

It is pretty light in weight though, although the build is solid and, thanks to the rubber feet beneath, it isn’t going to move around that much after you get it in position on your desktop.Ĭontrol-wise, everything feels responsive and rugged.

Retailing at just £179, it already seems like an attractive purchase for a sector of the DAW market not used to splashing out on upgrades. Price-wise, Fire seems to be very competitive. Fire is its name, but will it be a warm hardware welcome to the loopy FL Studio world? You twisted fire starter So it’s no surprise that Akai has developed a specific controller for the DAW – that is one large and happy audience to tap.

Not surprising, given that it now includes all sorts of pro features, around 80 plug-in instruments and effects – but still retains the same ease of use it has become famous for. However, as I saw when reviewing the latest version (20) of FL Studio a few months back, this DAW has arguably the largest userbase in the world thanks to makers Image-Line’s policy of offering free updates to the latest version since its first release from developer Didier Dambrin back in the late 90s.įL Studio 20 also now runs on a Mac as well as PC, so has become a great cross-platform choice for producers across the globe.

