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)

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