AMG Controllers
User Manual · v2.0

From download to first note

Five steps. Ten minutes. Four dedicated controllers — Scale tuning in cents, unbroken touch Ribbon, contactless AIR expression, and tactile PADS — beside your keyboard.

Your setup

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Your device:
— the Install & Connect steps below follow your choice.
  1. A phone or tablet — Android 8.0+ or iPhone/iPad (iOS 17+). Nearly any modern device from recent years.
  2. A way to connect — USB-OTG adapter on Android, or USB-C / Lightning Camera Adapter on iPhone/iPad for wired MIDI; or low-latency Bluetooth LE MIDI / Wi-Fi network (RTP-MIDI) for wireless.
  3. A supported instrument — any of the eleven hardware and software profiles below.
  4. The app and your licence code — the download link and perpetual code arrive by e-mail after your order.
Not sure your adapter works? Plug a USB keyboard into it first — if a key types, the port carries data, and it will carry MIDI too.

Supported families (11 profiles):

Korg KRONOS / X / 2 / 3

Full scale SysEx and transposition. The app spots a KRONOS on the cable and selects it automatically. Physical hardware verified.

Korg NAUTILUS

Dedicated User Octave Scale tuning profile. Auto-detected on connection. Physical hardware verified.

Korg Pa5X & PA arranger series

Auto-detected on connection, calibrated for the PA arranger line. Protocol-tested.

Korg M3

The M3 tunes note-by-note via SysEx; the app transmits cleanly when you lift your finger. Physical hardware verified.

Yamaha MONTAGE, MODX, MONTAGE M & XG

Dedicated Performance microtuning RPN/SysEx commands for Yamaha synth and arranger lines. Protocol-tested.

Audio Modeling SWAM (Solo & Sections)

Continuous microtuning CC streams for expressive virtual instruments. Protocol-tested.

Software DAWs & MIDI Tuning Standard (MTS)

MainStage, Logic Pro, Cubase, Reaper, and plug-in hosts accepting MTS master scale messages.

On Android the app is delivered directly (not through the Play Store yet), so Android asks your permission once before installing a file from outside the store. This is normal and expected.

  1. Download the file from the link in your e-mail. It is named AmgScaleController-v2.0-release.apk.
  2. Open it. Android will say it can’t install from this source yet, and offer a Settings button.
  3. Tap Settings → turn on Allow from this source (this permission belongs to your browser or Files app, not to us).
  4. Go back and tap Install. Takes a few seconds.
  5. Open AMG Scale from your app drawer.
Verify you got the real file (optional but wise). A genuine v2.0 release has this SHA-256 fingerprint:
2a37270e086320d66c2dbdf6a09e61b20ec169907559f0bfcb21a3def268b67d
Any file checker app can confirm it. If it doesn’t match, don’t install — write to us.
Updates. Every future version is signed with the same key, so a new .apk installs straight over the old one — your activation and settings stay put.

On iPhone & iPad the app is delivered through TestFlight, Apple’s official app for early releases. You’ll get an invite link together with your code.

  1. Install TestFlight (free, from Apple) from the App Store if you don’t have it yet.
  2. Open the invite link we e-mailed you → tap Accept.
  3. Tap Install on AMG Scale inside TestFlight. Takes a few seconds.
  4. Open AMG Scale from your home screen.
Updates. TestFlight tells you when a new build is ready — tap Update. Your activation and settings stay put.
iOS 17 or newer, iPhone or iPad. TestFlight is the clean way to reach early buyers before the App Store listing goes live — say “iOS” when you order and we send the invite.

On first launch the app shows an activation screen. It asks for two things:

  1. Your e-mail — the same address you used to buy.
  2. Your code — the one we sent back, shaped like AMG-XXXX-XXXX
  3. Tap Activate. The app quietly proves this phone to the licence server and unlocks. No password, nothing else to type.
Your licence, yours — the app makes a key on your phone that never leaves it, and ties your licence to it. That is why it then works fully offline, forever: no login, no subscription, nothing to check to play.

If activation is refused

MessageWhat it means · what to do
Unknown codeA typo, or the code isn’t live yet. Check for 0/O and 1/I — our codes never use those. Dashes and case don’t matter.
E-mail doesn’t matchUse the exact address the code was issued to.
All seats usedYour code has a set number of devices. Retiring an old phone? Write to us and we’ll free the seat.
Too many triesA safety pause after several failed attempts. Wait 15 minutes and try again.

Reinstalling on the same phone is free and automatic (a few times over) — the app recognises it and doesn’t spend a new seat.

