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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.
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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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