edit the the colors of your controller navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Image-Line\FL Studio 20\System\Hardware specific\Akai FL Studio Fire" and edit the file with the colors you want. Note1: Each color is written in hex mode. Use an hex color picker. Note2: PlayingNote is the color of the notes playing on Piano Roll. ; PlayingNoteUser is the color of the notes you're playing. i.e: C#5 turns pink while you're pressing it. Note3: The section [altcolors] is activated when you press Alt+Note Mode. Basically you can set another color scheme there. Enjoy.
Fantastic. Thought I had studied all of the abilities of the Fire controller, but I never fail to learn something new from this channel. Adjusting note properties across multiple channels is actually faster with the controller. Nice
I just picked up one of these on eBay for a great price, and I can't wait to get it. It's the life performance thing I'm really looking forward to I've been looping myself lately I ran all my instruments to physical mixer but now I'm running them to my interface then the mixer and then to my HX effects as a looper but now I'm going to incorporate I feel studio into that as well. It's going to be like death metal dubstep blues something or other....... Bro your videos are awesome thank you for taking the time. It's much appreciated..... You're like my go-to guy with these videos, props for knowing like everything about this damn program, I bought it cuz I knew it would take me years to master it, mission succesful
This videos extra info got me to drive 2 hrs today to pick the Fire up. Enough keyboard and mouse for 15 years man. Well i do have other controllers but yes this is to great . Still learning over and over to get it down being at this old age of 105 yrs old ya know its hard for us ancient folk
I know people say its faster with the mouse but its so easy for me to do extended patterns. I love using mine it was a Christmas present from my son. As usual the videos are always handy and I love them so thank you.
seeing you being the one to show off this device is what just convinced me to buy it. That and I love FL Studio and am glad to get something made FOR it. Thanks!
Just wanted to drop a thank you! Liked and subscribed today because I find myself coming back to your content over any one else over and over again, damn near daily. I love the clear, precise instructions as well as genuine advice that is not just a marketing ploy to sell your SPECIFIC headphones or something. Just got my fire today and am starting my production journey officially tonight! Wish me luck, best wishes and much success!
Thank you so much, honestly I do appreciate that because it's what I'm aiming to do. I wish you all the best with your music and production, thanks again!
WE NEED A MORE EXTENSIVE INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR THE FIRE! The included User Guide and Cheat Sheet is not extensive enough. In this video, there are a lot of things that would have not been so easy to figure out without watching the video. I'm assuming that there are even more functions and features that I am unaware of.
This, for sure. Many publishers just don't do thorough manuals anymore, given the internet, and how inclined customers are to turn to TH-cam for tutorials. I miss having the complete how-to in the box.
thanks for the tutorial! I put one on pre order cause they're hard to find in Australia (no software version) and I'm very keen to put all this to practice!
Nice breakdown. So, I have had the Akai Fire since it has been out, but I have not seen anyone explain pressing ALT+NOTE/SNAP while in note mode. A color shift between the keys happens. Best I can figure it is for color-blind individuals. The black keys that are normally orange turn a teal color while the C note keys that have the neon yellow turn orange. However, I notice no difference in functions. Also, have you seen any of the custom mods people built to get better functionality? There are some very savvy beatmakers that got their fires to be beasts.
Any idea on how to make a hi hat sound tripled in the FPC with the turn of a knob ? or would there need to be a hi hat triplet wave file loaded into the FPC pad ?
When i wanna sit in a coffee shop or at the pool or on a plane and just bang out some quick ideas...Fire is the shit. And in conjunction with my Akai MidiMix I'm completely portable. I can't stand being boxed in damn studio walls to make digital music, to me it's dated and uninspirational. These units are my notepads for expression and innovation. Excellent review.
@Josiah You define you. If you created a way to make the best music by cracking eggs and sweeping the floor...would it be worth it if the entire world loved it? Go hard my friend or leave it alone!!!
5:26 Is there a way to have the "light show" active whilst im still using my PC with FL closed? My Flkey 37 drops into this mode but the fire just looks dead at the side of me :(
Hello! I've been using my akai fire for a while now but I had a question. The volume knob: if I'm in FL studio, and I drag a sound into the kick channel, and I use the volume fader to reach -12dB is this the same as clicking the sound and adjusting the specific sound to hit at -12 on my master channel? Or will doing it like this make for bad leveling due to some sounds being louder at default?
