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CA901/CA701, CA99/CA79, NV10S/NV5S touchpanel v1.3.9 digital and hybrid piano software update released
Kawai Japan has issued a software update for the Concert Artist CA901/CA701 and CA99/CA79 digital pianos, and Novus NV10S/NV5S hybrid pianos.
This recommended touchpanel v1.3.9 update address an issue relating to the Line In Level setting being hidden on some models*, resolves a bug with stored User sounds not being recalled correct at startup, and fixes UI responsiveness when using the Recorder fuction.
* User interface-related changes are also accessible in the latest version of the PianoRemote app, which has also been updated.
The full LCD software update changelogs are shown below:
Touch Panel System
- Fixed: Minor bug fixes and improvements.
V3.4.9 (February 2024)
- Fixed: Minor bug fixes and improvements.
V3.4.8 (February 2023)
- Fixed: Minor bug fixes and improvements.
V3.4.7 (December 2022)
- Fixed: Bug that would cause the touchpanel app to restart indefinitely after updating from a specific version with certain user settings.
V3.4.6 (November 2022)
- Fixed: Various bugs.
- Added: Support for CA901/CA701.
- Fixed: Various bugs.
- Added: Support for adjusting 'User' Virtual Technician parameters.
V3.3.21 (April 2020)
- Improved: UI Update system.
V3.3.20 (March 2020)
- Improved: Update system.
V3.3.17 (February 2020)
- Added: A-B Repeat function added.
- Fixed: Various bugs.
V3.3.8 (December 2019)
- Fixed: Various bugs.
V3.3.6 (December 2019)
- First production version.
Touch Panel UI
- Fixed: The Line In Level setting would not be displayed on certain models released before the CA901/CA701.
- Fixed: Previously stored User sounds would not be recalled correctly at startup.
- Fixed: The touchpanel could become unresponsive when the Recorder screen was displayed during recording.
V1.3.7 (February 2024)
- Improved: Horizontal swiping on the Piano tab now cycles through the piano models one by one.
- Improved: Vertical scrolling through list screens should no longer affect the value of settings sliders.
- Improved: Various other bug fixes and improvements.
- Improved: Display now shows 'Accessing USB Memory…' message when reading, writing, or deleting data from USB memory.
- Fixed: USB recorder bug related to quickly tapping the [REC] button to re-record immediately after a previous record attempt.
- Fixed: Bug that would cause the touchpanel app to restart indefinitely after updating from a specific version with certain user settings.
- Added: Manual function to the settings menu, which displays a QR code to view the instrument’s owner’s manual.
- Fixed: Concert Magic issue whereby sound would not play when the tempo of a performed song rapidly increases.
- Improved: Various other bug fixes and improvements.
- Improved: User sounds are now supported in the Piano tab (acoustic piano sounds only).
- Improved: The contents bar now shows "Not saved sound" when a sound has been adjusted but not saved.
- Improved: ‘User’ Virtual Technician parameter adjustment performance boost.
- Improved: Auto Display Off function now turns off the LCD backlight.
- Improved: Metronome parameter adjustment performance boost.
- Improved: Settings slider adjustment performance boost.
- Improved: Various other bug fixes and improvements.
- Added: Support for CA901/CA701.
- Fixed: Auto Display Off timer bug.
- Fixed: Auto Power Off timer bug.
- Fixed: Auto Display Off tap detection bug.
V1.2.0 (October 2021)
- Added: Support for adjusting 'User' Virtual Technician parameters.
- Fixed: Bug related to stored sounds not being recalled correctly at startup.
- Improved: Language setting can now be stored and recalled at startup.
V1.0.6 (April 2020)
- Improved: Various improvements and fixes related to the PianoRemote app.
V1.0.4 (February 2020)
- Added: Overdubbing (Recorder) function.
- Added: User Tone Control setting.
- Added: Bluetooth MIDI display name setting.
- Fixed: Various bugs.
V1.0.3 (December 2019)
- Fixed: Various bugs.
V1.0.2 (December 2019)
- First production version.
Owners of the above listed models are are encouraged to update their instruments to use this latest software.
The software update files and accompanying update instructions can be downloaded from the support sections of the respective product pages, or the software updates page of the Kawai Global website, accessible via the following URLs:
https://www.kawai-global.com/product/ca901/#support
https://www.kawai-global.com/product/ca701/#support
https://www.kawai-global.com/product/ca99/#support
https://www.kawai-global.com/product/ca79/#support
https://www.kawai-global.com/product/nv10s/#support
https://www.kawai-global.com/product/nv5s/#support
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If customers have any questions regarding the update process for their digital/hybrid piano, they may wish to seek assistance by contacting Kawai Japan via the Enquiry form.