New Tool (3.1.1): AKAI Fire Integration (1.1 released 14.06.2019)

arigy · May 27, 2019, 9:46am

AKAI Fire Integration for Renoise 3.1

This tool allows to use AKAI Fire FL Studio controller with Renoise tracker. It packs quite a lot of no-nonsense Renoise features to be available at your fingertips. Note: I made it for myself, so it may or may not suit your tracking style

Limitations

Navigation in multiples of 16 steps
No support for OLED display
No support for multiple AKAI Fire controllers
Something else I forgot

Features

Mode LEDs show beat position within pattern in binary format: CHANNEL toggles every 1/16 of pattern, MIXER toggles every 1/8, USER 1 - every 1/4 and USER 2 - every 1/2.
Pad color in Note mode (or in Drum mode with STEP held) represents note (12 semitones of octave mapped to a hue); active notes (not stopped by note-offs) are showed in a dim color
Pad color in Drum mode represents track color
Pad color in Performance mode represents track color
Pad color in Overview mode: 1st row: current pattern, 3rd row: solo state, 4th row: mute state
Tapping pad in Drum mode captures the nearest note/instrument before of after tapped position
Both live loop recording and stepped recording are supported (set step size with STEP+⟲/⟳ SELECT and use STEP/SHIFT+STEP to skip steps)

com.fluorumlabs.Fire_V1.1.xrnx (238.8 KB)

Please, report issues here: https://github.com/fluorumlabs/com.fluorumlabs.Fire.xrnx/issues

Shortcut Reference

Global Shortcuts

Transport

Combination	Function
`PATTERN/SONG`	Switch “Repeat pattern” on/off
`PLAY`	(Re)start playback of current pattern
`WAIT` a.k.a. `SHIFT`+`PLAY`	Continue playback
`STOP`	Stop playback
`REC`	Swith “Edit mode” on/off

Mode selection

Combination	Function
`NOTE`	Switch to note step editor (see Note/Drum Mode Shortcuts)
`DRUM`	Switch to pattern (see Note/Drum Mode Shortcuts)
`PERFORM`	Cycle between pattern matrix mode (see Performance Mode Shortcuts) and mixer mide (see Overview Mode Shortcuts)
`BROWSE`	Activate instrument selection panel (see Browser Shortcuts)

Miscellaneus

Combination	Function
`SNAP` a.k.a. `SHIFT`+`NOTE`	Switch live record quantize on/off
`TAP` a.k.a. `SHIFT`+`DRUM`	Switch pattern editor block loop on/off
`OVERVIEW` a.k.a. `SHIFT`+`PERFORM`	Show/hide spectrum analyzer
`METRONOME` a.k.a. `SHIFT`+`PATTERN/SONG`	Switch “Metronome” on/off
`COUNTDOWN` a.k.a. `SHIFT`+`STOP`	Switch “Metronome pre-count” on/off
`LOOP REC` a.k.a. `SHIFT`+`REC`	Switch “Follow player” on/off
`MODE`+`⟲ SELECT`	Undo
`MODE`+`⟳ SELECT`	Redo

Browser Shortcuts

Combination	Function
`⟲ SELECT`	Select previous instrument
`⟳ SELECT`	Select next instrument

Note/Drum Mode Shortcuts

Navigation

Combination	Function
`▲ PATTERN`	Scroll up
`▼ PATTERN`	Scroll down
`▶ GRID`	Scroll right (show next page of 16 steps)
`◀ GRID`	Scroll left (show previous page of 16 steps)
`SHIFT`+`▲ PATTERN`	Select previous track
`SHIFT`+`▼ PATTERN`	Select next track
`ALT`+`▲ PATTERN`	Insert new track before current
`ALT`+`▼ PATTERN`	Insert new track after current
`SHIFT`+`ALT`+`▲ PATTERN`	Delete current track and select previous
`SHIFT`+`ALT`+`▼ PATTERN`	Delete current track and select next
`SHIFT`+`MUTE`	Add new note column
`ALT`+`MUTE`	Duplicate note column
`SHIFT`+`ALT`+`MUTE`	Clear note column or delete if it’s empty throughout the whole song
`STEP`	Move cursor to next step in pattern editor
`SHIFT`+`STEP`	Move cursor to previous step in pattern editor
`STEP`+`⟲/⟳ SELECT`	Change step size

Selection

Combination	Function
`PAD`	Select note column line in pattern (also set/clear step in Drum Mode)
`PAD`+`PAD`	Select block in pattern
`SHIFT`+`PAD`	Select block in pattern, starting at previously selected note column line
`MUTE`	Select whole note column or whole track