It's a hastily released piece of hardware. I am presuming with firmware upgrades a lot of basic things will be packed in ...some thing as simple as a quantize command and clone channel.
my FIRE does not go in to that lightshow thing when computer is asleep nor turned off. How can something draw power if it's turned off? wierd. Anyone knows? I'm on a mac.
Say i have a chopped sample from a video, can i assign a single sample to a single button for each of the 64 pads? Looked everywhere but am having trouble that guidance. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! :)
Cool. Has somebody tried to use akai fire with ableton live? do the pads control directly the loops? It is the function i'm looking after on 16 tracks, i don't need actaully other functions (I do that with other controlers).
Another hidden feature: Select ANY channel in DRUM Omni Channel Mode (DRUM, Press Select, rotate to Omni Channel), ALT+Step Button. I think this is nice :-)
So I’m really incorporating the fire into my workflow and I’m trying to link the FPC ADSR parameters to the encoder knobs and it’ll work as far as linking them but once linked the fpc adsr knob will move by the encoders but it will not actually adjust the adsr parameters. If that makes sense. Do you know anything about this?
Thank you, not sure about Logic alternatives. Maybe a launchpad? or this will have some sort of scripting released soon to make it compatible with other daws but the step sequencer is very unique to FL
Agreed the step sequencer is very unique to FL. I’m hoping that there’s a control surface that it’s functions are very specific for logic. Thank you for the response and keep up the good content!
Just for beats mostly, but you could check out Spark LE. Has the row of 16 steps so you can sequence each drum. And has a melodic pitch mode. About $150 these days.
Hi Master of Fruity Loops :) Now, that Novation is finally going to release the FLKey Controller would you rather recommend to choose the Akai Fire or it's the better way to go directly for the Novation jewel? Thank you in advance for your reply. BR, Cory
now that my Fire has arrived, I was able to test many of these tricks and found them successful. Thatis, except the light show when FL studio is off. It doesn't happen for me :( but at least that's the least important one.
Has anyone been able to see the 'lightshow' he talks about at the end? Not a big deal, just curious. Production has always been a dream of mine and I've only started actively pursuing it in the last few months. The Fire came out at the right time. I had been looking at several Akai controllers and had my options down to 3. Then I saw this. Had it a little over a week and I love it. Probably going to get a second one in a couple weeks.
Is there any way to increase the sensitivity of the pads? Not the velocity, just the sensitivity. I want to get this but I've heard it's easy to miss notes
How to customize Gross Beat to use AkAI Fire 4x16 pads? I've been trying for several hours to use Multi-link controller to map it myself, however, it doesn't work. If any one knows how to accomplish this please assist. I need to assign both time slots to the pads as well as make a color scheme. The first pad defaults to the volume slot #31. I would like make a color scheme as well to know what time slot I'm using.
Today I show some more features of the new Akai Fire controller. Not all the controls are immediately apparent so hopefully this video uncovers a few of them and helps you take control of Fire like never before :)
1 - 0:20 Change brightness and contrast of pads
2 - 0:40 Visualiser display / Spectrogram / Peak Meter
3 - 1:15 dB Meter on Fire
4 - 1:25 Sending channels to mixer
5 - 1:48 Fast Selection user banks
6 - 2:00 Linking all 4 encoders at the same time
7 - 2:50 Changing multiple steps at the same time
8 - 3:25 Accent Mode
9 - 3:45 How to shift steps off the grid
10 - 4:30 Hidden modes, Slicex mode
In The Mix everybody (other content creators) is gona copy you with the same information you just gave us lmaooooo
Absolutely! But you know where you saw it first. It's a great compliment to see others already copying my Fire videos :)
my fire isnt giving me the spectrum mode for some reason. or the lightshow at the end
Hi my spectrum has randomly stopped displaying, how can i switch it back on
Is it possible to change the midi channel on the fire?
I just got the Akai Fire ...the lights are intimidating ...so I'm watching "In The Mix" videos over and over while drinking red wine ...I recommend watching 20 + times so it sinks in 😂🍷
TIP: Change the color scheme of your controller
To edit the the colors of your controller navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Image-Line\FL Studio 20\System\Hardware specific\Akai FL Studio Fire" and edit the file with the colors you want.
Note1: Each color is written in hex mode. Use an hex color picker.
