Introducing the latest firmware update for the AK5 Pro – version 6.6, engineered to elevate your musical journey with enhanced features that redefine precision, flexibility, and ease of use. Whether you’re performing live on stage or conducting academic research, the AK5 Pro’s new capabilities are designed to meet your needs.
🎵 **Enhanced Micro-Tonal Features**: Take your music to the next level with improved micro-tonal capabilities. Experience unparalleled tuning accuracy and scale customization, perfect for musicians exploring non-standard scales and tunings.
💡 **Improved User Scales Programming**: Effortlessly program and recall user scales with the new intuitive features. Quickly switch between different scales during live performances and enjoy seamless transitions.
📚 **Save and recall scales with specific note selections and tunings instantly. This feature is invaluable for academic purposes, providing precise and repeatable tuning setups at your fingertips.
🖥️ **User-Friendly Interface**: Navigate between user scales and recall scales with ease, thanks to the new intuitive controls. The AK5 Pro’s updated interface makes it more accessible and easier to use for everyone.
🎶 **Seamless Scale Selection**: Effortlessly select scales while using the breath control or the expression pedal. Enjoy a seamless musical experience without interruptions, enhancing your creative expression.
🚀 **Optimized Performance**: Experience smoother and more efficient performance with firmware 6.6, ensuring your AK5 Pro operates at peak efficiency.
🎹 **Added Instrument Support**: Expand your musical repertoire with added support for a wider range of instruments, allowing for even greater versatility in your performances and compositions.
With these updates, the AK5 Pro offers unmatched flexibility, precision, and convenience, making it an essential tool for any musician.
FIRMWARE 6.6
The User Scales and Recall Scales have been redesigned to be more user-friendly and logical for stage use. The User Scales now have two options to select from:
- Preset Recall Scales: This allows you to save your predefined notes and link them to each user scale independently. For example, instead of pressing the note LEDs (e.g., E and B) to turn them on, with the current firmware 6.6, you can save the notes and recall them whenever you wish.
- User Scales: This allows you to edit and micro-tune each note chromatically (C to B) without the need to use the AK Editor. You have up to 11 User Scales that you can edit and recall whenever you wish.
- The Transpose (RESET) function lets you switch between SrS (Preset Recall Scales) and Uxx (User Scales). This can be useful for quickly accessing different scales settings that you’ve either preset or customized.
Edit and Save Preset Recall Scales
- Press Tune/Setup
- By default, the AK is set for Preset Recall Scales (firmware 6.6 and up), and the AK displays SrS. If not, press Transpose (RESET) to toggle to SrS
- Press either Transpose (-) or Transpose (+) once; the AK displays ErS (Edit Recall Scales).
- Press a preset that you want to edit, e.g., C.
- The AK displays E00 and the Tune/Setup button flashes, indicating you are in edit mode.
- Select the notes that you wish to recall, e.g., E and B.
- To save the recall, press Tune/Setup. If you wish to exit without saving, simply press CANCEL. The AK will cancel the operation.
- The AK displays AUS, asking which User Scale you want to associate with. The User Scales are predefined by the user.
- Press a User Scale, e.g., C# (USER 1). The Recall Scale you have created (C) will have User 1 linked to it.
- The AK displays SrS. Select the Preset Recall Scale or press CANCEL to exit the recall scales.
Edit and Save User Scales
- Press Tune/Setup
- By default, the AK is set for Preset Recall Scales (firmware 6.6 and up), and the AK displays SrS. Press Transpose (RESET) to select the User Scales mode.
- The AK displays Uxx (e.g., U01).
- Press either Transpose (-) or Transpose (+) once; the AK displays SUS (Select User Scale).
- Press, for example, User 01, which is C#.
- The AK displays xx (i.e., cents value) and the Tune/Setup button flashes, indicating you are in edit mode.
- Adjust the values for each note of the scale from C to B by selecting each one you desire to tune using the Transpose (-) (Negative) or Transpose (+) (Positive) value. The maximum value is +64 or -64
- Press Tune/Setup to save the User Scale.
- The AK displays SUS to edit another User Scale or press CANCEL to exit.
Recall Preset Scales
This feature enables you to recall preset scales that you have previously saved in memory with a single touch. The note LEDs will illuminate for the notes you have saved. For example, if you have saved the E and B note LEDs, those notes will be recalled and associated with your custom user scales.
- Press Tune/Setup.
- The AK will display SrS. If it does not, press Transpose (RESET)to select it. By default, the AK’s operation is set to SrS.
- Press any note to recall the Preset Recall Scales(single-touch note).
- The AK will recall the note LEDs and update the scales in real-time. Note: If you keep holding the note, it will display rxx (e.g., r01). If you release the note, it will recall the preset recall scale for that note.
Recall User Scales
This functionality allows you to recall user scales that you have previously saved. It is similar to the preset recall scales feature, but it specifically recalls user-defined scales and updates the notes that are already active.
- Press Tune/Setup.
- The AK will display SrS or it might already be in User Scale mode. If not, press Transpose (RESET) to toggle to User Scale mode.
- The AK will display Uxx (e.g., U01).
- Press a note to select a user scale:
- C = U00 (fixed tuning = -50 cents)
- C# = U01
- D = U02
- D# = U03
- E = U04
- F = U05
- F# = U06
- G = U07
- G# = U08
- A = U09
- A# = U10
- B = U11