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Phone / tablet
AMG Controllers
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USB or
Wireless MIDI
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Your instrument
  1. By cable (USB-OTG): Plug the OTG adapter into the phone, then a USB cable to your instrument’s USB / MIDI port. Android will ask “Open AMG Scale for this USB device?” — tap OK.
  2. Wireless Bluetooth LE (BLE-MIDI): Open the Bluetooth MIDI panel in the app. Pair directly with your computer or BLE instrument. The app uses low-latency packet bundling and flow control so no notes are lost.
  3. Wireless Wi-Fi (RTP-MIDI): Turn on RTP-MIDI in the app. On Mac, open Audio MIDI Setup → Network; select AMG Scale and Connect. On Windows, use the free rtpMIDI driver. Datagrams batch up to 48 messages for jitter-free stage Wi-Fi.
  4. The app lights its connection LED and auto-selects your profile (KRONOS, NAUTILUS, PA…). If not detected, select your profile manually.
Nothing lit up? It’s almost always the cable. Try a different OTG adapter or USB cable, make sure the instrument is on, and confirm the port on the keyboard is its MIDI/USB port and not a USB-storage-only socket. More in Help.
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iPhone / iPad
AMG Controllers
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USB-C cable or
Camera Adapter
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Your instrument
  1. By cable (most reliable): a USB-C cable straight from a recent iPhone/iPad to the instrument’s USB port — or, on Lightning devices, Apple’s Lightning-to-USB Camera Adapter then a USB cable. Power the instrument on.
  2. iOS may ask to allow the accessory — tap Allow.
  3. Open AMG Scale. On Korg gear it auto-selects your family; otherwise choose your instrument in the MIDI destinations and your family from the slot selector.
  4. Or wireless: if your instrument speaks Bluetooth MIDI (directly, or via a WIDI / Yamaha MD-BT01 adapter), pair it in the app’s Bluetooth MIDI panel — no cable. Advanced setups can also use network MIDI (RTP) over Wi-Fi, or route MIDI internally between iPad music apps.
Nothing lit up? Check the cable/adapter first, make sure the instrument is on and set to receive USB-MIDI, and that any Lightning Camera Adapter is genuine — cheap clones often fail. More in Help.

01 · Scale Controller — microtonal cents & stage banks

Adjust any of the twelve degrees of the octave in single cents (-99 to +99) or quick quarter-tones (-50 cents). Recall 6 instant stage banks (A–F) with a single tap. The release rule sends tuning only when you lift your finger, keeping phrase transitions clean and glitch-free.

CLAVIER vs APPLICATION mode (Local Control OFF)

In CLAVIER mode (User Octave Scale), the app writes the scale directly into your instrument’s memory — 0ms latency, the synthesizer sounds it natively. In APPLICATION mode, the app retunes incoming notes in realtime on any MIDI keyboard. Important: In Application mode, set GLOBAL → MIDI → Local Control OFF on your keyboard, otherwise each note sounds twice (the raw key and the tuned return).

Transpose held notes, cleanly

Change transposition while holding a chord and the app moves the sounding notes cleanly — nothing hangs or drops. Let go, and note-off messages clear the voice queue safely.

02 · Ribbon Controller — continuous pitch & CC expression

An unbroken X/Y touch surface. Horizontal axis bends pitch with independent asymmetric ranges (e.g. +12 semitones up, -2 down). Vertical axis modulates assignable CC filter/timbre and stays where you leave it upon release. The top ruler shows active scale degrees; tap any fret to adjust tuning without leaving the ribbon.

03 · AIR Controller — contactless optical hand expression

Optical hand tracking in free space using your device camera. MediaPipe runs strictly in local device RAM — zero video or biometrics ever uploaded. Tap ARM AIR to engage; tracking cuts cleanly the moment your hand drops.

04 · PADS Controller — 4 layouts & the Play/Edit boundary

Switch between Free grid (WAV sample playback with 4 choke groups), realistic Drums mat (3 concentric strike zones: center head, rimshot, outer hoop cross-stick, and natural hi-hat choke), transposable Keys, or Touch MPE (15-channel polyphonic voice allocation with Glide & Slide). In Play mode, every touch sounds with zero gesture delay; in Edit mode, safely reposition pads and trim loops without accidental triggers. Tap ALL STOP to instantly cut all ringing notes and samples.

On stage, it just plays. Once activated, the app performs 100% offline without any network requirement or subscription check. What’s tuned stays tuned.

The instrument doesn’t respond

In order of likelihood: (1) the cable or adapter — swap it, this is 90% of cases; (2) the instrument isn’t on the right USB / MIDI port; (3) the wrong family profile is selected — set it manually; (4) make sure the instrument is set to receive MIDI on the matching global channel.

Two notes sound for every key pressed

You are in APPLICATION mode with your keyboard’s Local Control still turned ON. On your instrument: GLOBAL → MIDI → Local Control OFF. With Local Off, only the retuned note from AMG Controllers sounds.

Scale does not change in CLAVIER mode

In CLAVIER mode, the active sound in your synth must use User Octave Scale: on your instrument, go to GLOBAL → Scale → User Octave Scale, assign it to the sound, and save the Program/Combi.

Chords cut off at 3 fingers on Xiaomi / POCO

A MIUI/HyperOS system gesture intercepts the third touch. Go to Settings → Additional settings → Gesture shortcuts → Take a screenshot and turn off “Slide 3 fingers down”.

I reinstalled and it asks me to activate again

Deleting the app removes its on-phone key by design, so it re-activates on next launch. Enter the same e-mail and code — the same phone is recognised and doesn’t cost a new seat (a few reinstalls are free). Been through many? Write to us.

I bought a new phone

Your licence can be moved. Tell us your code and we’ll free the old seat so the new phone can activate.

“All seats used”

Each code covers a set number of devices — the anti-copy limit doing its job. Need more, or moving devices? We’ll sort it by e-mail.

Still stuck? Send us your code and a line about what you see. [email protected]