I'm Reg0lino—I tinker, I code, I use AI too much, and I built PixelForge to escape the default red and white lights that STAND OUT as ugly as hell while not using the Akai Fire in FL Studio. After a massive stability overhaul, the app is now a solid platform for creativity. It's now a full playground for light, motion, and gaming that won't crash on you.
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Free your Akai Fire from mundane standby lights. PixelForge gives you full command over every light and the screen on a stable, reliable platform.
Paint static designs, craft intricate pad animations, turn your music into a light show, transform your desktop into an ambient visualizer, design custom OLED art, and battle demons in LazyDOOM! It's your controller, supercharged.
The application has been re-architected for a professional workflow and a crash-free experience. A new Color Grading / FX panel provides real-time, non-destructive control over Brightness, Saturation, Contrast, and Hue for all pad visuals.
A full menu bar provides access to every feature, and the in-app guide has been completely redesigned with a dedicated Controls & Hotkeys tab. The foundation is now stronger than ever.
Turn your Akai Fire into a real-time audio-reactive light show! The visualizer listens to your system audio and drives the pads with vibrant animations.
Choose from three modes: Classic Spectrum Bars, Pulse Wave, or the pro-level Dual VU + Spectrum. All modes have deep customization options for colors, sensitivity, and smoothness that can be tweaked live!
Take direct control of all 64 RGB pads. The Primary/Secondary color picker allows for a professional workflow: left-click to paint, right-click to erase (or paint with a second color).
Then, bring your ideas to life with the Animator Studio: a visual timeline for crafting frame-by-frame animations. Add, delete, duplicate, copy/paste frames with ease, and manage all your animation sequences with a built-in sequence browser.
The ultimate shortcut to amazing animations. The new GIF Importer allows you to source animations from anywhere on the web or your local machine and convert them into 16x4 pad sequences.
Load a GIF from a URL or file, use the resizable selection box to sample the perfect area, and tweak colors and speed with a live preview on both the screen and your physical hardware before importing directly into the Animator Studio.
Turn your pads into a dynamic, real-time reflection of your desktop! Select any region on any connected monitor, and watch as PixelForge translates the on-screen colors to your controller.
Fine-tune the output with live adjustments for Saturation, Contrast, Brightness, and Hue. Use the "Thumbnail" mode for a fast, low-CPU screen mirror perfect for gaming, or "Record" mode to capture any on-screen content directly into a new animation.
Transform the 128x64 monochrome screen into your personal message board or micro-cinema. The OLED Content Library Manager is your hub for creating, editing, and saving all your custom screen assets.
Import static images or animated GIFs and use a deep processing pipeline to get the perfect look, including multiple dithering algorithms and image adjustments.
Set any of your creations as the default "Active Graphic" that displays on startup, and even export your custom OLED animations to GIF files.
PixelForge includes LazyDOOM, a bespoke retro first-person shooter experience running entirely on your Akai Fire.
Ready to transform your Akai Fire? Download the latest installer for Windows and start creating.
DOWNLOAD LATEST INSTALLERRun the installer. Windows SmartScreen/Antivirus might show a warning (it's an unsigned app from an indie dev) – click "More info" -> "Run anyway" or "Allow." The app is safe if downloaded from official GitHub releases.