Note2: PlayingNote is the color of the notes playing on Piano Roll. ; PlayingNoteUser is the color of the notes you're playing. i.e: C#5 turns pink while you're pressing it.
Note3: The section [altcolors] is activated when you press Alt+Note Mode. Basically you can set another color scheme there.
Enjoy.
Thanks for helping me get up to speed on FL Studio and the Fire! Awesome channel mate! 🙏
Fantastic. Thought I had studied all of the abilities of the Fire controller, but I never fail to learn something new from this channel. Adjusting note properties across multiple channels is actually faster with the controller. Nice
I just picked up one of these on eBay for a great price, and I can't wait to get it. It's the life performance thing I'm really looking forward to I've been looping myself lately I ran all my instruments to physical mixer but now I'm running them to my interface then the mixer and then to my HX effects as a looper but now I'm going to incorporate I feel studio into that as well. It's going to be like death metal dubstep blues something or other....... Bro your videos are awesome thank you for taking the time. It's much appreciated..... You're like my go-to guy with these videos, props for knowing like everything about this damn program, I bought it cuz I knew it would take me years to master it, mission succesful
How has it been so far?
This videos extra info got me to drive 2 hrs today to pick the Fire up. Enough keyboard and mouse for 15 years man. Well i do have other controllers but yes this is to great . Still learning over and over to get it down being at this old age of 105 yrs old ya know its hard for us ancient folk
your videos on the fire have absolutely sold me on it!
I know people say its faster with the mouse but its so easy for me to do extended patterns. I love using mine it was a Christmas present from my son.
As usual the videos are always handy and I love them so thank you.
seeing you being the one to show off this device is what just convinced me to buy it. That and I love FL Studio and am glad to get something made FOR it. Thanks!
I took a day off work to play with this thing....4 blunts,a pizza & a nap!....still learning this,with FL 20...double the fun?!
Just wanted to drop a thank you! Liked and subscribed today because I find myself coming back to your content over any one else over and over again, damn near daily. I love the clear, precise instructions as well as genuine advice that is not just a marketing ploy to sell your SPECIFIC headphones or something. Just got my fire today and am starting my production journey officially tonight! Wish me luck, best wishes and much success!
Wish me luck.*
Thank you so much, honestly I do appreciate that because it's what I'm aiming to do. I wish you all the best with your music and production, thanks again!
WE NEED A MORE EXTENSIVE INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR THE FIRE!
The included User Guide and Cheat Sheet is not extensive enough. In this video, there are a lot of things that would have not been so easy to figure out without watching the video. I'm assuming that there are even more functions and features that I am unaware of.
Yes you're absolutely right. Have you seen my complete user guide video? It goes over most of the features :)
I have. Watching both of your videos is how I basically learned how to use my Akai Fire. Keep up the great work.
This, for sure. Many publishers just don't do thorough manuals anymore, given the internet, and how inclined customers are to turn to TH-cam for tutorials. I miss having the complete how-to in the box.
I love this thing! Good impulse buy :)
thanks for the tutorial! I put one on pre order cause they're hard to find in Australia (no software version) and I'm very keen to put all this to practice!
Using the fire controller since Tuesday and this video came at a perfect time 👌🏽
TCIS BEAT HUB wifey got it for Christmas for me I’m watching also lol
Nice breakdown. So, I have had the Akai Fire since it has been out, but I have not seen anyone explain pressing ALT+NOTE/SNAP while in note mode. A color shift between the keys happens. Best I can figure it is for color-blind individuals. The black keys that are normally orange turn a teal color while the C note keys that have the neon yellow turn orange. However, I notice no difference in functions.
Also, have you seen any of the custom mods people built to get better functionality? There are some very savvy beatmakers that got their fires to be beasts.
More reasons to love my Fire :o
Can’t wait for the akai Fire big brother to come out with more dedicated buttons instead of a bunch of shortcuts
Any idea on how to make a hi hat sound tripled in the FPC with the turn of a knob ? or would there need to be a hi hat triplet wave file loaded into the FPC pad ?
Visualizer function is really cool
When i wanna sit in a coffee shop or at the pool or on a plane and just bang out some quick ideas...Fire is the shit. And in conjunction with my Akai MidiMix I'm completely portable. I can't stand being boxed in damn studio walls to make digital music, to me it's dated and uninspirational. These units are my notepads for expression and innovation. Excellent review.
