Overview of Update Steps
1. Prepare a PC (Windows) or Mac (Macintosh) computer and setup your MIDI interface for data
transmission.
2. Download MIDI software (for Mac: SysEx Librarian, for Windows: SendSx) from the specified
website and install it on your computer.
3. Download the latest firmware from the Free The Toneʼs website.
4. Connect the FUTURE FACTORY to the MIDI interface and send the firmware to the FUTURE
FACTORY by using the installed MIDI software.
5. When the FUTURE FACTORY Display counts from “0” up to “100” and stops, push the
【SAVE】switch, and the unit will automatically reboot itself and the firmware update will
be completed. Since the user preset contents are not erased by this process, users can
safely do the update.
Firmware Update Procedures
1. Confirmation of Firmware Version
1) Turn on the power to the FUTURE FACTORY.
2) Look at the display on the top panel and note the version information shown just after
powering up.
3) Turn off the power to the FUTURE FACTORY.
You will see a number such as “1.0”, etc. If the version number of the firmware to be
downloaded from the Free The Tone website is larger than the one you saw on your FUTURE
FACTORYʼs display, please proceed to the update steps described below. If the version
numbers are the same, then the latest firmware has been installed in your unit before
shipment from our factory and you do not have to perform firmware update.
2. Preparation of Computer and MDI Interface
1) Prepare a PC (Windows) or Mac (Macintosh) computer and a MIDI interface.
2) Connect the computer and the MIDI interface.
3) Download the MIDI interface driver and make data transmission ready.
At this phase the FUTURE FACTORY and the MIDI interface are not connected.
Regarding setup procedures for your MIDI interface, please refer to its operation manual.
(* We recommend YAMAHA USB-MIDI INTERFACE UX16 because we use this model for
operation tests.)
3. Download of the Latest Firmware for FUTURE FACTORY
From the Free The Toneʼs website (http://www.freethetone.com/support/download.html),
download the latest firmware file for the FUTURE FACTORY and unzip it.
Be sure to write down the name (ex: FIRMWARE) for the download destination folder in
which you save the file.
NOTE:
When downloading the file, you may sometimes encounter a message which says that
downloading FF-1Y̲FIRMWARE̲V＊＊.ZIP can damage your computer. In such a case, ignore
the message and continue the download.
Note that＊＊= firmware version number.
4. Download and Installation of MIDI Software
Mac users: go to page 3.
Windows users: go to page 7.
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