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The most advanced MIDI interface for FL Studio and the Akai FIRE ever created.

Please read each following section for proper set up and usage. It is vital you can identify the proper folders and can download and copy files to be sucessful at installation.

This script requires FL Studio 20.9 or greater and an Akai FIRE Midi device.

Before installing this, you must know the location of yourUser Data Folder used by FL Studio. And more specifically you need to know how to get to theMIDI Hardware Folder that is located within/below theUser Data Folder

You can find out how to get your specificUser Data Folder location from the officialFL Studio documentation on the User Data Folder

I recommend you open a file explorer and navigate to the folder.

For example purposes and to keep it short, I'll refer to example locations using myUser Data Folder as:

C:\users\nfx\image-line\

Your's will be different.

Once you have the location, you need to navigate to theMIDI Hardware Folder under theUser Data Folder\FL Studio\Settings\Hardware

So using my example, I would go to:

C:\users\nfx\image-line\FL Studio\Settings\Hardware\

You may see a few folders in this location already for other devices.

Next, inside of theMIDI Hardware Folder, you need to create a folder namedFIRE-NFX-V2 if it doesn't already exist.

This is ourScript Destination Folder for the FIRE-NFX-V2 files (as an example, yours will be different):

C:\users\nfx\image-line\FL Studio\Settings\Hardware\FIRE-NFX-V2\

If you prefer to leave you file explorer open with this folder open, it might make copying the files easier later.

Once you have the folder properly identified, you can download the files from the the "master" or from the "releases":

The master is the lastest of the latest, and may have newer/improved features but also potential new bugs that go with the devlopment of the features. You can get the master file here:https://github.com/nfxbeats/FIRE-NFX-V2/archive/refs/heads/master.zip

The release version is usually an older version that runs smoothly, but may be lacking in up to date features and fixes. You can get the latest release (and previous releases, if needed) from here:https://github.com/nfxbeats/FIRE-NFX-V2/releases

Find the ZIP download for the latest version. It should be the first link labelled as "Source code (zip) " on the page.

Pick a version, (master or release) and then download it and open it in a new window.

In the ZIP file you downloaded, you should open it and go into the first folder it may be named something similar toFIRE-NFX-V2-Beta-1. Inside this folder you will see several files. The most important file is the script file nameddevice_FIRE-NFX.py. If you see this file, this is the correct source folder.

Next, copy/drag all of the files from this ZIP folder to yourScript Destination Folder named "FIRE-NFX-V2" that you created in the previous step.

In my example, the files would be copied into:

C:\users\nfx\image-line\FL Studio\Settings\Hardware\FIRE-NFX-V2\

At this point you should have the files downloaded and copied into the correct folder and are ready to activate the script in FL Studio.

• In FL Studio pressF10 or selectOptions>MIDI Settings.

• Next click the button labelledRefresh Device List.

• Highlight the Akai FIRE device named "FL STUDIO FIRE" in the Input section.

• click on theController Type drop down.

• On the drop down's right side should be listed all the "User" scripts. Look for and select "FIRE-NFX-V2 (user)" from the right side of the list

If you don't see the "FIRE-NFX-V2 (user)" device, it means FL Studio does not see the file. You can try restarting FL Studio or double check yourUser Data Folder location.

If you had no errors, you should be good to go! Remember, you can switch back the original script in theController Type drop down at anytime.

You can find basic video tutorials on each mode here:

• FIRE-NFX V2.0 Mode Usage Playlist at YouTube (recommended)

• Google Slideshow used in video presentation (incomplete but very useful as an intro)

Please leave me feedback/bug reports on one of the following:

• Official FL Studio MIDI Scripting Forum Thread
• /r/warbeats subreddit

Much of this work was helped along by the following:

• Miguel Guthridge, aka HDSQ in the forums. HisFL Studio API Stubs have been invaluable to me while developing. He's also a powerhouse of help in the forums and even has his own FL script -Universal Controller Script - that supports several devices.
• Anyone who gave me some honest and accurate feedback - you guys help tremendously with ideas and bugs, thank you.
• The author of the original AKAI Fire python script - I don't know who it is specifically (Miro?). Thank for the great code to learn from..