@Josiah You define you. If you created a way to make the best music by cracking eggs and sweeping the floor...would it be worth it if the entire world loved it? Go hard my friend or leave it alone!!!
@Josiah Cool. And consider that some artists draw in color, others in graphite. Expression is limitless. 🙏 Be well.
Your videos are awesome, man.
Awesome thank you for the info
5:26 Is there a way to have the "light show" active whilst im still using my PC with FL closed? My Flkey 37 drops into this mode but the fire just looks dead at the side of me :(
Does akai fire works with fl 12?
bro can you please tell me where to find those Hiphop melodic samples plz
new trick:
if you press ALT+NOTE MODE you get a new color combination
Nice find, thanks!
woah I never would've known that thanks!
someone pls tell me how to activate that sleep mode lightshow at the end
@@jbenedict705 just leave the fire plugged in. It should do it out of the box, no program even needed I think
Appreciate the videos fam helped me out a lot .
Had the Fire for maybe a Year now!...still dont use it,but love learning new stuff about it...but this was Real informative!
Link to multiple parameters not working for me
Hello! I've been using my akai fire for a while now but I had a question.
The volume knob: if I'm in FL studio, and I drag a sound into the kick channel, and I use the volume fader to reach -12dB is this the same as clicking the sound and adjusting the specific sound to hit at -12 on my master channel? Or will doing it like this make for bad leveling due to some sounds being louder at default?
Is there any way to control Slicex Warp points or to control any loop editing of any sort with Fire 🔥?
Just got my fire love it. But man do I got some learning keep the tips on the fire coming.
It's a hastily released piece of hardware. I am presuming with firmware upgrades a lot of basic things will be packed in ...some thing as simple as a quantize command and clone channel.
I bought the FL Studio Signature version and I'm just gonna start with the materials like MIDI, Launchpad and Akai fire (this one shown in the video)
MY FIRE product code is not recognized by AKAIpro website
my FIRE does not go in to that lightshow thing when computer is asleep nor turned off. How can something draw power if it's turned off? wierd. Anyone knows? I'm on a mac.
Maybe it only works on Windows laptops
and it needs to be asleep, not fully off
I have a windows and when I leave my laptop asleep or close without shutting down, it does it
mine turnes into red and white which don't change
Mine dosnt go into light show mode.. Is there a way to enable it manually?
Wow! Great info. Thanks!
HEY , are gonna do an update with more tips and tricks ?
Toooooooooooooo awesome I love it we need more advance features. thanks a lot
bro can u explain in detail how to use perform mode and what overview mode is?
Say i have a chopped sample from a video, can i assign a single sample to a single button for each of the 64 pads? Looked everywhere but am having trouble that guidance. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! :)
THIS VIDEO NEEDS MORE VIEWS
Can we chop on slicex with the fire. ? Note repeat and hot keys short cuts?
how do i skip the grid buttons to move 16 steps at a time instead of 4? i seen it done in a another tutorial but i cant figure it out
Sabes si se puede saltar de octava en el piano roll con el Akai fire?
how do i get all the pads RED and WHITE from start up ?:D
Great video! Can you please tell me if there is a quantize option in fire ? Thanks
T- gate It’s a controller for fl studio, so yes. It also defaults to a quantized grid because it’s a literal sequencer
I just realized the other day that you can use the Grid buttons to shift the starting note of a plugin in Note mode.
Is there a way to use the Drums Piano Roll step editing methodology reflected in the Fire? Thx
Cool. Has somebody tried to use akai fire with ableton live? do the pads control directly the loops? It is the function i'm looking after on 16 tracks, i don't need actaully other functions (I do that with other controlers).
Awesome Video Thanx for the Gems
Hello ! Is it velocity sensitive ? Cheers
absolutely helpful. thank you !!!!
2:30 Thank you! 🙏
Thanks I love this controller!
Is there a setting for "Note Repeat" ?
How about a color tutorial 4 all color changing option features. Dats y i wont dis to have inspirational colors on my keys
Another hidden feature: Select ANY channel in DRUM Omni Channel Mode (DRUM, Press Select, rotate to Omni Channel), ALT+Step Button. I think this is nice :-)
so awesome...thank you bro
Can you do triplets though?
no
@@doncristobalaspee5925 : say whaaat? Seriously?
Seriously.
How spectrum has randomly styled displaying. How can i switch it back on
You are a great teacher for me
Can i display the bar counter "Song Position" on Akai Fire?
