FLkey version 1.2 firmware and FL Studio integration update
Novation announces a new firmware and FL Studio integration update for the FLkey range. Version 1.2 brings improved workflow, better control for mixing plugins, and adds parameters for the new Kepler instrument.
Instructions for installation of this update can be found at the bottom of this article.
v1.2 firmware updates
The Play and Stop buttons will now transmit Start/Stop real-time messages via USB and MIDI when operating outside of any DAW. This update is particularly beneficial for those using external gear like sequencers and grooveboxes.
Custom Modes now have external MIDI feedback, enabling the FLkey’s 16 velocity-sensitive pads to illuminate in response to incoming MIDI on/off messages.
FL Studio integration updates
You now have the ability to control the built-in mixer plugin parameters directly from your FLkey. This means you can focus on creating music without taking your hands away from the keyboard to adjust your favourite EQ, delays, or compressors — no mouse needed.
Navigate through your track plugins using the 'Shift' and Channel Rack 'Up/Down' buttons, with the selected plugin highlighted in FL Studio for visual reference.
FLkey 37, 49, and 61 players can navigate single mixer tracks using Shift and the Mixer ‘Left/ Right’ buttons.
Take control of Kepler, Image Line's fantastic new synthesiser by utilising FLkey pots, enabling hands on control of parameters to dial in your sounds.
Installation instructions
To access these updates:
1. Download and install FLkey firmware v1.2 via Components
2. Ensure the latest version of FL Studio is installed
Novation FLKey
FLkey is the ultimate MIDI keyboard for making music in FL Studio. With controls for FL Studio’s Step Sequencer, Channel Rack and Mixer, and creative Scale and Chord modes, FLkey lets you play freely so you can make more of your music.
Sequencer Mode maps FLkey’s pads to FL Studio’s step sequencer for sketching beats fast. Two Pad modes give your rhythms real human feel and get you off the grid: play straight into the Channel Rack or FPC, and trigger slices in SliceX. Need some crisp hi-hat rolls? Note Repeat makes it easy every single time.
Included software
FLkey comes with a bundle of instruments and effects from our friends at AAS, Spitfire Audio, XLN Audio and Klevgrand. Throw all this content into your existing FL Studio projects, or have a go with an included 6-month free trial of FL Studio Producer Edition.
FL Studio Producer Edition (6-Month Trial) – FL Studio is the complete software music production environment, everything you need in one package to compose, arrange, record, edit, mix and master your best music.
XLN Audio Addictive Keys – Add great sounding piano to your tracks with the Studio Grand, based on the iconic Steinway® Model D. Plug in and play; you’ll be instantly transported to a professional recording studio set up to capture this beautiful piano.
AAS Session Bundle – Essential sounds for your tracks: Lounge Lizard’s authentic classic electric piano tones; Strum Session’s acoustic and electric guitar sounds; Ultra Analog Session’s easy-to-use, huge synth sounds.
Spitfire Audio LABS Expressive Strings – Get immediately expressive and realistic strings sounds. Control release, delay and reverb or fade in experimental warped layers to add colour to your tracks and scores.
Klevgrand R0Verb – A hybrid between a simple reverb and a very complex delay in an easy-to-use plugin. Design your own reverbs and put your sounds in their own unique space.
Klevgrand DAW Cassette – Bring your sound back to the golden age of cassette tapes, with an accurate recreation of saturation, distortion, noise and wobble.
