AKAI Fire User Manual

Akai Fire Cheat Sheet
Note these helpful shortcuts as you get started with your Akai Fire.
Mode(s)
All
Button Shortcut Function
+
Toggles between open windows in FL Studio.
All
All
All
All Except Performance
Step
Step
Step
+
Undo an action (navigates back through FL Studio’s undo history).
Selects a channel.
+
+
+
+
(press)
Adjusts pad brightness / Adjusts pad saturation / Toggles pad visualizer on and off / Toggles display visualizer on and off.
Selects a channel.
Moves the view one step left or right.
Toggles between scrolling the channel view and assigning the selected channel to a mixer insert.
Edits a single step’s pitch.
+
Step
Drum
+
(press)
Edits a single step’s Velocity / Pan / Mod X / Mod Y.
Toggles between scrolling the channel view and selecting the drum pattern types.
Note
(press)
Toggles between scrolling the channel view and selecting the note scale.
Note
Note
Perform
Perform
Perform
Perform
Perform
Browser
+
+
+
+
Transposes the grid’s pitch up/down by one octave.
Transposes the grid’s pitch up/down by one semitone.
Stops current track’s playing clips.
Changes the pad layout position in the playlist.
Selects how clips will move and quantize to the grid.
Scene+
Triggers scene.
+
(press)
Opens selected folder, opens context menu for current item, or selects current menu item.
Browser
Browser
Accent
Accent
v1.1
Selects current menu item (or previews, if applicable).
Closes current item’s context menu.
Edits the Accent default pitch.
Edits the Accent default Velocity / Pan / Mod X / Mod Y.
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