Nice video!
the spectrogram visuliaton has stopped on mine? the colours dont show , but the peaks do?? can u help
Is there a way to edit pattern length from the controller?
So I’m really incorporating the fire into my workflow and I’m trying to link the FPC ADSR parameters to the encoder knobs and it’ll work as far as linking them but once linked the fpc adsr knob will move by the encoders but it will not actually adjust the adsr parameters. If that makes sense. Do you know anything about this?
Its the best Controller for this Money on the Market :-)
This thing is a little steeper, thanks for the info.
Thanks Michael!! Very thorough and quick to the point.
Do you know know any alternatives like this for Logic?
This seems like heaven!
Thank you, not sure about Logic alternatives. Maybe a launchpad? or this will have some sort of scripting released soon to make it compatible with other daws but the step sequencer is very unique to FL
Agreed the step sequencer is very unique to FL. I’m hoping that there’s a control surface that it’s functions are very specific for logic. Thank you for the response and keep up the good content!
Just for beats mostly, but you could check out Spark LE. Has the row of 16 steps so you can sequence each drum. And has a melodic pitch mode. About $150 these days.
Has anyone been able to map the encoders to 3rd party plugins? Mine only offers 0% or 100% when mapped. No option for in-between. ?
Can i use it on fl 12?
Can somebody help me get the light show mode to work ?
Hi Master of Fruity Loops :)
Now, that Novation is finally going to release the FLKey Controller would you rather recommend to choose the Akai Fire or it's the better way to go directly for the Novation jewel?
Thank you in advance for your reply.
BR, Cory
now that my Fire has arrived, I was able to test many of these tricks and found them successful. Thatis, except the light show when FL studio is off. It doesn't happen for me :( but at least that's the least important one.
Has anyone been able to see the 'lightshow' he talks about at the end? Not a big deal, just curious. Production has always been a dream of mine and I've only started actively pursuing it in the last few months. The Fire came out at the right time. I had been looking at several Akai controllers and had my options down to 3. Then I saw this. Had it a little over a week and I love it. Probably going to get a second one in a couple weeks.
Mine never goes into light show mode. Even when computer is off. Kinda sad
@@MrRmp4life mine either. i dont have the spectrograph either for some reason.
@@tylermiddaugh1515 i figured out that you have to unplug it and plug it back in while the computer is in sleep mode, then it will do the light show
I have
The question and please answer , if you use the helpers and select your scale will it show on the controller? Like scale highlighting the buttons?
No
Is there any way to increase the sensitivity of the pads? Not the velocity, just the sensitivity. I want to get this but I've heard it's easy to miss notes
How do I access the lightshos
Hey. Do you plan to make a video about the fruity voltage controller?
Wow great Bro. Thumbs up!
One of the things that would have been excellent was the way to set the tempo from the akai
You can by holding Shift & TAP on the fire :)
Hi, can fire be used for performance mode ? please make a vid quick or simply reply very confused....
I was hoping that I could change the colours of the drum mode based on the colours I have selected on FPC. Why isn't this a thing?
please make a video on mixing fundamentals
th-cam.com/video/29BAPiVwip0/w-d-xo.html
How about an lemur emulation of this on the ipad?
Omni Mode is only showing a portion of all the sounds in my project, can't figure out how to increase its or focus its range on just a single group.
Any shortcuts or hidden features for basic functions like save, copy, paste, etc??
Not on the device itself. I still use keyboard shortcuts for those
hi I wanted to know how to make my browser activate directly when I use my akai fire?? read the sample directly as on your video ..
So there is not a on and off button to it?
Do the sliced samples of SliceX only map to the the bottom 16 pads or all 64?
Thankkk You Michael.
How to customize Gross Beat to use AkAI Fire 4x16 pads? I've been trying for several hours to use Multi-link controller to map it myself, however, it doesn't work. If any one knows how to accomplish this please assist. I need to assign both time slots to the pads as well as make a color scheme. The first pad defaults to the volume slot #31. I would like make a color scheme as well to know what time slot I'm using.
can you add patterns in the playlist?
the pads are velocity sensitive, aren't they? are there settings for it yet?
They are velocity sensitive but turns off by default. I'm waiting for an update where it will become an option
@@inthemix Was there an update to this?
I'm wondering, which controller do you use for FL studio? Which one do you recommend for the beginners?
I want one for my FL20!