Editing

Combination	Function
`STEP`+`PAD`	Set/clear note off
`⟲/⟳ VOLUME`	Adjust selection volume
`⟲/⟳ PANNING`	Adjust selection panning
`⟲/⟳ FILTER`	Adjust selection delay
`⟲/⟳ RESONANCE`	Adjust hue color of current track
`⟲/⟳ SELECT`	Transpose selection
`ALT`+`⟲/⟳ SELECT`	Increment/decrement instrument within selection
`ALT`+`SHIFT`+`VOLUME/PANNING/FILTER (touch)`	Clear volume/panning/delay of selection
`MODE`+`VOLUME/PANNING (touch)`	Interpolate volume/panning within selection

Block operations

Combination	Function
`ALT`+`PAD`	Paste selection at desired position
`SHIFT`+`ALT`+`PAD`	Clear selection
`SHIFT`+`⟲/⟳ SELECT`	Move selected block forward/backward, or rotate, if whole pattern is selected
`SHIFT`+`▶ GRID`	Shift page content (16 steps) to next page
`SHIFT`+`◀ GRID`	Shift page content (16 steps) to previous page
`ALT`+`▶ GRID`	Duplicate page content (16 steps) to next page
`ALT`+`◀ GRID`	Duplicate page content (16 steps) to previous page
`SHIFT`+`ALT`+`▶ GRID`	Clear current page (16 steps) and select next
`SHIFT`+`ALT`+`◀ GRID`	Clear current page (16 steps) and select previous

Miscellaneous

Combination	Function
`STEP`+`MUTE`	Switch slot mute for current track

Performance Mode Shortcuts

Navigation

Combination	Function
`▲ PATTERN`	Scroll up
`▼ PATTERN`	Scroll down
`⟲/⟳ SELECT`	Scroll up/down
`▶ GRID`	Scroll right
`◀ GRID`	Scroll left

Editing

Combination	Function
`PAD`	Select slot
`PAD`+`PAD`	Duplicate slot
`ALT`+`PAD`	Duplicate selected slot
`SHIFT`+`PAD`	Move selected slot
`SHIFT`+`ALT`+`PAD`	Clear slot
`⟲/⟳ VOLUME`	Adjust mixer volume for selected track
`⟲/⟳ PANNING`	Adjust mixer panning for selected track
`⟲/⟳ RESONANCE`	Adjust hue color for selected track
`SHIFT`+`MUTE`	Add new pattern to sequence
`ALT`+`MUTE`	Duplicate pattern in sequence
`SHIFT`+`ALT`+`MUTE`	Delete pattern from sequence

Sequencing

Combination	Function
`MUTE`	Schedule pattern/start playback if stopped
`STEP`+`MUTE`	Switch to pattern immediately
`STEP`+`PAD`	Mute/unmute slot

Overview Mode Shortcuts

Combination	Function
`PAD` (1st row)	Select slot
`PAD` (3rd row)	Toggle track solo
`PAD` (4th row)	Toggle track mute
`⟲/⟳ VOLUME`	Adjust mixer volume for selected track
`⟲/⟳ PANNING`	Adjust mixer panning for selected track
`⟲/⟳ RESONANCE`	Adjust hue color for selected track

Land_of_Bits · May 29, 2019, 4:57pm

ah man ! this is so cool

im gonna test it tonight with my fire controller !!

arigy · May 29, 2019, 5:10pm

Be prepared: this is the first version ever, so expect failures

arigy · June 13, 2019, 9:29pm

Okay, after 2 weeks of struggling, I managed to make it actually work. That is, the new version (download link below or in the first message) addresses the issues I discovered while using this controller for real.

I fixed the bugs, improved track editing (made some shortcuts a bit more intuitive) and also added “Overview” mode showing current playing pattern tracks together with solo and mutes.

com.fluorumlabs.Fire_V1.1.xrnx (238.8 KB)

P.S. Please, report your findings here: https://github.com/fluorumlabs/com.fluorumlabs.Fire.xrnx/issues

Land_of_Bits · July 4, 2019, 10:38pm

i was just trying this !! most of the features you programmed in the tool work great

but i would love if you can integrate the (note mode) the same way it works in FL by locking the pads to an specific scale and root note !!

that would be amazing

dragontattoo · July 19, 2019, 6:29am

Excited to try this new version!!!

xhevahir · January 18, 2020, 2:12am

Old thread, but I’m curious to read opinions about this. Has anyone used it with Renoise 3.2? What is the layout scheme in Note Mode? Would it be easy to convert it to, say, Fourth Strings Layout? (I’ve seen the Lua, but there’s 3000 lines of it, and I couldn’t figure anything out.)

fdsafewww · January 14, 2023, 1:20am

I’m using this with the current Renoise, just want to let everyone know it works perfect still.

Very interesting and cool implementation.