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Future Impact V4

Bass/Guitar Synthesizer

A major breakthru in our history - Future Impact now does MIDI! You can drive any MIDI synth now with your pedal just update your firmware to 4.11. Install it here with our web based installer (Chrome browser only)!

Please note: V4 is a completely new platform and you cannot update any previous hardware version with V4 software.

For all the new V4 units updated to 4.11 you must use 4.11 or higher version Editor software to manage, organise and edit your patches. Previous Future Impact hardware version must use 3.60 Editor version.

Documentation

Future Impact v3

Refresh your firmware to our latest release, 3.61!

We still support our legacy products, here you find all the files and utilities needed.

Please note: if you update your firmware from version earlier than 3.00 you must upgrade your sound set during the process. If you upgrade from 3.xx you don’t need to rewrite all your patches, everything will work fine with your existing presets.

Click here to run our browser app to refresh your firmware to v3.61 (Google Chrome only)

After updating to 3.61 you will need our new Editor version 3.60 to manage your Future Impact so please download it as well.

Documentation

Sound Library Database

We opened a web application where you can share, upload and download your favourite user patches. Just click here to register and start browsing hundreds of additional patches! Should you ever have any problem on using the service here is a short manual how to use it!

You can also check this YouTube video to enjoy a live demo of v3.50 with actual sounds. (Don’t forget to subscribe our YouTube channel!)

If during the update process you choose rewriting the whole sound set you will find ten new programs in v3.50 and v3.60 tailored to showcase some new features found in v3.50. (For those who just want to test the new programs they are downloadable separately here.)

Future Impact I. legacy files

Miscellaneous files

- 2.22 firmware file [download zip]

- 2.03 firmware file [download zip], and a readme file, what is new in 2.03

- A full Version History of all the previous Future Impact firmware updates.

- 1.22 distribution package, contains everything: quickstart guide, user's manual, sound editor, preset sounds etc. [download zip]
- 1.01 distribution package, contains everything: quickstart guide, user's manual, sound editor, preset sounds etc. [download zip]
- 1.00B distribution package, contains everything: quickstart guide, user's manual, sound editor, preset sounds etc. [download zip]

Documentation

- Quick Start Guide [download]
- User's Guide [download]
- Default Program List [download]

Sound editor for Mac OS X/Windows

- FI Sound Editor 2.20 Windows 32 bit version [download]
- FI Sound Editor 2.20 Windows 64 bit version [download]
- FI Sound Editor 2.20 Mac OS X Universal Binary [download]

- FI Sound Editor 2.1.0 Mac OS X Universal Binary [download]

- FI Sound Editor 1.23 Windows 32 bit version [download]
- FI Sound Editor 1.23 Windows 64 bit version [download]
- FI Sound Editor 1.23 Mac OS X Universal Binary [download]
- FI Sound Editor 1.22 Windows 32 bit version [download]
- FI Sound Editor 1.22 Windows 64 bit version [download]
- FI Sound Editor 1.22 Mac OS X Universal Binary [download]

midiBeam v2 Wireless

Advanced Wireless MIDI Transmission System

Our web based tool will do everything for you

Our web based utility software will upgrade your midiBeam v2 Wireless to the latest software version (2.0) and will handle and set all the operation parameter of your midiBeam v2 Wireless system. Just please click here to open the application! (supported browsers: Chrome on Mac OS X/Windows)

Miscellaneous files

- midiBeam v2 Wireless USER GUIDE 2.0 [download pdf]
- midiBeam v2 Wireless QUICK START [download pdf]
- midiBeam v2 Wireless MIDI System Exclusive specification [download doc]
- midiBeam v2 Wireless system software update 2.0 file [download zip]

- midiBeam v2 Wireless administration tool for Windows [download zip]

midiBeam 4Control

USB-MIDI Interface & MIDI Expression/Footswitch Controller

Files

- midiBeam 4Control USER GUIDE 1.0 [download pdf]
- midiBeam 4Control QUICK START [download pdf]
- midiBeam 4Control system software update 1.2 file [download zip]

- midiBeam 4Control administration tool 1.0 for 64-bit Windows [download zip]

- midiBeam 4Control administration tool 1.0 for Mac OS [download zip]

For Mac users: this software is compatible with macOS 10.9 or newer. (Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur) When you first start the software, open the file midiBeam4Control.app by right-clicking it and choosing Open from the pop-up menu.

Update your midiBeam 4Control to the latest firmware

Our web based utility software will keep your midiBeam 4Control up to date with the latest firmware of v1.4

Just please click here to open the application! (supported browsers: Chrome on Mac OS X/Windows)

 

 

Real-life experiences

 

midiBeam v2

Akai EWI5000 midiBeam compatibility: we got a number of inquiries about this model.

We tested the new Akai EWI5000 with midiBeam. They work perfectly together, no doubt that midiBeam can replace a MIDI cable without any limitation. So, EWI5000 owners have at least two well justified reasons to extend their instrument with midiBeam:

1. While EWI5000 provides wireless audio with its internal sound engine, an external synthesizer (or a soft synth running on a computer) can be used only with wired connection - they didn't implement wireless MIDI transmission. For performing wireless MIDI you need our midiBeam.

2. Virtuoso players with fast playing technique will recognize immediately that the wireless audio transmission performed by the instrument has a significant latency. In fact, we measured 23.2 milliseconds exactly. If you want to play the instrument wirelessly without performance compromises we advise to use midiBeam and an external synthesizer.

Future Impact I.

Future Impact patch editor - MIDI interfaces we tested

Panda-Audio midiBeam - works perfectly
Steinberg UR22 - works perfectly
Roland UM-ONE MK2 - works perfectly
RME Fireface UC - works perfectly
M-Audio Fasttrack-Pro - works perfectly
M-Audio Midisport 4x4 - works perfectly
M-Audio Firewire 1814 - works perfectly
Behringer UMC404HD - works perfectly
Presonus Firepod - works perfectly
Bespeco BM USB100 - works perfectly
Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 - works perfectly
Focusrite Scarlett 18i6 - works perfectly
Audiobox USB - works perfectly
RME UFX - works perfectly
ESI M4U XL - works perfectly


Edirol UM-1S - works in 90%, sometimes errors experienced, but useable

Alesis USB MIDI cable - does not work
any unbranded USB MIDI cable - does not work
Akai EIE, EIE-PRO - does not work
Miditech Midilink-mini - no sysex implementation at all, not useable