An Akai Fire Extension For Bitwig

This is an initial step sequencer implementation of the Akai Fire for Bitwig.

Update: I no longer use Bitwig Studio as a primary DAW and have since moved onto Studio One because BW isn't really evolving in the direction I'd hoped for (it's mainly focused on "the grid" now). As a consequence, I will not be updating this script further, however DrivenByMoss includes many scripts including an Akai Fire script for Bitwig that he updates regularly. I may revisit this as a standalone piece in the future but it's way down the priority list.

Thanks to the blog below for working out the Sysex/CC codes. I've not yet managed to integrate with the OLED screen but will look to do this and will probably need a similar Raspberry PI "sniffer" to progress that.
https://blog.segger.com/decoding-the-akai-fire-part-1/ 

This was developed in Bitwig v2.3.5 so should work in this version and above (and maybe some before).

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History

• v1.1 - Current (1st Dec 2019)
  • Long clips causing errors - fixed
  • "User 2" mode is now initial version of "keyboard mode" (use select / shift-select to transpose / change octave, select defaults to C3, set velocity as before)
  • Mode light left on after exiting - fixed
• v1.0 - Initial Release (24 Nov 2019)